'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhoused
Many cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable
Brishti Basu
Victoria bylaw officers trashed newly donated tents within days — contrary to city claims
The city has disputed years of claims that it discards unhoused people's belongings. De Facto reporters tracked new tents and carts to see where they ended up.
We’re on the radio! Spies and corporate intel-sharing
Hear our new show & podcast today. Plus: UN pauses Toronto deportation. DULF update soon. Tumbler Ridge chatbot logs emerge.
How frontline workers are tackling Victoria’s overdose crisis
On the block on Overdose Awareness Day
BC journalists launch new worker-owned investigative publication
Six reporters, editors, and photojournalists in Victoria and Vancouver are taking matters into their own hands with a new co-operative — launching just after World Press Freedom Day and International Workers’ Day — to publish investigative journalism about legal, justice, and rights issues.