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Launch

De Facto launched on May 1, 2026, International Workers' Day — and released our first two stories three days later, just after World Press Freedom Day.

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.