Mike Hager
@mikehager.bsky.social
Journalist at @theglobeandmail.com covering the political, economic and social issues that affect us all.
News tips, please: mhager@globeandmail.com
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/mike-hager/
News tips, please: mhager@globeandmail.com
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/mike-hager/
Was dope walking into the library of my first newspaper and seeing these two on the wall
October 13, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Was dope walking into the library of my first newspaper and seeing these two on the wall
Here’s one of the signs that violated BC election rules. H/t @wendelschwab.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Here’s one of the signs that violated BC election rules. H/t @wendelschwab.bsky.social
Billionaire Lululemon founder Chip Wilson has been fined $600 by B.C.’s election watchdog for erecting three illegal signs on his waterfront mansion last October decrying the “communist” provincial NDP and their leader @davidebybc.bsky.social. ElectionsBC says it was 1st violation and he cooperated
October 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Billionaire Lululemon founder Chip Wilson has been fined $600 by B.C.’s election watchdog for erecting three illegal signs on his waterfront mansion last October decrying the “communist” provincial NDP and their leader @davidebybc.bsky.social. ElectionsBC says it was 1st violation and he cooperated
Here's a screengrab of the incident in question (which unfortunately is obscured by a cell door). Head to the @theglobeandmail.com to watch the full video of the interaction Amber Bracken FOIed and received from the Prince George jail: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
October 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Here's a screengrab of the incident in question (which unfortunately is obscured by a cell door). Head to the @theglobeandmail.com to watch the full video of the interaction Amber Bracken FOIed and received from the Prince George jail: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Charter captain Orest Iwaszko sent me this video of the Mount Underwood blaze from Tuesday evening
August 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Charter captain Orest Iwaszko sent me this video of the Mount Underwood blaze from Tuesday evening
Some Canadian hate crimes investigators and their prosecutor partners mow consider a victim being homeless as a distinct target of this pernicious class of crime. We’ll see whether Vic PD attaches this ‘hate motivation’ to case of alleged BB gun attackers www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
May 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Some Canadian hate crimes investigators and their prosecutor partners mow consider a victim being homeless as a distinct target of this pernicious class of crime. We’ll see whether Vic PD attaches this ‘hate motivation’ to case of alleged BB gun attackers www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/briti...
Finally reading @janemayer.bsky.social’s Dark Money and its incisive chronicle of how American politics got here.
May 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Finally reading @janemayer.bsky.social’s Dark Money and its incisive chronicle of how American politics got here.
Breaking: Vancouver Police Board Chair Frank Chong announces longtime deputy chief Steve Rai is the city’s new chief.
May 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Breaking: Vancouver Police Board Chair Frank Chong announces longtime deputy chief Steve Rai is the city’s new chief.
Pizzerias are very dangerous places for campaigning politicians!
Here's former BC NDP leader Adrian Dix grappling with a piping hot pie straight out of the oven at Vancouver institution Nat's. (Postmedia ran this photo everywhere in the lead up to election he ended up losing.)
Here's former BC NDP leader Adrian Dix grappling with a piping hot pie straight out of the oven at Vancouver institution Nat's. (Postmedia ran this photo everywhere in the lead up to election he ended up losing.)
April 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pizzerias are very dangerous places for campaigning politicians!
Here's former BC NDP leader Adrian Dix grappling with a piping hot pie straight out of the oven at Vancouver institution Nat's. (Postmedia ran this photo everywhere in the lead up to election he ended up losing.)
Here's former BC NDP leader Adrian Dix grappling with a piping hot pie straight out of the oven at Vancouver institution Nat's. (Postmedia ran this photo everywhere in the lead up to election he ended up losing.)
Marcel Pepin still remembers when US peacekeepers would stroll into his CAF barracks on their joint base in the Sinai in the 80s to borrow a T-shirt with a 🍁 or 🦫 on it so they could feel safer strolling in the nearby Egyptian town of Arish. What is he saying now to his US friends?
He holds up this:
He holds up this:
March 5, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Marcel Pepin still remembers when US peacekeepers would stroll into his CAF barracks on their joint base in the Sinai in the 80s to borrow a T-shirt with a 🍁 or 🦫 on it so they could feel safer strolling in the nearby Egyptian town of Arish. What is he saying now to his US friends?
