tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
@tsk.bsky.social
an unexpected and momentary sense of hope listening in to the people's filibuster against the 2026 budget that threatens to hollow out the city further
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 AM
an unexpected and momentary sense of hope listening in to the people's filibuster against the 2026 budget that threatens to hollow out the city further
the cop city budget
vancouver is set to spend half a billion on policing next year (probably more): www.policeoversight.ca/p/cop-city
vancouver is set to spend half a billion on policing next year (probably more): www.policeoversight.ca/p/cop-city
Vancouver’s Cop City Budget
Next year’s municipal budget is set to allocate half a billion dollars toward policing.
www.policeoversight.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
the cop city budget
vancouver is set to spend half a billion on policing next year (probably more): www.policeoversight.ca/p/cop-city
vancouver is set to spend half a billion on policing next year (probably more): www.policeoversight.ca/p/cop-city
from the judgment: these are the institutions of Vancouver.
police abruptly raiding the successful project as DULF was transitioning members off to close down; the Health Ministry sanctioning more death based on moral panic; a health authority without resistance
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
police abruptly raiding the successful project as DULF was transitioning members off to close down; the Health Ministry sanctioning more death based on moral panic; a health authority without resistance
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
November 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
from the judgment: these are the institutions of Vancouver.
police abruptly raiding the successful project as DULF was transitioning members off to close down; the Health Ministry sanctioning more death based on moral panic; a health authority without resistance
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
police abruptly raiding the successful project as DULF was transitioning members off to close down; the Health Ministry sanctioning more death based on moral panic; a health authority without resistance
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
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-...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
"Justice Murray repeated several times that Nyx and Kalicum’s intent was clear: they sought to save people’s lives in the face of a public health emergency."
Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"Justice Murray repeated several times that Nyx and Kalicum’s intent was clear: they sought to save people’s lives in the face of a public health emergency."
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Founders of Vancouver’s Drug User Liberation Front Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalinin have just been found guilty of drug trafficking.
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Justice Murray rules CDSA exemption didn’t include procurement & distribution.
“There is no doubt all of DULF’s actions were for one purpose.”
@pressprogress.ca
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
📣 DULF found guilty for life-saving compassion club 📣
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
Court finds DULF guilty for compassion club "heralded as success"
Convictions are on hold as the compassion club founders prepare for a Charter challenge to begin on November 24.
drugdatadecoded.ca
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📣 DULF found guilty for life-saving compassion club 📣
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
But WAIT! Not so fast…
drugdatadecoded.ca/court-finds-...
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Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
The Supreme Court of Canada Wants You to Call 911 if Someone Is Overdosing | The Tyee
Police can’t arrest a person for drug possession if they call for help and stick around, a new ruling finds.
thetyee.ca
November 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Saving a life is more important than policing small amounts of drug use, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled last month.
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
@michellegamage.bsky.social reports. #canpoli #ToxicDrugCrisis
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
“The optics are, oh, the police get everything they want.”
Here’s my story on the Vancouver Police Department asking for a $50 million increase to their 2026 budget while others city departments are facing challenges — and how at least one board member seemed aware of the conflict it would create.
Here’s my story on the Vancouver Police Department asking for a $50 million increase to their 2026 budget while others city departments are facing challenges — and how at least one board member seemed aware of the conflict it would create.
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
“The optics are, oh, the police get everything they want.”
Here’s my story on the Vancouver Police Department asking for a $50 million increase to their 2026 budget while others city departments are facing challenges — and how at least one board member seemed aware of the conflict it would create.
Here’s my story on the Vancouver Police Department asking for a $50 million increase to their 2026 budget while others city departments are facing challenges — and how at least one board member seemed aware of the conflict it would create.
"When BC authorities declared these mounting deaths a public health emergency, mainly exploiting the situation to push the same, tired teetotal interventions that created this mess, it was just too much to stomach" #drugsky
www.thenation.com/article/soci... @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci... @thenation.com
On Trial for a Radical Approach to Reducing Drug Overdoses in British Columbia
The Vancouver duo behind the Drug User Liberation Front faces 40 years behind bars for drug trafficking. But this is no ordinary case.
www.thenation.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
"When BC authorities declared these mounting deaths a public health emergency, mainly exploiting the situation to push the same, tired teetotal interventions that created this mess, it was just too much to stomach" #drugsky
www.thenation.com/article/soci... @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci... @thenation.com
The order that protected Moccasin Flats is an important human rights precedent toward the decriminalization of people living outdoors—but a new injunction has been handed down
"Prince George prepares to displace residents of Moccasin Flats"
www.policeoversight.ca/p/prince-geo... @bccla.bsky.social
"Prince George prepares to displace residents of Moccasin Flats"
www.policeoversight.ca/p/prince-geo... @bccla.bsky.social
Prince George prepares to displace residents of Moccasin Flats
The city apologized for the harms caused by dismantling people’s homes at Moccasin Flats in 2022. Now they plan to dismantle it again.
www.policeoversight.ca
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The order that protected Moccasin Flats is an important human rights precedent toward the decriminalization of people living outdoors—but a new injunction has been handed down
"Prince George prepares to displace residents of Moccasin Flats"
www.policeoversight.ca/p/prince-geo... @bccla.bsky.social
"Prince George prepares to displace residents of Moccasin Flats"
www.policeoversight.ca/p/prince-geo... @bccla.bsky.social
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
#BREAKING: Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will not serve prison time after a BC Supreme Court judge handed them a suspended sentence in Smithers court today for their role in opposing the #CoastalGasLink pipeline conflict.
