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
Instagram and TikTok: @jenstdenis
Email: jstdenis at thetyee dot ca
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Jen St. Denis
@jenstden.bsky.social
· Dec 5
A Vancouver Landlord Keeps Being Allowed to Evict Tenants. Why? | The Tyee
Residents want to know why BC’s Residential Tenancy Branch keeps siding with Plan A.
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The tenants of Park Beach have been fighting aggressive eviction threats for nearly two years.
Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
Their landlord has painted them as criminals and thieves - and to their dismay, some Residential Tenancy Branch arbitrators have accepted that characterization. thetyee.ca/News/2025/12...
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Canada cannot fund, arm, or legitimize ICE.
I’ve written to PM Carney calling for sanctions, export bans, cancelled subsidies, and the closure of ICE offices in Canada. Fascist violence and human rights abuses demand action, not silence.
I’ve written to PM Carney calling for sanctions, export bans, cancelled subsidies, and the closure of ICE offices in Canada. Fascist violence and human rights abuses demand action, not silence.
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Canada cannot fund, arm, or legitimize ICE.
I’ve written to PM Carney calling for sanctions, export bans, cancelled subsidies, and the closure of ICE offices in Canada. Fascist violence and human rights abuses demand action, not silence.
I’ve written to PM Carney calling for sanctions, export bans, cancelled subsidies, and the closure of ICE offices in Canada. Fascist violence and human rights abuses demand action, not silence.
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All the books that are now banned in Alberta's two biggest school districts. Including graphic novel versions of '1984' and 'Book of Genesis'
Reporting by @readtheorchard.org thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
All the books that are now banned in Alberta's two biggest school districts. Including graphic novel versions of '1984' and 'Book of Genesis'
Reporting by @readtheorchard.org thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Versions of ‘1984’ and ‘Book of Genesis’ Banned in Alberta Schools | The Tyee
Graphic novels are the focus of the full list of prohibited books, revealed through FOI.
thetyee.ca
January 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Reposting with the right link this time!
All the books that are now banned in Alberta's two biggest school districts. Including graphic novel versions of '1984' and 'Book of Genesis'
Reporting by @readtheorchard.org thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
All the books that are now banned in Alberta's two biggest school districts. Including graphic novel versions of '1984' and 'Book of Genesis'
Reporting by @readtheorchard.org thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
Exclusive: The Trump administration has held covert meetings with fringe separatists from the oil-rich Canadian province as a rift deepens between Washington and Ottawa. ft.trib.al/zYlleOJ
January 29, 2026 at 3:26 PM
“The way ICE is dealing with some people, killing its own citizens, the way they are treating immigrants, even detaining children — it’s really bad.
“Had it been any other country, we’d have asked [companies] to stop doing business with that country.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
“Had it been any other country, we’d have asked [companies] to stop doing business with that country.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Save-On-Foods Union Is Concerned about Pattison’s Warehouse Sale to ICE | The Tyee
But UFCW Local 1518 says calls for a boycott of the grocery store could hurt workers.
thetyee.ca
January 29, 2026 at 3:23 PM
“The way ICE is dealing with some people, killing its own citizens, the way they are treating immigrants, even detaining children — it’s really bad.
“Had it been any other country, we’d have asked [companies] to stop doing business with that country.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
“Had it been any other country, we’d have asked [companies] to stop doing business with that country.” thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
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NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
5-Year-Old in ICE Detention Is Sick, Says Top School Official
The 5-year-old who was taken by federal agents in Minneapolis is being held behind bars with his father in Texas.
www.huffpost.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
NEW: Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who ICE agents in Minneapolis nabbed last week and shipped off to a Texas detention facility with his dad, is now in poor health, his school superintendent told me today www.huffpost.com/entry/liam-c...
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Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda with 1.4m followers reports TikTok ban https://aje.news/ljjuww
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza.
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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"Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola, was missing."
"It wasn't until the pastor made a final trip to retrace Kalonji's commute that he spotted his car."
"The car was unlocked, he said, and the keys were on the floor."
#Maine #USA #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"It wasn't until the pastor made a final trip to retrace Kalonji's commute that he spotted his car."
"The car was unlocked, he said, and the keys were on the floor."
