Vancouver Sun journalist Kim Bolan shares the tradecraft behind Lethal Exports — a five-part investigation exposing Canada’s role in transnational crime and the devastating toll it leaves across continents.
Continue Reading A Ripple across the Pacific: How Canadian meth dealers fuel a transnational crime network

How academic news partnerships can give students experience as newspapers shutter Continue Reading As platforms change, so does the story: why journalism’s future is still bright

Corporate journalism closures left lower mainland communities with a void of local news. A new co-op has stepped up to breach the divide Continue Reading Hollowed out to hyperlocal: Freshet News fills a gap in B.C.’s media landscape 

When a journalist learns that a contract has been put on his head, he has two choices: keep quiet or continue. Daniel Renaud chose to continue his investigative work, staying close to the facts, in a field where the truth can come at a high price Continue Reading Covering organized crime in Quebec: Daniel Renaud, journalist in the line of fire

Lessons from compassionate, trauma-informed coverage of substance use, supervised consumption and community health Continue Reading If they close

Journalist Ghada Alsharif worked undercover as an Uber Eats courier in Toronto to expose the harsh realities of algorithm-driven gig work, revealing shockingly low wages and systemic inequities Continue Reading Six weeks undercover: Investigative lessons from the Toronto Star’s probe into Uber’s algorithm 

B.C. human rights inquiry finds transparency was ‘compromised’ and recommends funding  rights-based training for police Continue Reading Vancouver police violated press freedoms during 2023 decampment, says B.C. Human Rights Commissioner

Of lessons, legacies and hope for the future: Introduction to the Fall 2025 issue Continue Reading Meet Facts & Frictions’ new editor, Trish Audette-Longo