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
RCMP Violated Charter Rights During CGL Arrests, Court Finds | The Tyee
Indigenous land defenders found guilty of criminal contempt may receive shorter sentences due to ‘extremely serious,’ ‘racist’ conduct.
thetyee.ca
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#BREAKING: Sleydo' Molly Wickham, Shaylynn Sampson and Corey Jocko will not serve prison time after a BC Supreme Court judge handed them a suspended sentence in Smithers court today for their role in opposing the #CoastalGasLink pipeline conflict.
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
More to come in @thetyee.ca. #bcpoli
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
“What does it say to Canadians, to international observers and to Indigenous people, that victims of this hideous racism will be sent to jail to serve further time, notwithstanding this misconduct.”
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
'We are the land,' Wet'suwet'wen leader tells B.C. court at blockade sentencing | CBC News
A Wet’suwet’en leader convicted after blocking work on the Coastal GasLink pipeline addressed a B.C. Supreme Court at the end of sentencing arguments on Thursday, telling the judge her land "has never...
www.cbc.ca
October 17, 2025 at 5:21 PM
“What does it say to Canadians, to international observers and to Indigenous people, that victims of this hideous racism will be sent to jail to serve further time, notwithstanding this misconduct.”
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
Judge: “The troubling thing about this prosecution is that everyone knew what was happening… It seems like these two [gestures to defendants Nyx and Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD—which before was fine—suddenly is not fine.”
October 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Judge: “The troubling thing about this prosecution is that everyone knew what was happening… It seems like these two [gestures to defendants Nyx and Kalicum] are being hung out to dry. As soon as politicians started complaining, all of a sudden VPD—which before was fine—suddenly is not fine.”
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
October 14, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Jeremy and Erys kept people safe with their actions. Politicians who prevent access to safe alternatives to toxic drugs are the ones who should be charged.
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
#DULF founders are heroes to me and many other moms!
> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Safe Drugs on Trial: DULF’s Trafficking Case Begins | The Tyee
The founders are charged with trafficking. Their lawyers argue they had a legal exemption from drug laws.
thetyee.ca
October 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
> Read about how DULF's co-founders discussed their compassion club with the VPD. VPD reps offered their support for the project. Then the VPD abruptly raided the compassion club and arrested its co-founders:
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
thetyee.ca/News/2025/10...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver Police Department expecting to be over budget by nearly $8 million: report
The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.
www.ctvnews.ca
September 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
VPD has zero credibility in reporting violent crime statistics. By selective & sensational use of stats, they helped their friends get elected to city council. Now Task Force Barrage is out of gas & VPD wants more money. dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
City claims Vancouver has hit a 23-year low in violent crime | News
The City of Vancouver and Mayor Ken Sim are celebrating a reported 23-year low in violent crime, dating back to 2022, when records began.
dailyhive.com
September 9, 2025 at 12:41 AM
VPD has zero credibility in reporting violent crime statistics. By selective & sensational use of stats, they helped their friends get elected to city council. Now Task Force Barrage is out of gas & VPD wants more money. dailyhive.com/vancouver/va...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
Bombshell reporting by my @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social colleagues here
This reflects very poorly on the Vancouver Police Department, which isn't being forthcoming about questionable assault numbers continually promoted ahead of the last municipal election
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
This reflects very poorly on the Vancouver Police Department, which isn't being forthcoming about questionable assault numbers continually promoted ahead of the last municipal election
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Bombshell reporting by my @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social colleagues here
This reflects very poorly on the Vancouver Police Department, which isn't being forthcoming about questionable assault numbers continually promoted ahead of the last municipal election
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
This reflects very poorly on the Vancouver Police Department, which isn't being forthcoming about questionable assault numbers continually promoted ahead of the last municipal election
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
they do this for everything. make people fight each other for the opportunity to BEG for it. to make you indebted, grateful
September 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
they do this for everything. make people fight each other for the opportunity to BEG for it. to make you indebted, grateful
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
"housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of an explicit process of dehumanization
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
themainlander.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of an explicit process of dehumanization
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together against legislated violence of drug policy & militarizing, racial capitalist global war on drugs.
DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction
Join me in wage solidarity fundraiser:
chuffed.org/project/dulf...
DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction
Join me in wage solidarity fundraiser:
chuffed.org/project/dulf...
Wage Solidarity: Fight the War on Drugs
Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislated violence of drug policy. On August 31, We...
chuffed.org
September 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together against legislated violence of drug policy & militarizing, racial capitalist global war on drugs.
DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction
Join me in wage solidarity fundraiser:
chuffed.org/project/dulf...
DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction
Join me in wage solidarity fundraiser:
chuffed.org/project/dulf...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
NEW: Housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment according to internal correspondence obtained by The Mainlander
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
themainlander.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
NEW: Housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment according to internal correspondence obtained by The Mainlander
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
"housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of an explicit process of dehumanization
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
themainlander.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of an explicit process of dehumanization
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
@natecrompton.bsky.social & I obtained documents that offer insight into how they are engineered:
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Reposted by tyson singh kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ
BC housing kept 117 PHS housing units vacant in the lead-up to the 2023 decampment, and no one can even say that anyone from the Hastings encampment received housing, per The Mainlander
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
themainlander.com
September 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
BC housing kept 117 PHS housing units vacant in the lead-up to the 2023 decampment, and no one can even say that anyone from the Hastings encampment received housing, per The Mainlander
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...
themainlander.com/2025/09/02/d...