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How a Mexican woman’s 2013 death in custody of Canada’s ‘de facto ICE agents’ sparked a movement

How a Mexican woman’s 2013 death in custody of Canada’s ‘de facto ICE agents’ sparked a movement

Detained at a transit fare check, Lucía Vega Jiménez died awaiting deportation back to a violent ex-boyfriend. An inquest revealed shocking details
04 May 2026
Photographs show police facing protesters, as well as an Indigenous Elder outside law courts with a sign reading 'Our land, our law'

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.
01 May 2026

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