DULF founders’ trafficking charges thrown out in BC Supreme Court ruling on constitutional challenge
Justice Catherine Murray applauds Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, declares a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act unconstitutional
Police
How Vancouver police turned against DULF
Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes
DULF trial ends, but no decision expected soon
Post Facto: RCMP set home on fire. AI racism in prisons? ICE & Raytheon deals. Compassion club fights eviction. Reform towards wards thwarts restored board.
Transparency advocates on police ‘culture of confidentiality and secrecy’
A conversation with BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association's leaders about Vancouver top cops' claims to have no emails about Drug User Liberation Front before they raided — emails we later obtained in court.
VPD claimed no emails sent to or from senior cops about compassion club ahead of raid. That’s untrue
Freedom-of-information advocates say force's non-response likely broke BC’s transparency law — and ask if Vancouver police should undergo ‘greater scrutiny’ for public transparency
‘A troubling trend’: Lawyer Zool Suleman on rising cop-immigration collaboration
Everyday contact with police, such as transit fare-checks, is getting migrants reported to the feds. Why this expert finds De Facto’s newly revealed data ‘disturbing’
Transit Police are contacting border authorities more — but you wouldn't know that from their own records
In 2024, Metro Vancouver transit cops’ immigration calls reached their highest in a decade. But not even a tenth of them went into daily duty reports as required
Vancouver cops are calling border enforcement more than ever. Community members fear that puts them in danger
Migrant sex workers say they're ‘more afraid of police than perpetrators of a crime,’ as new data reveals VPD ‘immigration status checks’ spiked 80% to nearly 1,000 people in two years
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