Oh, we’re sorry. That may be a nation builder requirement. A fake one is fine, too!

Thank you so much!

Hey there. You should be able to skip adding a phone number. If e-transfers are preferred, we’re set up for those at [email protected]. Thank you!

But we need your help. We’re a small team, and we operate on a shoestring budget. If you want to support investigations like this one, and help us continue this work, please consider donating.

We’re the only team in the country dedicated to exposing fascist, white nationalist, & far-right activity. We’ve uncovered the identities of more neo-Nazis and white nationalists than any other outlet in this country, and we have no intention of stopping.

Our research takes skills and gets results. This investigation—the new identities we've revealed, the connections we've uncovered—shows the threat of fascism & white nationalism in Canada is growing, and that anti-fascist journalism like this is needed to combat it.

Then there’s the guys whose faces we have memorized from doing this work so closely for so long, like Rob De Chazal & Jesse Rankin - two long-time neo-Nazis, & their pal Josh Bruce who helped them use the original Canadian Active Clubs to recruit for the Hammerskins.

Likewise, we found strength coach Karl Storness-Bliss in the “likes” of a post made by the sister-in-law of Exiles headliner Paul Waggener (we’d come across her weeks earlier while looking for people using a specific slogan that neo-Nazi brand Vinland Battlewear had recently adopted).

Gym owner Ron Pearce was identified by searching the username of someone involved in an Active Club in BC. We found the two of them in a picture on Ron’s Foundry Combat Sports Instagram page.

In other cases, all we had to go on were the images you see in the story. But we know that these kinds of people tend to find each other when they live close by, so we also looked for attendees by scouring the social media of far-right individuals already on our radar who lived in BC.

In some cases, the information just came together. For example, we recognized organizer Lane Pommer as the guy who we'd earlier identified as competing in a televised boxing tournament wearing merch from the neo-Nazi company Vinland Battlewear (owned by two of the organizers of the conference).

In order to make the identifications, we looked at past research we had already conducted, as well as new information. We painstakingly compared and analyzed tattoos, physical features, and clothing. We combed through social media ‘likes’ and followers. We mapped out networks and social circles.

In appreciation for the response, we wanted to share a bit about how this investigation unfolded, and give a brief peek behind the curtain.

We accomplish our work using mostly open source intelligence (information from publicly available sources), which means it’s verifiable by third parties.

The response to the investigation has been incredible, and we’ve received several leads that we're working hard to verify—thank you!

If you think you might know one of the conference attendees, please contact us at [email protected]. All tips are confidential.

9/ Listen to the CBC World Report clip on the story here: