Brishti Basu

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Health Reporter at PressProgress. Co-founder at De Facto Journalism Co-op. 📧 brishtireports@gmail.com Sign up for Pulse Check: pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/ DM for Signal.

Emailed statement from BC health minister Josie Osborne to PressProgress. One part of quote: "“Progress has been made at the bargaining table on important issues this week, but substantial gaps still remain. The Health Employers Association of BC is ready to return to the table at any time and it’s our expectation that they will continue to work with the union to reach an agreement that is fair for nurses and sustainable for the public health-care system they support."
Email from X support that states, “To better protect you and ensure your account’s security, we’re unable to assist you at this time. We kindly request that you wait at least 7 days before you file another request for assistance with regaining access to your account.”
Screenshot of hacker-posted bs AI image on my now compromised Twitter/X account, @brish_ti
Bar graph showing international students' contributions to BC Medical Services Plan every year since 2019.
Four different subscription tiers at defactomedia.ca
Screenshot of a Twitter/X thread in which The Tyee's official account denounces Vancouver PD for its false allegation against my reporting.
Video of chanting at BC legislature
BC Centre for Disease Control text alert about spike in toxic drug poisonings screenshot, in January 2026. "Opioids/down now often contain the sedative medetomidine"
City of Victoria alert showing the red zone area where the chlorine leak happened: https://alertable.ca/#/incidents/1d9ad297-ea99-40d8-8818-2246501cd80b
Photo from inside Victoria council chambers, featuring mayor Marianne Alto on a screen
Screenshot of list of speakers on the agenda in the City of Victoria's April 9th council meeting, starting at 6:30pm: https://www.victoria.ca/city-government/mayor-council/council-committee-meetings
An Instagram post by @brishtireports promoting Pulse Check
Intro to Pulse Check's March 11th newsletter. Sign up here to receive a copy in your inbox: https://pressprogress.ca/pulsecheck/
Screen recording that quickly goes through latest edition of Pulse Check newsletter
screenshot of X post by Evan Solomon in which he meets Israel's Ambassador to Canada "as part of ongoing engagement on technology, AI, and economic development." There are two photos of Solomon and Iddo Moed shaking hands and talking.
screenshot from inside the article that is linked in the first post in this thread
Screenshot from emailed newsletter with the headline 'Dispatch From'
Photo of Jeremy Kalicum emerging from Vancouver courthouse, overlayed with text from linked article
Screenshot of intro of emailed newsletter titled 'Pulse Check' with the subject 'Toxic vs clean drugs, the federal budget, and a bad case of measles'
Video scrolling through a health focused newsletter called Pulse Check
Screenshot of CP article: In his speech, Netanyahu attacked the decision by multiple countries, including Canada, France and Australia, to recognize a Palestinian state. "Your disgraceful decision will encourage terrorism against Jews and against innocent people everywhere," he said.
Screenshot from article linked in first post in the thread
Screenshot from article linked in the first post in this thread
Screenshot of a section of the article linked in the first post in this thread
screenshot of article with subhed title 'Health insurance for health workers'. Article: https://pressprogress.ca/bc-nurses-union-could-vote-to-strike-over-benefits/
Screenshot of a newsletter from Aug 15 with subject line 'Air Canada flight attendants are ready to strike' and a photo with the words 'Shift Work' as header of the article.