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Bethany Lindsay @bethanylindsay.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Investigative Journalism Foundation (@theijf.org). Hit me up at bethany.lindsay@theijf.org.
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Anna Mehler Paperny @mehlerpaperny.bsky.social Reporter with the Investigative Journalism Bureau;
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Barrett @mbbsoron.bsky.social Eco-socialist. Political organizer. Sci-fi fan. Techno-humanist. Fighting for just cities and a thriving planet.
Peter Rose Gibbs @peterrosegibbs.bsky.social Parent and city council candidate with @VictoriaForAll.bsky.social
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David P Ball @davidpball.bsky.social Freelance reporter, podcaster, photog & editor ¶ Co-founder: Debrief Communications ¶ Formerly CBC, TorStar, AFP, Tyee ¶ CAJ+Webster awards ¶ Bylines: Globe & Mail, Le Monde, Guardian, National Post etc ¶ Tips: david@davidpball.net
De Facto Journalism Co-op @defactomedia.ca Interrogate power. Highlight truth. We are a non-profit, journalist-owned co-operative in British Columbia, Canada.
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Emma Arkell @emmaarkell.bsky.social Journalist and member of @defactomedia.ca // formerly the Labour Reporter @pressprogress.ca // words and photos in Chatelaine, Jacobin, The Tyee, Xtra etc.
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Arshy Mann @arshy.bsky.social Journalist, displaced Vancouverite. Co-founder of The Hatchet, a podcast & newsletter dedicating to exposing power and money in Canada. Subscribe at hatchetmedia.substack.com.
Amanda Follett Hosgood @amandafollett.bsky.social Mother, writer and settler on Wet'suwet'en territory. Northern B.C. reporter for The Tyee. she/her
@taraolivetree.bsky.social @taraolivetree.bsky.social They/she. Socialist, foodie, reader. Citizen of the planet. Renter in #yyj.
Quinn MacDonald @quinnmacdonald.bsky.social she/her + writer/editor + in #yyj / lək̓ʷəŋən + The Wife of Wrath @eodrollerderby.bsky.social + from nuučaan̓uuɫɁatḥ nism̓a (Port Alberni)
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Alex Cosh @alex.readthemaple.com News editor, @readthemaple.com
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Dean Beeby @deanbeeby.bsky.social Independent Canadian author and journalist, specialist in freedom-of-information laws, Ottawa-based. deanbeeby.ca | deanbeeby.substack.com. Co-author of forthcoming 24 Sussex: The Past & Future of Canada's Official Residence (Oct 2026)
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Defund VicPD @defundvicpd.bsky.social Calling for defunding the Victoria Police Department (VicPD) and reallocating resources to community supports and services.
On the traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples.
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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com it's "see-sa"
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Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research @uviccisur.bsky.social Promoting health, reducing harm. Official account of UVic's Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research.
Patti Harrison @party-harderson.bsky.social Can we please have sex?
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Negro Frolics @desmondcole.bsky.social Senior writer @breachmedia.ca
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Tom Engel @tomengel7.bsky.social Lawyer (criminal defence, civil rights), Past President Canadian Prison Law Association, Chair Criminal Trial Lawyers' Association's Policing Committee, North River Ranger, Lead Vocals UC Law Gastroelectric Kazoo Band
Odette Auger @odetteauger.bsky.social storyteller | journalist
Anishinaabekwe in the Salish Sea
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Tyler Olsen @tyolsen.bsky.social Senior Editor at The Tyee. Journalism craftsman. Reporter. Lives in Lillooet.
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alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
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copaganda (2025)
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Critical Criminology @critcrim.bsky.social Working Group for insurgent criminology. Publishers of the open access journal: Radical Criminology (& THOUGHT|CRIMES Press). #AbolishThePolice #DefundThePolice
Spencer Izen (he/him) @spencerizen.bsky.social managing editor @ubyssey.ca. researcher @ Freedom of Information and Privacy Association. http://SeeDisclaimer.com
Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social Editor-at-Large @ProPublica. I ❤️ journalism and good trouble. Tips/ideas: eric.umansky@propublica.org and securely on Signal EricUmansky.04.
