Jackie Dives
@jackiedives.bsky.social
Vancouver-based photojournalist working for NYT, Globe and Mail, Guardian, WSJ etc. www.jackiedives.com
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Postcard Club
Sign up before the 15th to get the current month's postcard. Members will receive a postcard printed with a new photograph every month, plus a short note on the back with some context about the photog...
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Hello! I have launched a fun thing! It's called Postcard Club and if you sign up I will send you a postcard of one of my photos every month. It's $5/month for the first 25 people and then $7/month for everyone else (+$1 for a international shipping).
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“British Columbia’s shortfalls in its response to the unregulated toxic drug crisis were strongly criticized during the first three weeks of the Drug User Liberation Front’s constitutional challenge.”
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
"B.C. instead focused on funding policing, and treatment and recovery beds, which Lapointe said was problematic because the province is not tracking how these investments reduce overdoses, deaths or harms caused by unregulated drugs."
#bcpoli #harmreduction
"B.C. instead focused on funding policing, and treatment and recovery beds, which Lapointe said was problematic because the province is not tracking how these investments reduce overdoses, deaths or harms caused by unregulated drugs."
#bcpoli #harmreduction
Ex-BC Coroner Testifies about Failures to Prevent Toxic Drug Deaths | The Tyee
Lawyers for DULF are arguing the compassion club had to take matters into its own hands.
thetyee.ca
December 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“British Columbia’s shortfalls in its response to the unregulated toxic drug crisis were strongly criticized during the first three weeks of the Drug User Liberation Front’s constitutional challenge.”
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Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
France exonerates women convicted over abortions before legalisation
Between 1870 and 1975, more than 11,660 people were convicted for performing or seeking an abortion, according to official estimates.
www.lemonde.fr
December 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Today, French lawmakers unanimously approved a bill exonerating women punished for abortion before it was legalized in 1975.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
This "is an act of justice toward those thousands of lives shattered by unjust laws," said Aurore Bergé, minister-delegate for gender equality.
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“The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.”
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
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Alberta government to close Calgary’s sole supervised consumption site in 2026 | CBC News
The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site at Sheldon Chumir Health Centre, despite criticism from ad...
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December 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The Alberta government has confirmed it will follow through with a longtime pledge to shutter Calgary’s only supervised drug consumption site.”
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Alberta’s ongoing policy of social murder.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
No more witnesses today at the DULF trial. Pretty sure Nick Boyce, Policy Director of the Drug Policy Coalition, will be testifying (by zoom) tomorrow starting at 10am.
December 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
No more witnesses today at the DULF trial. Pretty sure Nick Boyce, Policy Director of the Drug Policy Coalition, will be testifying (by zoom) tomorrow starting at 10am.
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 10am and a member of the compassion club will be testifying. You can drop in and support/witness at any time. It goes until 4pm with a break from 12:30-2pm. 800 Smithe, floor 5, room 54.
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 10am and a member of the compassion club will be testifying. You can drop in and support/witness at any time. It goes until 4pm with a break from 12:30-2pm. 800 Smithe, floor 5, room 54.
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We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
We're hiring for a nine-month contract covering federal politics! Posting coming soon, but don't hesitate to reach out if you're interested — jimmy at nationalobserver dotcom
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 9:30am. Lisa Lapointe will continue her testimony.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws | Front Burner | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen
Through 2022 and 2023, two Vancouver activists made international headlines with DULF — the Drug User Liberation Front. In a bid to stop overdose deaths, founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx sold clea...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 9:30am. Lisa Lapointe will continue her testimony.
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...
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This morning, @thetyee.ca ‘s health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social is on Front Burner talking about the DULF constitutional trial - which could change Canada’s drug laws. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws
Podcast Episode · Front Burner · 2025-12-09 · 28m
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December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This morning, @thetyee.ca ‘s health reporter @michellegamage.bsky.social is on Front Burner talking about the DULF constitutional trial - which could change Canada’s drug laws. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/f...
The constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 9:45am, with Dr. Paxton Bach finishing his expert witness testimony, then Lisa Lapointe starting her testimony during the second half of the day.
Drug User Liberation Front's founders are arguing their members’ constitutional rights were violated by part of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act.
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The constitutional challenge will continue tomorrow at 9:45am, with Dr. Paxton Bach finishing his expert witness testimony, then Lisa Lapointe starting her testimony during the second half of the day.
Reposted by Jackie Dives
Reposted by Jackie Dives
Missed this earlier: Squamish Nation declares local state of emergency in response to the toxic drug crisis. A Dec. 4 letter from the Squamish Nation Council to nation members cites "profound losses" in recent weeks and months.
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Missed this earlier: Squamish Nation declares local state of emergency in response to the toxic drug crisis. A Dec. 4 letter from the Squamish Nation Council to nation members cites "profound losses" in recent weeks and months.
