tyson singh kelsall

tyson singh kelsall

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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

more than 18,000 people were killed by the toxic drug supply while this iteration of the BC NDP governed. there were more paramedic-attended overdoses calls in Vancouver Coastal Health region this summer than each summer since 2021. drugdatadecoded.ca/decrim-david...

drugdatadecoded.caBC NDP are weaponizing drug law to cover their healthcare and housing failures: Nurses & healthcare staffEleven staff in BC’s healthcare system outline the realities of frontline care work, the toxic drug crisis and their concerns.

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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

"In a short time, we have seen the premier abandon his party’s commitments to address the toxic drug crisis, climate action, affordable housing, access to justice — and now the human rights of the Indigenous Peoples" via @thetyee.ca: thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...

thetyee.caDavid Eby’s Abandonment of Human Rights Betrays His Own Government | The TyeeDropping DRIPA is a political calculation that will leave the province worse off.
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

city said no to the politicians—ken sim & kareem allam–behind the 100 cops, 100 nurses lie. no to peter meiszner, who helped kill Yaletown OPS on Seymour and wanted to cut funding to groups critical of gov't. no to VPD staff arezo zarrabian, and VPD advocate/police board member lorraine lowe

tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

little attention is given by any level of government to how law enforcement generates social disorder through systemic, daily seizures of people's belongings in cities & towns across the province bsky.app/profile/defa...

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca

NEW: Naloxone kits, medications, memorials, board games all end up in the trash, unhoused people and advocates say. Read Part 2 of our series on bylaw enforcement and unhoused residents' possessions in Victoria. www.defactomedia.ca/unhoused-peo...

defactomedia.ca'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhousedMany cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable
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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

little attention is given by any level of government to how law enforcement generates social disorder through systemic, daily seizures of people's belongings in cities & towns across the province bsky.app/profile/defa...

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca

NEW: Naloxone kits, medications, memorials, board games all end up in the trash, unhoused people and advocates say. Read Part 2 of our series on bylaw enforcement and unhoused residents' possessions in Victoria. www.defactomedia.ca/unhoused-peo...

defactomedia.ca'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhousedMany cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable
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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

little attention is given by any level of government to how law enforcement generates social disorder through systemic, daily seizures of people's belongings in cities & towns across the province bsky.app/profile/defa...

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca

NEW: Naloxone kits, medications, memorials, board games all end up in the trash, unhoused people and advocates say. Read Part 2 of our series on bylaw enforcement and unhoused residents' possessions in Victoria. www.defactomedia.ca/unhoused-peo...

defactomedia.ca'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhousedMany cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable

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De Facto Journalism Co-op
@defactomedia.ca

NEW: Naloxone kits, medications, memorials, board games all end up in the trash, unhoused people and advocates say. Read Part 2 of our series on bylaw enforcement and unhoused residents' possessions in Victoria. www.defactomedia.ca/unhoused-peo...

defactomedia.ca'All I have left’: As election cycle spotlights homeless crisis, bylaw seizures ‘devastating’ for Victoria’s unhousedMany cities are seeing bylaw enforcement ramp up. BC’s capital is a case study — and it’s hurting those already most vulnerable
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

something like this is likely to happen soon. outside the double-electoral spectacle– the sanctioned toxic drug crisis continues, preventable community safety issues persist. and there are individuals and groups resisting this violence every day with few resources www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

ctvnews.ca‘Fear and anxiety’: The untold story of the Vancouver Police Department’s stranger assault scareInternal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

the vpd edited their own press release in response to critical coverage... bsky.app/profile/bris...

Brishti Basu@brishti.bsky.social

New: Here’s what went down behind the scenes 2 years ago when Vancouver Police changed their press release to make it look like my reporting in @thetyee.ca was false, and then launched an attack on X. Thanks to @policeoversight.ca for asking me to write about this bizarre series of events!

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Brishti Basu
@brishti.bsky.social

New: Here’s what went down behind the scenes 2 years ago when Vancouver Police changed their press release to make it look like my reporting in @thetyee.ca was false, and then launched an attack on X. Thanks to @policeoversight.ca for asking me to write about this bizarre series of events!

P.O.W.E.R.@policeoversight.ca

NEW: Behind the Vancouver Police distortion of hate crime statistics The VPD "altered their posted press release after the publication of my story, and added a new, more accurate graphic that aligned closer to the data obtained via FOI" @brishti.bsky.social www.policeoversight.ca/p/behind-the...

policeoversight.caBehind the police distortion of 2023 hate crime statisticsHow VPD pushed the (false) claim that antisemitism was rising faster than other hate crimes in 2023

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P.O.W.E.R.
@policeoversight.ca

NEW: Behind the Vancouver Police distortion of hate crime statistics The VPD "altered their posted press release after the publication of my story, and added a new, more accurate graphic that aligned closer to the data obtained via FOI" @brishti.bsky.social www.policeoversight.ca/p/behind-the...

policeoversight.caBehind the police distortion of 2023 hate crime statisticsHow VPD pushed the (false) claim that antisemitism was rising faster than other hate crimes in 2023
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

we have lost so many people while police & politicians created a spectacle, raided DULF, stopped the expansion of an alt to the toxic supply, and put its co-founders through the needless consequences of this process that took years. DULF saves lives bsky.app/profile/godf...

godless dustbin 👻@godfrey.work

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

we have lost so many people while police & politicians created a spectacle, raided DULF, stopped the expansion of an alt to the toxic supply, and put its co-founders through the needless consequences of this process that took years. DULF saves lives bsky.app/profile/godf...

godless dustbin 👻@godfrey.work

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

read this www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve... bsky.app/profile/defa...

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca

A Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them. 2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes. www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

defactomedia.caHow Vancouver police turned against DULFCourt records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

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karen ward
@kwardvancouver.bsky.social

cops lie

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca

A Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them. 2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes. www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

defactomedia.caHow Vancouver police turned against DULFCourt records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

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P.O.W.E.R.
@policeoversight.ca

“I’m happy to take you for a coffee,” Heard told Kalicum [DULF's co-founder] on May 23. Just four months later, Heard would notify sergeant Mike Cheah, the lead investigator on the DULF file, that he was recommending Wilson approve the investigation plan: www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

defactomedia.caHow Vancouver police turned against DULFCourt records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

read this www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve... bsky.app/profile/defa...

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca

A Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them. 2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes. www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

defactomedia.caHow Vancouver police turned against DULFCourt records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

the "decriminalization" pilot was narrowed multiple times within months of being implemented with little communication to those most effected: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41690110/

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govConfiscations, public health obstructions, and perpetual displacement: Experiences and perspectives on urban law enforcement practices during a period of "recriminalization" among people who use criminalized drugs - PubMedOur findings illustrate how harmful law enforcement practices that target people who use criminalized drugs, particularly those relying on public spaces for survival, persisted during the evolving drug policy periods. Together, these law enforcement practices along with the lack of understanding reg …

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SFU Faculty of Health Sciences
@sfu-fhs.bsky.social

This study is co-authored by FHS PhD candidate @tsk.bsky.social and professor Kanna Hayashi. They examined police statistics along with self-reported data from people who use drugs and found that both datasets offered deeper insights when viewed together. #SFUFHS #OpioidCrisis #Decriminalization

Simon Fraser University@sfu.ca

New SFU research found reports of police drug seizures without arrest increased during the first year of B.C.'s drug decriminalization pilot. The study also found people reporting drug seizures were 3x more likely to experience a non-fatal overdose.

sfu.ca​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...

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Simon Fraser University
@sfu.ca

New SFU research found reports of police drug seizures without arrest increased during the first year of B.C.'s drug decriminalization pilot. The study also found people reporting drug seizures were 3x more likely to experience a non-fatal overdose.

sfu.ca​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...

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Euan Thomson
@drugdatadecoded.ca

Police drug seizures without arrests roughly doubled during the “decriminalization pilot.” Decrim never happened in BC. It was just a smokescreen to stall demands for drug user liberation, and another betrayal of public trust by police.

P.O.W.E.R.@policeoversight.ca

🚨 NEW study: ​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization in Vancouver via @sfu-fhs.bsky.social: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor... @drugdatadecoded.ca @readthemaple.com

sfu.ca​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...

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P.O.W.E.R.
@policeoversight.ca

🚨 NEW study: ​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization in Vancouver via @sfu-fhs.bsky.social: www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor... @drugdatadecoded.ca @readthemaple.com

sfu.ca​​Reports of drug seizures by police rose during first year of decriminalization, SFU study finds​People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

new Crackdown ep covers how BC's so-called police oversight system is a smokescreen that reinforces acceptability for continued police killings, violence and routinized harassment–rooted in settler colonial & racial capitalist logics foundational to policing here www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/epi...

crackdownpod.comEpisode 58: Toothless Tiger — Crackdown PodcastCops kill people. They hurt people. They sexually assault people. And when they do, there’s a whole system that’s supposed to hold them accountable, but it barely works. On Episode 58, Garth and Sam...