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Ryan Hook @ryanhookwrites.bsky.social Press Secretary for the BC Green Caucus | Podcast Producer | Musician | Former Journo | linktr.ee/ryanhookwrites
Colin McT @colinmct.bsky.social The player who became the coach; musician turned executive. 3rd best guitarist on my street.
Stephen Mag @stephenmag.bsky.social Resident of Treaty 7, Alberta reporter for @pressprogress.ca
Audrey Yap @audreysh.bsky.social Usually I pet dogs but sometimes do philosophy, mostly yelling about stuff (they/she)
Tessa Rowland @tessarowland.bsky.social adult forum kid. vancouver
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beetle moses @beetlemoses.bsky.social PREORDER MY DEBUT BOOK OF COMICS: https://publishing.andrewsmcmeel.com/book/beetle-moses-a-comics-menagerie/
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tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ @tsk.bsky.social no more drug war | phd(c) @sfu-fhs.bsky.social | p.o.w.e.r. |
Jody Paterson @jodypaterson.bsky.social Journalist, social justice advocate, wanderer. Find my blog at https://closer-look.blogspot.com/ and some of my portfolio on Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/jody-paterson-1
Zoë Yunker @zoeyunker.bsky.social Journalist covering B.C. environment and resource politics.
Susan Kim 김수잔 @susankimyyj.bsky.social 🍞🌹🖖🐸
Opinions are my own. Retweets are not endorsements. she/they. Free Palestine. Peace and unity in Korea in our lifetimes. "Part-time" City Councillor in BC. Renter.
Keili Bartlett @keilibartlett.bsky.social Journalist / writer / part-time bookseller interested in where culture, history and nature meet. Always looking for good stories and my next coffee! Based on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.
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Devin Dignam @devindignam.bsky.social Currently located in Victoria, BC. Former doer of many things, including educator, DFS pro, referee, & editor at Wagesofwins. Fan of General Ludd. I write (wrote?) biting leftist parody songs for fun: https://devindignam.substack.com/p/coming-soon
Debrief Communications Co-op @debriefcomms.ca We are a worker-owned collective of journalists offering a wide range of communications services — including writing, editing, research, and media training — tailored to suit client needs.
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Ethan Cox @ethancox.bsky.social Investigative journalist. Senior editor and co-founder at Ricochet Media. Board with For the Refugees. Montrealer. Husky dad.
Sharmarke Dubow @dubow.bsky.social Current University of Oxford student & eternal optimist 🙌🏿 | Former local politician and dedicated public servant | Previously served on boards including the Broadbent Institute, Climate Caucus, BC Transit, Canadian Council for Refugees, Rights in Exile.
Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social Border and Rule (2021) & Undoing Border Imperialism (2013).
Sikh. Inquilab. (she/her). Hard on issues, soft on people. Antidote to despair is collective struggle.
New here - mostly find me IRL organizing, in internationalist collectives & networks.
Alex de Boer @alexdeboer.bsky.social Documentary producer at @crackdownpod.bsky.social. End the war on drugs. Free Palestine.
Jen Stewart @jstewgie.bsky.social Riding bikes, reading books, petting dogs, trying to improve the world in Victoria, BC. Proofreader and editor. Past lives in law and QA. Swearmonger.
Doctors for Safer Drug Policy @dsdp.ca A group of Canadian physicians who care for people who use substances and advocate for safer, more compassionate, evidence-based healthcare policies.
Jordan Cornish @notquitecorn.bsky.social Journalist. Podcast producer. The Hatchet.
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Duncan Cavens @dcavens.bsky.social Dad, planner, gardener, cyclist, long suffering renovator. Esquimalt councillor. he/him. here mostly for the humour. 
Daniel 🦁 @eikonos.bsky.social I want to live in a world with less trauma and more love.
Crackdown podcast @crackdownpod.bsky.social Crackdown tells the story of drug user activism in the face of hostility and neglect 💉💜. Hosted by @garthmullins.bsky.social. Support us at patreon.com/crackdownpod.