He holds up this:
He holds up this:
Here they are. Mayor Sim later said Vancouver Police Union’s public criticism of Deputy Chief Wilson (on the far right) doesn’t sway him at all despite his tight relationship with that organization, which issued a novel - and controversial- endorsement of his last mayoral candidacy. #vanpoli
February 20, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here they are. Mayor Sim later said Vancouver Police Union’s public criticism of Deputy Chief Wilson (on the far right) doesn’t sway him at all despite his tight relationship with that organization, which issued a novel - and controversial- endorsement of his last mayoral candidacy. #vanpoli
What fresh hell is Twitter allowing to fester for
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social, @jagmeetsingh.ca and the @ndp.ca
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social, @jagmeetsingh.ca and the @ndp.ca
February 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
What fresh hell is Twitter allowing to fester for
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social, @jagmeetsingh.ca and the @ndp.ca
@ctvnewsottawa.bsky.social, @jagmeetsingh.ca and the @ndp.ca
Wild to see misinformation posted on the Other Site touching off a news cycle in Indian media outlets, which don't bother verifying basic facts. #Nijjar #cdnmedia #cdnpoli #misinformation
January 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Wild to see misinformation posted on the Other Site touching off a news cycle in Indian media outlets, which don't bother verifying basic facts. #Nijjar #cdnmedia #cdnpoli #misinformation
The City of Victoria estimates it would cost $4.7-million to more than double bylaw enforcement and stop people from camping in parks during the day. "While there would be some visible improvements in some locations and an increase to the perception of safety," it wouldn't stop homelessness. #BCpoli
December 12, 2024 at 7:21 PM
The City of Victoria estimates it would cost $4.7-million to more than double bylaw enforcement and stop people from camping in parks during the day. "While there would be some visible improvements in some locations and an increase to the perception of safety," it wouldn't stop homelessness. #BCpoli
A tale of two sites:
December 1, 2024 at 5:46 PM
A tale of two sites:
At Vancouver International Security Summit, former US diplomat and national security official David Luna says Canada is ill-prepared to combat those who take part in global illicit economies, which he estimates is worth $3-5 trillion a year.
November 25, 2024 at 5:34 PM
At Vancouver International Security Summit, former US diplomat and national security official David Luna says Canada is ill-prepared to combat those who take part in global illicit economies, which he estimates is worth $3-5 trillion a year.
A Remembrance Day dispatch that has always stuck with me from six years ago: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
November 11, 2024 at 8:23 PM
A Remembrance Day dispatch that has always stuck with me from six years ago: www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Keen to see what Red Fish's couple hundred patients thought of their experience, I began reaching out to those who had posted on social media about their or their loved one's time there. No luck with more than a dozen people. Then this email from inside Red Fish arrived:
October 17, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Keen to see what Red Fish's couple hundred patients thought of their experience, I began reaching out to those who had posted on social media about their or their loved one's time there. No luck with more than a dozen people. Then this email from inside Red Fish arrived:
Good on you! I dislocated my ankle and snapped my leg half a day away from making it up there! #neversawit
May 22, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Good on you! I dislocated my ankle and snapped my leg half a day away from making it up there! #neversawit
Crown prosecutors refuse to approve assault charge recommended as an option by IIO of BC after one of the Metro Vancouver K-9 unit's handlers released a dog on an off-duty officer during a foot chase in a residential area of Surrey in May of 2021.
November 22, 2023 at 10:31 PM
Crown prosecutors refuse to approve assault charge recommended as an option by IIO of BC after one of the Metro Vancouver K-9 unit's handlers released a dog on an off-duty officer during a foot chase in a residential area of Surrey in May of 2021.
How’s this for an opening deck from trio of journos with Swedish public broadcasting program Uppdrag Granskning?
Loving my first day of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. If you’re here, looking forward to linking up!
Loving my first day of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. If you’re here, looking forward to linking up!
September 19, 2023 at 11:42 AM
How’s this for an opening deck from trio of journos with Swedish public broadcasting program Uppdrag Granskning?
Loving my first day of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. If you’re here, looking forward to linking up!
Loving my first day of the Global Investigative Journalism Conference. If you’re here, looking forward to linking up!