#Maine #USA #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
A pastor's search for missing congregant amid ICE activity in Maine
Evaristo Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola, vanished from South Portland. He turned up in one detention center, then another.
themainemonitor.org
January 29, 2026 at 12:14 AM
"Kalonji, an asylum seeker from Angola, was missing."
"It wasn't until the pastor made a final trip to retrace Kalonji's commute that he spotted his car."
"The car was unlocked, he said, and the keys were on the floor."
#Maine #USA #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"It wasn't until the pastor made a final trip to retrace Kalonji's commute that he spotted his car."
"The car was unlocked, he said, and the keys were on the floor."
#Maine #USA #Asylum #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
January 29, 2026 at 1:33 AM
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HAPPENING NOW: Hanover County in Virginia unanimously opposes sale of warehouse property owned by Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be used as holding and processing facility. The local gov can't veto it, but hopes DHS will reconsider. Story to come
January 28, 2026 at 11:48 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Hanover County in Virginia unanimously opposes sale of warehouse property owned by Vancouver-based Jim Pattison Developments to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be used as holding and processing facility. The local gov can't veto it, but hopes DHS will reconsider. Story to come
"A school board member who publicly criticized ICE for detaining a preschooler said she woke up to find an ICE caravan idling outside her home."
'This is about children … being treated as less than human,' says Twin Cities district superintendent at state Capitol news conference. @bethhawkins.bsky.social reports www.the74million.org/article/minn...
January 28, 2026 at 6:28 PM
"A school board member who publicly criticized ICE for detaining a preschooler said she woke up to find an ICE caravan idling outside her home."
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Statement from Jim Pattinson Developments on potential sale of building for use by ICE
January 28, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Statement from Jim Pattinson Developments on potential sale of building for use by ICE
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UFCW 1518 has written to the Jim Pattison Group about the decision to sell a Pattison-owned warehouse for conversion into an ICE processing facility.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
January 28, 2026 at 1:09 AM
UFCW 1518 has written to the Jim Pattison Group about the decision to sell a Pattison-owned warehouse for conversion into an ICE processing facility.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
We stand firmly against practices that dehumanize people anywhere — including the harms reported by victims impacted by ICE.
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From "Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong" by Adam Serwer.
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 11:44 PM
From "Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong" by Adam Serwer.
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Recommended. [gift link]
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Kevin Falcon has a new job #bcpoli www.instagram.com/p/DUBlGQmkhA0/
Full Throttle Auto Spa Ltd. on Instagram: "This is more than car care. It’s a culture.
Built from a genuine passion for cars, Full Throttle Auto Spa was created for those who see their vehicles as mo...
fullthrottlespa on January 27, 2026: "This is more than car care. It’s a culture.
Built from a genuine passion for cars, Full Throttle Auto Spa was created for those who see their vehicles as more th...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Kevin Falcon has a new job #bcpoli www.instagram.com/p/DUBlGQmkhA0/
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Canada/IRCC has chosen to make it difficult for Palestinian students — 134 from Gaza accepted into Canadian universities for graduate degrees/PhDs — to get here.
Article + interactive map of where students were accepted & their programs, by @ericwickham.ca
pressprogress.ca/gazans-accep...
Article + interactive map of where students were accepted & their programs, by @ericwickham.ca
pressprogress.ca/gazans-accep...
More Than 100 Gazans Have Been Accepted to Canadian Universities. Canada Isn’t Letting Them In.
See a map of the graduate programs they're planning to attend, if the government finally processes their visas
pressprogress.ca
January 27, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Canada/IRCC has chosen to make it difficult for Palestinian students — 134 from Gaza accepted into Canadian universities for graduate degrees/PhDs — to get here.
Article + interactive map of where students were accepted & their programs, by @ericwickham.ca
pressprogress.ca/gazans-accep...
Article + interactive map of where students were accepted & their programs, by @ericwickham.ca
pressprogress.ca/gazans-accep...