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karen ward
@kwardvancouver.bsky.social

welp. my phone is broken. does anyone in the vancouver area have an android phone they don't use and isnt broken? please DM me i will check in here on public computers throughout the day(s) also this is me passing the hat around if anyone would like to chip in etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com

tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

"It was with great disappointment that we learned of the Province’s decision to cancel the planned overdose prevention site slated for 900 Helmcken...Harm reduction services, including overdose prevention sites, save lives..." statement from @thefnha.bsky.social fnha.ca/statement-on...

fnha.caStatement on the Province’s decision to cancel 900 Helmcken Street overdose prevention site - First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations | VANCOUVER It was with great disappointment that we learned of the Province’s decis...
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

tfw when you are a clueless sap even in your own fantasy bsky.app/profile/isab...

isabella zavarise@isabellazavarise.bsky.social

Zhou says he supports the motion because as a father this issue is deeply personal to him. He says his young son saw someone using drugs in the park and asked him what he was doing and he couldn't answer. He says he's received more than 7,000 signatures (assuming he's talking about his petition).

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godless dustbin 👻
@godfrey.work

I'm sorry to see this resource lost. Filter was a reliable space for good harm reduction reporting and a regular landing spot for my freelance work, with a fantastic editor to work with in Will. Support independent journalism that challenges power.

Filter | harm reduction journalism@filtermag.bsky.social

We are very sorry to announce that Filter is shutting down this week, after eight years of publishing. It's a sad moment for those of us who have cared about the publication, writes EIC Will Godfrey. But we have much to be grateful for:

filtermag.orgA Statement About FilterFilter is shutting down this week. It's a big loss for those of us who have cared about the publication. But we have much to be grateful for.
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

BC RCMP replaced the head officer they fired with a former commander of C-IRG whose policing plan included surveillance of people opposed to pipeline expansion www.aptnnews.ca/ourstories/c... bsky.app/profile/ctvn...

CTV News Vancouver@ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social

The RCMP’s commanding officer in British Columbia has been relieved of his duties following allegations dating back to 2016, the force announced Thursday.

bit.lyB.C. RCMP commander relieved of duties as allegations under investigationThe RCMP’s commanding officer in British Columbia has been relieved of his duties following allegations dating back to 2016, the force announced Thursday.
tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

"These systems have long sought to define and enforce whose bodies are valued and worth protecting. It tells people...what labour roles they are expected to occupy. It tells us what work is considered legitimate and how we are expected to exist in our bodies" www.policeoversight.ca/p/transcript...

policeoversight.caTranscript: Sex workers face criminalization and state abandonment because our autonomy and power threaten violence of the status quoSpeech from the 2026 Prisoners’ Justice Day rally at the Claire Culhane memorial bench

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P.O.W.E.R.
@policeoversight.ca

an important reminder from Samona that despite the copaganda, the Downtown Eastside still exists and so do the people who call it home:

tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

the involuntary treatment legislation that Daniel Vigo and David Eby have been working to expand has been found to be in violation of the Charter: bsky.app/profile/dsdp...

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy@dsdp.ca

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... An exciting, long awaited day. Hey @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social sounds like you have to write a new law. If you would like to consult with a few GENUINE experts on substance use disorders, we know a few. Hell, if you were feeling real bold we know a few patients too.

cbc.ca'Blanket' forced treatment of involuntary psychiatric patients unconstitutional, B.C. court rules | CBC NewsProvisions in British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make health care decisions, are unconstitutional, the B.C. Suprem...
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tyson singh kelsall
@tsk.bsky.social

the involuntary treatment legislation that Daniel Vigo and David Eby have been working to expand has been found to be in violation of the Charter: bsky.app/profile/dsdp...

Doctors for Safer Drug Policy@dsdp.ca

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... An exciting, long awaited day. Hey @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social sounds like you have to write a new law. If you would like to consult with a few GENUINE experts on substance use disorders, we know a few. Hell, if you were feeling real bold we know a few patients too.

cbc.ca'Blanket' forced treatment of involuntary psychiatric patients unconstitutional, B.C. court rules | CBC NewsProvisions in British Columbia's involuntary care regime that allow forced psychiatric treatment, regardless of a person's capacity to make health care decisions, are unconstitutional, the B.C. Suprem...