“The government has not done the work to prove involuntary treatment even works.“
December 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“The government has not done the work to prove involuntary treatment even works.“
Reposted by Jackie Dives
I ran into a reporter at the DULF trial today who said, “I can’t believe this court room isn’t packed.” I don’t think people understand the impact this case could have.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I ran into a reporter at the DULF trial today who said, “I can’t believe this court room isn’t packed.” I don’t think people understand the impact this case could have.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue on Monday. Fairly certain Dr. Paxton Bach will be testifying. 800 Smithe, floor 5, room 54. It starts at 10am and goes until 4pm, with a break from 12:30-2pm. I’ve been told that people showing up and being in court to support DULF is helpful.
great explainer by @michellegamage.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca on the constitutional challenge brought by the Drug User Liberation Front, which is being argued in court now: thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The DULF constitutional challenge will continue on Monday. Fairly certain Dr. Paxton Bach will be testifying. 800 Smithe, floor 5, room 54. It starts at 10am and goes until 4pm, with a break from 12:30-2pm. I’ve been told that people showing up and being in court to support DULF is helpful.
Reposted by Jackie Dives
I've got friends and family still dealing with trauma from their experiences with involuntary care growing up. Often young people turn to substance use in an attempt to cope or escape from high-control households. "Strengthening access to involuntary care" means empowering their abusers.
Premier Eby will have announcement tmrw about "strengthening access to involuntary care for young people."
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
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CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
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Involuntary Care Already Exists in BC, But Is It Working? - CMHA British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – (September 18, 2024): On September 15, 2024, Premier Eby announced that his government is expanding involuntary care for people with brain injury, mental illness, and severe addiction....
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December 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I've got friends and family still dealing with trauma from their experiences with involuntary care growing up. Often young people turn to substance use in an attempt to cope or escape from high-control households. "Strengthening access to involuntary care" means empowering their abusers.
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Here is a paper that gets at parental disappointment with outcomes of forced drug treatment on their children.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bcpoli
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#bcpoli
“Grasping at straws,” experiences of Canadian parents using involuntary stabilization for a youth's substance use
In Canada, involuntary stabilization programs are used to apprehend and confine youth who use drugs for the purpose of stabilization, assessment, and …
www.sciencedirect.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Here is a paper that gets at parental disappointment with outcomes of forced drug treatment on their children.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bcpoli
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#bcpoli
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“This is a calamity beyond words. This is a horror beyond words. This is a travesty,” Eris Nyx told the court. “This is gutting my community and killing everyone I know.”
What would you do if thousands of your neighbours were dying preventable deaths, every year?
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What would you do if thousands of your neighbours were dying preventable deaths, every year?
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“This is a calamity beyond words. This is a horror beyond words. This is a travesty,” Eris Nyx told the court. “This is gutting my community and killing everyone I know.”
What would you do if thousands of your neighbours were dying preventable deaths, every year?
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What would you do if thousands of your neighbours were dying preventable deaths, every year?
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
I ran into a reporter at the DULF trial today who said, “I can’t believe this court room isn’t packed.” I don’t think people understand the impact this case could have.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
What’s at Stake During DULF’s Constitutional Challenge | The Tyee
The case’s outcome could affect the founders’ criminal charges, and Canadian drug laws. A Tyee explainer.
thetyee.ca
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I ran into a reporter at the DULF trial today who said, “I can’t believe this court room isn’t packed.” I don’t think people understand the impact this case could have.
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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We must subject these policies to critical scrutiny:
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We must subject these policies to critical scrutiny:
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
Who benefits from involuntary drug treatment?
Not the patients. Not the nurses, doctors, or other allied healthcare professionals.
Do you feel safer knowing the gov is changing laws to protect care providers so they can violate patient rights?
Reposted by Jackie Dives
Importantly — and this was stressed in friggen heartbreaking testimony — they were doing this while their friends, family and community members were dying in horrific, horrific numbers. The trauma they experienced/continue to experience is very clear. The crisis is continuing, 5 ppl/ day are dying.
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Importantly — and this was stressed in friggen heartbreaking testimony — they were doing this while their friends, family and community members were dying in horrific, horrific numbers. The trauma they experienced/continue to experience is very clear. The crisis is continuing, 5 ppl/ day are dying.
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Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
Prime Minister Mark Carney disagrees with the concept of a premier of one province unilaterally taking over a different province but his hands are tied by his unwillingness to do anything about it.
www.thebeaverton.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Danielle Smith uses notwithstanding clause to declare herself premier of B.C.
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The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
B.C. sees record number of 911 calls about toxic drug overdoses, health authority says | CBC News
The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) said that British Columbia has seen a record number of 911 calls related to toxic drug poisonings, as officials issue warnings about an increasingly tainted s...
www.cbc.ca
November 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
The predictable, ongoing result of a total failure to replace the unregulated supply with a regulated one.
“That same day, B.C. Emergency Health Services responded to 222 overdose calls across the province, including the 12 in Duncan — a single-day record for B.C., according to the ambulance service.”
"A day prior to the spike in overdoses, North Cowichan bylaw officers, backed up by RCMP, started clearing out an encampment on Lewis Street and returned the next day to finish."
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
“That same day, B.C. Emergency Health Services responded to 222 overdose calls across the province, including the 12 in Duncan — a single-day record for B.C., according to the ambulance service.”
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Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 54 overdoses last Friday - the most in a single day in the department's history. Averaged 16 per day in May.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.
There has been a surge in ODs reported all across the province in the past few weeks.