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
Indigenous Canadians are being urged to use caution when crossing the border into the United States after reports of “increased scrutiny” by U.S. federal officials. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Indigenous Canadians Warned about Travel to the US | The Tyee
The AFN says it ‘strongly condemns’ reports of First Nations people being questioned and detained by ICE.
thetyee.ca
January 27, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Indigenous Canadians are being urged to use caution when crossing the border into the United States after reports of “increased scrutiny” by U.S. federal officials. @amandafollett.bsky.social reports: thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
I spoke to a woman who lives near this warehouse. The concern is that the plans for this facility mean that ICE is getting ready to come to her city (Richmond, Virginia). Allie Carpenter asked BC residents to help pressure the company to not go through with this sale. thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
A Pattison Company’s Possible Deal with ICE Brings Boycott Threats | The Tyee
Trump’s immigration enforcement agency wants to buy a warehouse for a ‘processing centre’ in Virginia.
thetyee.ca
January 27, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I spoke to a woman who lives near this warehouse. The concern is that the plans for this facility mean that ICE is getting ready to come to her city (Richmond, Virginia). Allie Carpenter asked BC residents to help pressure the company to not go through with this sale. thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
From barstool ramblings to claims of meeting with the U.S. State Department, @charlesrusnell.bsky.social takes us on a wild ride through Alberta separatism #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
The Wild Claims of Jeff Rath, Separatist Firebrand | The Tyee
The free-swinging Alberta Prosperity Project leader is caught on video spouting conspiracy theories and profanities.
thetyee.ca
January 26, 2026 at 3:19 PM
From barstool ramblings to claims of meeting with the U.S. State Department, @charlesrusnell.bsky.social takes us on a wild ride through Alberta separatism #abpoli thetyee.ca/News/2026/01...
Did a jokey reading of “To A Mouse” to my fam to celebrate Robbie Burns day and ended up overwhelmed with the poem’s empathy and humanity 🥹 www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43816/...
To a Mouse
I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle, At me, thy poor, e...
www.poetryfoundation.org
January 25, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Did a jokey reading of “To A Mouse” to my fam to celebrate Robbie Burns day and ended up overwhelmed with the poem’s empathy and humanity 🥹 www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43816/...
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a very #NewWest story. www.freshetnews.ca/new-west-run...
New West runner finds motivation in running all of the city’s 349 streets - Freshet News
“It kept things exciting.”
www.freshetnews.ca
January 25, 2026 at 6:29 PM
a very #NewWest story. www.freshetnews.ca/new-west-run...
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A colleague of Alex Pretti at the Minneapolis VA hospital vehemently rejected DHS' narrative that Pretti went to the area seeking to commit violence against federal law enforcement Saturday.
“Bullshit,” said Julia Grigoriev. “I would never believe that Alex would want to harm anybody.”
“Bullshit,” said Julia Grigoriev. “I would never believe that Alex would want to harm anybody.”
Alex Pretti identified as man fatally shot by federal officers in Minneapolis
Pretti, an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs Health Care System, had no criminal record beyond parking tickets.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 1:14 AM
A colleague of Alex Pretti at the Minneapolis VA hospital vehemently rejected DHS' narrative that Pretti went to the area seeking to commit violence against federal law enforcement Saturday.
“Bullshit,” said Julia Grigoriev. “I would never believe that Alex would want to harm anybody.”
“Bullshit,” said Julia Grigoriev. “I would never believe that Alex would want to harm anybody.”
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NEW: Dozens of detained immigrant families braved the cold outside the Dilley, TX facility to protest conditions and long detentions, sparked by the recent arrest of 5 y.o. Liam Conejo Ramos.
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:38 AM
NEW: Dozens of detained immigrant families braved the cold outside the Dilley, TX facility to protest conditions and long detentions, sparked by the recent arrest of 5 y.o. Liam Conejo Ramos.
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated.
apnews.com/article/texa...
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America’s unions mourn the senseless killing by federal agents of our AFGE Local 3669 union brother and VA nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
January 25, 2026 at 12:22 AM
America’s unions mourn the senseless killing by federal agents of our AFGE Local 3669 union brother and VA nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti.
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
We reiterate our call for ICE to immediately leave Minnesota before anyone else is hurt or killed.
https://bit.ly/4pVTpFO
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wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...
January 25, 2026 at 12:01 AM
wrote about the camps for my newsletter this weekend www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...