This is good context following Doerkson's decision to drop Joachim Agou as the party's candidate in Victoria-Beacon Hill over racist social media posts That's a no-hope riding for the Cons but some BC Conservative incumbents who have made homophobic comments are still running in strong Con ridings

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BC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements. pressprogress.ca/bc-conservat...

Candidates for the BC Conservatives have likened education about the 2SLGBTQ+ community to "grooming," referenced Jan. 6 conspiracies and questioned COVID vaccine safety. Right after we published this, tweets from another candidate surfaced where he joked about killing pro-Palestine activists.

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BC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements. pressprogress.ca/bc-conservat...

BC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements. pressprogress.ca/bc-conservat...

BC Conservatives Run Full Slate of Candidates With Views Ranging from Conspiratorial To Bigoted

Party leader Doerkson refused to drop candidate who made anti-LGBTQ statements.

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On a new @pressprogress.ca 🔴SOURCES🔴 @ericwickham.ca and @techwontsave.us' @parismarx.com take listeners inside the fight against data centres in Canada in a conversation about the growing number of municipalities pushing back in their communities. pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...

Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada

Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities.

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🚨ICYMI: New Sources episode hosted by PressProgress Ontario reporter @ericwickham.ca It's a good one.

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🎧 New Sources episode, hosted by @ericwickham.ca Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities. pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...

Sharing this again because this is a story about an issue impacting communities all over the world making its way to the suburb I grew up in. I'm so happy with how this turned out. Also, the more people that listen, the more likely Rumneek will let me spend time making radio docs. LISTEN NOW.

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🎧 New Sources episode, hosted by @ericwickham.ca Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities. pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...

🎧 New Sources episode, hosted by @ericwickham.ca Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities. pressprogress.ca/inside-the-f...

Inside The Fight Against Data Centres in Canada

Mississauga is one of a growing number of municipalities pushing back against data centres in their communities.

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I have so much hope for the future of this publication. We may be navigating some rocky waters right now, but I have full confidence that when we recover, we can rebuild our team and expand our coverage of the stories that our audience cares about most. Please support us if you can.

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Our readers have already helped us get this far—but the fight isn't over yet. Chipping in $25, $50, or whatever you can afford right now will help us weather this lawsuit and defend Canadians' right to know. pressprogress.ca/journalism-d...

🧵 PressProgress was born out of the desire to have a progressive voice in the media landscape, and to counter the abundance of far-right narratives that try to hinder the future progressives are actively trying to build.

My second article for the day is about this morning's historic BC Supreme Court ruling in favour of the founders of the Drug User Liberation Front (DULF). The judge praised DULF's work, said a safe supply is necessary to save lives, and threw out charges of drug trafficking.

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Key Parts of Canada’s Drug Laws Found Unconstitutional as Judge throws out Charges Against Founders of Vancouver ‘Compassion Club’ DULF co-founders won’t go to jail as Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security” pressprogress.ca/key-parts-of...

Key Parts of Canada’s Drug Laws Found Unconstitutional as Judge throws out Charges Against Founders of Vancouver ‘Compassion Club’ DULF co-founders won’t go to jail as Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security” pressprogress.ca/key-parts-of...

Key Parts of Canada’s Drug Laws Found Unconstitutional as Judge throws out Charges Against Founders of Vancouver ‘Compassion Club’

Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) co-founders won’t go to jail as Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security”

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The latest from associate editor Emma Arkell!

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Union Says Employer is Relying on Decades-Old Law Prohibiting Ontario Healthcare Workers from Striking Nurses association files legal challenge against “one of the most restrictive labour relations regimes in the world” pressprogress.ca/union-says-e...

My first story on the health beat is about the law that keeps 90% of Ontario's healthcare workers from being able to take strike action. It's being challenged by the Ontario Nurses' Association, but in the meantime, unions like CUPE say employers rely on the law to avoid bargaining in good faith.

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Union Says Employer is Relying on Decades-Old Law Prohibiting Ontario Healthcare Workers from Striking Nurses association files legal challenge against “one of the most restrictive labour relations regimes in the world” pressprogress.ca/union-says-e...

Union Says Employer is Relying on Decades-Old Law Prohibiting Ontario Healthcare Workers from Striking Nurses association files legal challenge against “one of the most restrictive labour relations regimes in the world” pressprogress.ca/union-says-e...

Union Says Employer is Relying on Decades-Old Law Prohibiting Ontario Healthcare Workers from Striking

Nurses association files legal challenge against “one of the most restrictive labour relations regimes in the world”

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Activists Win Pause on Data Centres in Mississauga, but Questions Remain About Provincial Regulation Mississauga "one of the first big cities to address this matter and push back against this data rush” pressprogress.ca/activists-wi...

Activists Win Pause on Data Centres in Mississauga, But Questions Remain About Provincial Regulation

Mississauga

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Civil Society Groups Call for Investigation into Immigration Raid at International Student Protest in Calgary Groups say the CBSA Raid in Calgary last month threatens “Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.” pressprogress.ca/civil-societ...