Kelly B @kellyblack.ca Public history. Museums. PhD. Tidal pool explorer. Vancouver Island - Coast Salish territories. Opinions mine etc. Newsletter: buttondown.com/leftcoastdispatch he/him kellyblack.ca
Winnipeg Police Cause Harm @wpgpoliceharm.bsky.social WPCH is a community-centred police abolitionist group committed to defunding the WPS and reallocating resources to life-sustaining services. https://winnipegpolicecauseharm.org
Tim Ford @timfordwrites.bsky.social Writer. Mini Painter. Gamer Geek.
As seen in CBC, the Tyee, Reactor Magazine (TOR.com), Polygon, and many other places.
Based in lək̓ʷəŋən territory (Victoria, BC, Canada).
maryam she/her @ryamdada.bsky.social I write about reading
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hey its myles @myless.bsky.social He who posts with his hand has forgotten the face of his father; I post with my mind.
prym! @prymofthecrypt.bsky.social you don’t know how to treat the cryptkeeper | 25 | she
Katie @kateytomatey.bsky.social Lekwungen lands (Victoria BC). Support harm reduction and safe supply, passionate about tomatoes, organ donation, trans rights 🏳️⚧️. Parent of a little kid. Emergency management and crisis communications and bikes. 🇵🇸
Better Pensions BC 🇨🇦🇺🇦 - now with 50% more anti-fascism! @betterpensionsbc.bsky.social BC public sector pension members seeking more ethical investments.🌱🌎 Led successful fight to divest $450M from Russia in 2022. Now calling for exit from fossil fuels, tobacco and Putin enablers. https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/chair_test/
David Pugliese @davidpugliese.bsky.social Journalist since 1982. Spencer Moore Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Canadian Committee for World Press Freedom.
Public Universal Friend (they/them) @universalfriend.bsky.social climate comms | outside learning about nature whenever possible | used to write about the toxic drug crisis, still carry that
photographer. trans. still masking. trying to be useful.
let's chill...in the comments or among the wildflowers
Scott Neigh @scottneigh.bsky.social Writer, media-maker, parent, activist in #HamOnt. My latest book is *Listen! Knowing the World and Fighting to Change It*: https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/listen.
My author site: https://scottneigh.ca.
(On Twitter, I can be found as @canadianlefty.)
Seth Klein @sethdklein.bsky.social Past Team Lead, Climate Emergency Unit; author of "A Good War: Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency"; columnist w/ Canada's National Observer; former social justice think tank director
https://www.sethklein.ca
https://sethdklein.substack.com
Nevin Thompson @nevint.bsky.social I like poetry, photography, languages (esp Japanese), and religion (esp Japanese). And movies (esp Japanese). And Bob Dylan. Epilepsy parent.
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Rob Shaw @robshaw.bsky.social BC Politics + Coffee + Cats
TV: cheknews.bsky.social » Podcast/Show: Political Capital » Columns: Glacier Media and Northern Beat » Radio: CBC Radio West and CBC All Points West » Cats: bcpoliticat.bsky.social
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Sean Holman @seanholman.bsky.social Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism, University of Victoria. Founder, @climatedisaster.bsky.social. Trauma-informed and investigative journalism practitioner.
Alicia Elliott @wordsandguitar.bsky.social Mohawk from Six Nations. Writer and Editor. Pro wrestling and makeup enthusiast. Horror and nail polish fanatic. She/her. Lit agent: Ron Eckel Speaking agent: rob AT transatlanticagency.com. AND THEN SHE FELL. A MIND SPREAD OUT ON THE GROUND. 
Pam Palmater @pampalmater.com Mi'kmaw lawyer ⚖️ Ugpi'ganjig 🦅Eel River Bar First Nation 🪶WARRIOR LIFE PODCAST🎙️Beyond Blood, Indigenous Nationhood, Warrior Life📕 https://linktr.ee/pampalmater
T Star, Macleans, Globe, Lawyer's Daily, Chatelaine, Guardian, APTN CBC CTV The Breach
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Ryan Hunt @ryanhunt.bsky.social 
Gus The Bus Driver @busdriverlife.bsky.social The original Bus Master General of twitter now on BlueSky
Gregor Craigie @gregorcraigie.bsky.social Sleep-deprived early morning radio host of CBC On the Island. Author of Our Crumbling Foundation, On Borrowed Time, Walls, Radio Jet Lag & Why Humans Build Up.
