WKCR reports police with sledge hammers and industrial equipment smashing their way into Hamilton Hall and tossing students out of their way.

🚨BREAKING: Louisiana lawmakers are considering adding mifepristone and misoprostol — medications that induce an abortion — to the Controlled Substances Act.

I've never heard of a state attempting to do this before.

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#Breaking : Pierre Poilievre kicked out of Commons after calling Justin Trudeau a 'wacko' trib.al/FmIXQsJ

Today, BC gov announced they're making public drug use illegal. Public use has not increased because of decrim. People use outside for lack of alternatives. We've been calling for more OPSs, treatment & housing for 25 yrs. If we'd been listened to, there'd be no issue today.

I couldn't be more impressed with betsy powell's coverage of the Umar Zameer case.

Working with her through this trial has been a career highlight.

I encourage you to read her interview on Zameer's experience and feelings for Const. Northrup's family.

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10 provinces have said no to immigration detention in their jails.

Instead of community-based alternatives, the feds plan on incarcerating migrants in its penitentiaries, a 'betrayal of the notion of our country as a nation of refuge,' says Allan Rock. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot….

Thank you to ⁦TIME⁩ for this amazing honour! I’m so proud and humbled to be included in this incredible group. And huge thank you to ⁦the talented Julian Brave NoiseCat⁩ for your lovely words. 🧡 #TIME100 time.com/6964628/connie…

Awesome to see our doc get nominated for a Canadian Association of Journalists award! This was director Shawney Cohen’s passion project and it was a blast and a privilege to get to work on it.

BREAKING: Patrice Runner has been sentenced to 10 years by a US federal court, after being convicted last year of 14 counts. Read the full story by Rachel Browne on how Runner swindled victims out of $200 million by pretending to be a legendary psychic.
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Thrilled to be nominated by the Religion News Association for our Meeting House feature. It’s such an honour to be recognized alongside incredible religion journalism and reporters — so many of whom I look up to.

Tell all the budding data journalists you know in school (or if you are one, keep this to yourself):
The Investintech/CAJ scholarship deadline is tomorrow.
$1,000 plus CAJ membership/conference pass:
investintech.com/data-journalis…

“Through the three civil lawsuits, the Meeting House as an institution is being compelled to defend itself against what it knew and when—and how well or poorly it protected its congregants, particularly children, from abuse and misconduct.”

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Congratulations to The Walrus contributing writer Rachel Browne for being nominated for a Religion News Association Excellence in Religion Reporting Award for her investigation into the Meeting House!

Read the story: thewalrus.ca/meeting-house/

As Canada faces an inflation crisis, a strained medical system, and questions about the country’s weapons sales to Israel, reporter Justin Ling (Has Left) sits down for an exclusive interview with Justin Trudeau to ask the PM if he can still fix this country.

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Drug overdose of kids in government care a ‘crisis’ says Alberta youth advocate, by ⁦⁦Alanna Smith⁩ #ToxicDrugCrisis theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…