Brishti Basu
@brishti.bsky.social
Health Reporter at PressProgress. Words + photos in CBC, Capital Daily, Tyee, VICE, and many more.
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Reposted by Brishti Basu
More details on what is happening and the chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada here 👇
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 PM
More details on what is happening and the chilling implications for journalism and democracy in Canada here 👇
There’s lots more inside this edition, and much more to come in the future, so I hope you sign up!
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Hello! It’s me, Brishti, your friendly neighbourhood health reporter, asking you to invite me into your inbox to bring you Pulse Check, a regular Canadian healthcare-focused email newsletter. It’s one...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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4. Exclusive Dispatch From my colleague @ericwickham.ca re: disability rights advocates' calls to action about Ontario's Bill 33 that could see a Ford government takeover of all school boards.
November 11, 2025 at 4:23 PM
4. Exclusive Dispatch From my colleague @ericwickham.ca re: disability rights advocates' calls to action about Ontario's Bill 33 that could see a Ford government takeover of all school boards.
3. An interactive #dataviz of new Canadian Institute for Health Information @cihica.bsky.social data re: substance use-related hospitalizations across Canada this past year compared to 2018, as part of the second featured story.
(article link: pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil...)
(article link: pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil...)
November 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
3. An interactive #dataviz of new Canadian Institute for Health Information @cihica.bsky.social data re: substance use-related hospitalizations across Canada this past year compared to 2018, as part of the second featured story.
(article link: pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil...)
(article link: pressprogress.ca/alcohol-stil...)
2. Featured story: the verdict against Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front @dulfbc.bsky.social founders in a case that is anything but straightforward.
(article link: pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...)
(article link: pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...)
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
2. Featured story: the verdict against Vancouver's Drug User Liberation Front @dulfbc.bsky.social founders in a case that is anything but straightforward.
(article link: pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...)
(article link: pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...)
Reposted by Brishti Basu
Two years ago, @unfinishedlines.club and I sketched a timeline of moral panic manufacturing by MLA Sturko leading up to the DULF arrests, and I see it becoming an increasingly valuable document.
drugdatadecoded.ca/dulf-arrests...
drugdatadecoded.ca/dulf-arrests...
DULF arrests consolidate worldwide response
The arrests of the compassion club organizers are creating international blowback. How did manoeuvring by politicians and police convince them the arrests were good strategy?
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Two years ago, @unfinishedlines.club and I sketched a timeline of moral panic manufacturing by MLA Sturko leading up to the DULF arrests, and I see it becoming an increasingly valuable document.
drugdatadecoded.ca/dulf-arrests...
drugdatadecoded.ca/dulf-arrests...
Full article is up.
“There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.”
Read more at @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
“There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.”
Read more at @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
Founders of groundbreaking Vancouver compassion club found guilty of drug trafficking
Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum, who sold club members drugs they had tested for safety, plan to launch a constitutional challenge against Canada's drug laws on November 24.
pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Full article is up.
“There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.”
Read more at @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
“There is no issue that the Crown has proven the essential elements of the offence of [possession for the purpose of trafficking],” Murray said. “However, this case is not that straightforward.”
Read more at @pressprogress.ca pressprogress.ca/founders-of-...
KALICUM*** I’m so sorry for the typo
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
KALICUM*** I’m so sorry for the typo
I’m reporting from B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. There is no sentencing today.
Nyx and Kalicum + lawyers will be launching a constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. That starts Nov. 24.
Story TK for @pressprogress.ca
Nyx and Kalicum + lawyers will be launching a constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. That starts Nov. 24.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’m reporting from B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver. There is no sentencing today.
Nyx and Kalicum + lawyers will be launching a constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. That starts Nov. 24.
Story TK for @pressprogress.ca
Nyx and Kalicum + lawyers will be launching a constitutional challenge to the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. That starts Nov. 24.
Story TK for @pressprogress.ca