Frances Bula @fabulavancouver.bsky.social Cities are life! I've written in the Globe and elsewhere about urban issues, politics, housing for 30 years. Mom/step-mom to four millennials coping with housing market. Now aiming to run for Van city council with OneCity francesbulaforcouncil.ca
Naomi Devine @naomidevine.bsky.social Visual storyteller. Campaign Mgr for Dean Murdock, Saanich Mayor and Will Greaves, Victoria MP. UVic. @evicsomm grad @ROMtoronto. MA candidate @royalroads - Solo Female Wildness discourse.
🌈 pretty on the inside #ICEout 凤凰 𖤐 👉🏻🤛🏻 🖤 @xaliuqsmcg.bsky.social bi, girl-shaped agender, former iv drug user, ADHD, old. Harm reduction, animals, politics, bitching, media, fashion, sarcasm, Satan. not soft. vulgar & coarse white trash. #HelloInCursive
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
dustin @godfrey.work it's not delivery. it's digiornalist
justice, drugs, housing, health
co-founder/member: @defactomedia.ca / defactomedia.ca
work in The Guardian, Globe & Mail, Tyee, Filter, The Maple
also at @debriefcomms.ca
they/them/thembo
Patti Bacchus @pattibacchus.bsky.social Public education advocate, Vancouverite and Gulf Islander. I have some opinions.
Adam P Olsen @adampolsen.bsky.social Practicing Constituent
National Newswatch @nationalnewswatch.com National Newswatch – Canada's most comprehensive place for political news and views. Visit us at https://nationalnewswatch.com/
Martin MacMahon @martinmacmahon.bsky.social Journalist at CTV Vancouver. Please send tips and story ideas to: martin.macmahon@bellmedia.ca
@bcferrys @bcferrys.bsky.social The most interesting marine transportation system parody account in the world.
BC Legislature @bclegislature.bsky.social News, information and special events from the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Updates produced by the Assembly staff.
Cara Chellew @carachellew.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Urban Planning, Policy & Design at McGill University | Public Space | Night Studies #defensiveTO
Richard Zussman @richardzussman.bsky.social Victoria, BC, Canada. Legislative Reporter at Global BC. Host of Focus BC. C division curler. Rookie minors baseball coach. He/him.
Gonzales Neighbourhood Dissociation @gndissociation.bsky.social The voice of a particular Victoria neighbourhood. We're dissociating. From you. From ourselves. Harm reduction, cycling, stopping genocide, clover point discourse, owning the NIMBYs. Vulnerable to fire damage, resistant to psychic damage.
Darcy Lindberg @darcylindberg.bsky.social Nehiyaw. Law prof. Lover of songs, crooked smiles, and half moons.
Daniel Huffman @pinakographos.bsky.social An arboreal, poly, gender non-participant mapmaker.
• Portfolio & tutorials: somethingaboutmaps.com.
• Prints: https://somethingaboutmaps.com/Storefront
• You can support my art & teaching at http://patreon.com/pinakographos. 
Sandy Hudson @sandela.bsky.social Noping my way through life
writer, filmmaker, podcaster & capoeirista
sandyhudson.ca
sandyandnora.com
blacklivesmatter.ca
defundthepolice.org
wildseedcentre.com
abovethepalace.com
Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social Vancouver, B.C. journalist covering politics and housing for TheTyee.ca
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
@defund604.bsky.social @defund604.bsky.social Defund 604 Network organizes on unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəyəm, Skwxwu7mesh, səl̓ílwətaʔɬ, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm, Q'e'yc'ey, qiqéyt, Qw'?ntl'en & Stó:lō peoples.
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Mike Graeme @mikegraeme.bsky.social white settler photojournalist (scottish/english/irish descent) learning to help dismantle colonialism, racism & heteropatriarchy | living as a guest on lək̓ʷəŋən land | co-founding member of De Facto Journalism Co-operative
Liminal Spaces @liminalplaces.bsky.social