Civil Society Groups Call for Investigation into Immigration Raid at International Student Protest in Calgary

Groups say the CBSA Raid in Calgary last month threatens “Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”

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Parksville, BC Mayoral and Council Candidate Involved With Port Project Opposed by Community Residents “We both need to put food on the table, too.” pressprogress.ca/parksville-b...

Parksville, BC Mayoral and Council Candidate Involved With Port Project Opposed by Union Bay Residents

“We both need to put food on the table, too.”

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Union Alleges Targeting After Ontario Science Centre Fires Entire Science Unit Nearly half of all people laid off last week were elected officials in OPSEU Local 549 pressprogress.ca/union-allege...

Union Alleges Targeting After Ontario Science Centre Fires Entire Science Unit

Nearly half of all people laid off last week were elected officials in OPSEU Local 549

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So happy to see @emmaarkell.bsky.social rightfully back at PressProgress! She'll be taking over the Health beat and assuming editing responsibilities while I go on mat leave. In spite of the rollercoaster of a year this has been, it's been such a privilege to work with this team. Adios for now 🙂

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It is with great pleasure and excitement that we get to announce the return of @emmaarkell.bsky.social to the PressProgress team this month! Emma will be assuming the role of Associate Editor and providing coverage on the Health beat.

Alberta UCP has quietly reversed earlier policy of charging Indigenous people for the COVID-19 vaccine in this fall's immunization drive. This reversal comes after months of advocates and FN leaders expressing concerns to feds & UCP. #covid19 Article from March: pressprogress.ca/alberta-char...

Alberta Won’t Budge on Charging Indigenous People for COVID Vaccines

Though health advocates argue the province's $100 fee amounts to a treaty violation, the federal government rebuffed a request to step in, pointing out it's still free on reserves

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The guest is @ericwickham.ca for those of u who hate surprises 🤭

Rachel Gilmore@rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 4w ago

GOING LIVE NOW UNTIL 9PMET WE’RE TALKING PRIVATIZATION! POLITICS! PROFESSORS (ft a special guest for that 👀) COME HANG ❤️ TWITCH: twitch.tv/rachel_gilmore YOUTUBE: youtube.com/@AtRachelGil... TIKTOK: www.tiktok.com/@rachel_gilm... INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/r.gilmore?ig...

AMAZING NEWS AMID THE CONSTANT BARRAGE OF EVIL AND DARKNESS. THE AMAZING, INTELLIGENT, BRILLIANT, AWARD-WINNING @emmaarkell.bsky.social IS BACK IN THE @pressprogress.ca NEWSROOM AND WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER FOR IT.

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 4w ago

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we get to announce the return of @emmaarkell.bsky.social to the PressProgress team this month! Emma will be assuming the role of Associate Editor and providing coverage on the Health beat.

Very happy to be back at @pressprogress.ca starting this week, now in the role of Associate Editor! I'll be covering the health beat while my colleague is on maternity leave, so please send story tips and let me know what's not being covered enough in health.

PressProgress@pressprogress.ca · 4w ago

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we get to announce the return of @emmaarkell.bsky.social to the PressProgress team this month! Emma will be assuming the role of Associate Editor and providing coverage on the Health beat.

It is with great pleasure and excitement that we get to announce the return of @emmaarkell.bsky.social to the PressProgress team this month! Emma will be assuming the role of Associate Editor and providing coverage on the Health beat.

Union Alleges Targeting After Ontario Science Centre Fires Entire Science Unit Nearly half of all people laid off last week were elected officials in OPSEU Local 549 pressprogress.ca/union-allege...

Union Alleges Targeting After Ontario Science Centre Fires Entire Science Unit

Nearly half of all people laid off last week were elected officials in OPSEU Local 549

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Parksville, BC Mayoral and Council Candidate Involved With Port Project Opposed by Community Residents “We both need to put food on the table, too.” pressprogress.ca/parksville-b...

Parksville, BC Mayoral and Council Candidate Involved With Port Project Opposed by Union Bay Residents

“We both need to put food on the table, too.”

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Nearly 300 civil society organizations in Canada have called on the government to investigate an immigration raid at a peaceful protest in Calgary last month. pressprogress.ca/civil-societ...

Civil Society Groups Call for Investigation into Immigration Raid at International Student Protest in Calgary

Groups say the CBSA Raid in Calgary last month threatens “Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”

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In a statement to @pressprogress.ca a CBSA spokesperson said they "fully agree that the freedom of peaceful assembly is a Charter-protected right." This is the first known immigration enforcement action at a peaceful protest in Canada.

Civil Society Groups Call for Investigation into Immigration Raid at International Student Protest in Calgary Groups say the CBSA Raid in Calgary last month threatens “Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.” pressprogress.ca/civil-societ...

Civil Society Groups Call for Investigation into Immigration Raid at International Student Protest in Calgary

Groups say the CBSA Raid in Calgary last month threatens “Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”

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ICYMI: A recently fired BC Conservative staffer is now alleging questionable conduct and racial discrimination from the leader's former chief of staff. Read more from @rumneeek.bsky.social here: pressprogress.ca/exclusive-fo...

Exclusive: Former BC Conservative Staffer Alleges Questionable Conduct, Racial Discrimination From Former Party Chief of Staff

Apollo Chung says he has filed a complaint with BC's Human Rights Tribunal.

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