Jackie Dives
@jackiedives.bsky.social
Vancouver-based photojournalist working for NYT, Globe and Mail, Guardian, WSJ etc. www.jackiedives.com
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Jackie Dives
@jackiedives.bsky.social
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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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“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?
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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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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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.
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Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Vancouver's 2026 draft budget has PASSED.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Approved on a 7-4 vote on party lines, with ABC in favour and councillors Fry/Bligh/Orr/Maloney opposed.
Property tax freeze, $50 million more for VPD, and cuts to Arts, Culture, Planning and Sustainability departments, among others.
Full story to come.
Reposted by Jackie Dives
Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
Canada’s Drug Laws Face Challenge from Founders of Vancouver Compassion Club
'You feel lost and powerless, because you are,' Drug User Liberation Front co-founder testifies on day one of weeks-long hearing
pressprogress.ca
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Canada’s drug laws are facing a constitutional challenge from the founders of a Vancouver compassion club.
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
In trying to beat back a wave of toxic street drugs, "You feel lost and powerless, because you are," Jeremy Kalicum testified.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
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On day one of this weeks-long trial, Jeremy Kalicum testified about the bureaucratic catch-22 that prevented DULF from being a fully legal entity, in addition to saving lives.
He also shared his personal story.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
He also shared his personal story.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
On day one of this weeks-long trial, Jeremy Kalicum testified about the bureaucratic catch-22 that prevented DULF from being a fully legal entity, in addition to saving lives.
He also shared his personal story.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
He also shared his personal story.
pressprogress.ca/drug-laws-fa...
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It's shocking that one drop-in for sex workers has closed and another is under threat given our city's horrific history with a serial killer who stalked vulnerable women.
These spaces literally do save lives, please give this a read. #vanpoli
These spaces literally do save lives, please give this a read. #vanpoli
The City of Vancouver is changing its funding model for the city’s last drop-in space for vulnerable sex workers, leading to concerns it may have to close.
Kingsway Community Station supports some of the most marginalized people in our city. by @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Kingsway Community Station supports some of the most marginalized people in our city. by @michellegamage.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...
Vancouver’s Last Sex Worker Drop-In Centre May Shutter in Spring | The Tyee
The city is changing how it funds Kingsway Community Station. That’s ‘dangerous,’ its program director says.
thetyee.ca
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It's shocking that one drop-in for sex workers has closed and another is under threat given our city's horrific history with a serial killer who stalked vulnerable women.
These spaces literally do save lives, please give this a read. #vanpoli
These spaces literally do save lives, please give this a read. #vanpoli
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You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side.
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
You really have to read both of @kwardvancouver.bsky.social’s skeet’s to get how fucked up this is. I’ll just put the headlines side by side.
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
Displacement and evictions are forms of violence. They result in very observable harms including death and irreparable injury.
#bcpoli
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“An FOI request is not really a request ... It’s a legal mechanism.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Vancouver police ignore FOI requests for chief's communications
For nearly a year, the Vancouver Police Department has failed to fulfill two freedom of information requests seeking records from Chief Adam Palmer and other high-ranking officials – a situation trans...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“An FOI request is not really a request ... It’s a legal mechanism.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
The lies Danielle Smith is telling to overturn trans kids’ rights | Xtra Magazine
The Alberta government is invoking the Notwithstanding Clause to protect its three anti-trans laws from being challenged in the courts
xtramagazine.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Danielle Smith's Alberta government has announced that they will use the Notwithstanding Clause to protect three laws (all targeting trans people) from court challenges.
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
NEW from me in @xtramagazine.com on the lies they're using to justify such a massive move ⬇️
xtramagazine.com/power/politi...
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People who use drugs are human beings, therefore they have human rights.
We applaud the BC Human Rights Commissioner for sticking to the science and being an unequivocal champion for the rights of our patients.
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
#bcpoli
We applaud the BC Human Rights Commissioner for sticking to the science and being an unequivocal champion for the rights of our patients.
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
#bcpoli
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis | BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
The Commissioner’s position on the toxic drug crisis, calling for an evidence-based response that centers public health and compassion.
bchumanrights.ca
November 17, 2025 at 12:20 AM
People who use drugs are human beings, therefore they have human rights.
We applaud the BC Human Rights Commissioner for sticking to the science and being an unequivocal champion for the rights of our patients.
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
#bcpoli
We applaud the BC Human Rights Commissioner for sticking to the science and being an unequivocal champion for the rights of our patients.
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
#bcpoli
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Important update was yesterday B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner said the B.C. gov's approach to drug use has been a human rights violation. Here's to hoping CBC adds that into the story because it's kinda real big.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Important update was yesterday B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner said the B.C. gov's approach to drug use has been a human rights violation. Here's to hoping CBC adds that into the story because it's kinda real big.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
They’re at risk of dying from opioid overdose. The government cut funding that could help them | CBC News
As deadly drug overdoses climbed across Canada, decision-makers faced political backlash for funding programs that gave drug users prescribed opioids and, against their own experts’ advice, scaled bac...
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“The fifth estate obtained internal Health Canada reports that reveal the federal government was advised by its own experts to expand access to a greater range of safe and regulated drugs for people across Canada.”
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
From CBC: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
"As B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, I feel it is important to speak out about how this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination."
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisis | BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner
The Commissioner’s position on the toxic drug crisis, calling for an evidence-based response that centers public health and compassion.
bchumanrights.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"As B.C.’s Human Rights Commissioner, I feel it is important to speak out about how this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights and the result of systemic discrimination."
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
bchumanrights.ca/resources/pu...
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Raymond Biesinger and I talk with @elamin.bsky.social about being freelancers and dealing with copyright violations.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Raymond Biesinger and I talk with @elamin.bsky.social about being freelancers and dealing with copyright violations.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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A few snippets from the 2nd edition of Pulse Check, out yesterday (if you sign up now you'll still get a copy).
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A few snippets from the 2nd edition of Pulse Check, out yesterday (if you sign up now you'll still get a copy).
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
#ICYMI this is my 2x monthly Canadian healthcare newsletter at @pressprogress.ca, which you can sign up for at the link in my bio.
1. Title and intro with a brief note from yours truly ✍🏽
Raymond Biesinger and I talk with @elamin.bsky.social about being freelancers and dealing with copyright violations.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Raymond Biesinger and I talk with @elamin.bsky.social about being freelancers and dealing with copyright violations.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Reposted by Jackie Dives
"DULF’s pilot project worked,” said the BC Supreme Court judge of the Vancouver compassion club.
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
“Hung Out to Dry”—DULF Pair Convicted But Plan Challenge
Compassion club founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx are convicted, but the judge's comments could fuel their constitutional challenge.
filtermag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"DULF’s pilot project worked,” said the BC Supreme Court judge of the Vancouver compassion club.
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
She still convicted founders Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx. But some of her comments "may provide fuel" for their upcoming constitutional challenge, reports @godfrey.bsky.social:
"Nyx and Kalicum are heroes, and I’m down to do battle with anyone who claims otherwise."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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
November 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Nyx and Kalicum are heroes, and I’m down to do battle with anyone who claims otherwise."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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At some point, when all this is settled, I would like the BC public to hold this person to account for her disinformation and the community harm it has wreaked.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
At some point, when all this is settled, I would like the BC public to hold this person to account for her disinformation and the community harm it has wreaked.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.
Well done @brishti.bsky.social getting more for the public record.