Amanda Follett Hosgood

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee The Israeli military says it is dropping charges against five soldiers who were accused of sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an encounter partially caught on camera.

Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee

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“The Visa statements also show two payments to the Liberal Party of Canada totalling $2,475 and one payment to B.C.’s New Democratic Party totalling $1,309. Both payments would contravene Elections BC rules if the band, rather than Chingee himself, footed the bills.”

BC's Highest-Spending Chief Faces Governance Questions | The Tyee Leaked Visa statements show charges at high-end stores and restaurants.

Related: Chief Chingee has been embroiled in a dispute with elected councillors who notified band members of an “investigation regarding allegations of serious misconduct and potential misappropriation of funds.”
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Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn't go far enough after finding police discrimination.

"A Canadian Human Rights Tribunal ruling that RCMP officers discriminated against several Indigenous witnesses during a major investigation may be the first of its kind."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Courts #Education #Policing #SexualViolence

Did a Government Press Conference Sway a First Nations Election? | The Tyee Observers say provincial and federal governments use deals to exert influence over band elections.

A Dene Elder told @thetyee.ca that provincial/federal governments see an advantage in supporting First Nations candidates deemed friendly to provincial government and industrial resource development agendas.
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Conservative MP for Powell River–North Island, Aaron Gunn, is, uh, well he’s being trolled a bit for his condemnation of land acknowledgements yesterday. Message from K’omoks, Klahoose, Homalco & Tla’amin Nations: “Chillax, bud.” #bcpoli

Or, “we’re not going to answer a journalist’s questions about not answering a journalist’s questions.”

Class project: Media should flood IRCC with requests and compare notes on who gets answers.

Daily Bread Food Bank says ship carrying $90K worth of food destined for Toronto was ‘hit’ in the Strait of Hormuz The CEO of Daily Bread Food Bank says products destined for the Toronto organization were on cargo ships that were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz near Iran.

Ship carrying $90K worth of food destined for Toronto was ‘hit’ in the Strait of Hormuz, food bank CEO says

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My sense is that this marks the end of any proceedings and I don’t know if they would be successful, outside of a renewed investigation. But I don’t know for sure.

A rare case of a judge granting an injunction against industry…

“Save Record Ridge argued work on the mine shouldn’t proceed until a judicial review is heard on government’s decision not to subject the project to a full-scale environmental review.”
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I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity. 😊

* in particular, Tyee editors = @akkabah.bsky.social 🙂

A Tribunal Examines the RCMP’s Handling of Abuse Allegations in Burns Lake | The Tyee

Another big shout out to @thetyee.ca editors who supported me to spend so much time on this story.

You can find all 20 articles on the inquiry here:
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There won’t be a new investigation. There will always be outstanding questions about abuse at Immaculata and Prince George College.

But legal experts involved in the inquiry told me that this decision represents an incremental step toward more equitable police investigations in BC. 5/6

The complainants from Lake Babine Nation weren’t successful in getting profound changes to policing they sought. But the decision did recognize some discrimination.

Especially significant: The tribunal believed the witnesses were truthful in their recollections of abuse decades earlier. 4/6

The inquiry was significant as the first time that First Nations survivors who suffered abuse at the schools were able to publicly share their own stories.

I’m grateful that The Tyee supported me to be there and to follow hundreds of hours of testimony during the hearing. 3/6

We began @thetyee.ca series at the start of hearings in Burns Lake in May 2023 with an explanation about why we can't ID the man accused of abusing First Nations students decades earlier.

The publication ban effectively severed the inquiry from what had been a national news story. 2/6

Advocates Hope a Ruling Will Change RCMP Treatment of Indigenous Witnesses | The Tyee But critics say the Canadian rights tribunal didn’t go far enough after finding police discrimination.

I've followed the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal's inquiry into the RCMP's investigation of historic abuse allegations against a powerful individual for years, from the in-person hearings in Burns Lake to the long overdue decision.

This feels like the end of an era. 1/6
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RCMP Discriminated in Abuse Investigation, Human Rights Tribunal Finds | The Tyee The tribunal stopped short of ordering a new investigation but says police must pay compensation and review policies.

In case you missed this last week like I did: RCMP Discriminated in Abuse Investigation, Human Rights Tribunal Finds via @amandafollett.bsky.social & @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...

maybe I'm focusing on the wrong thing here but this is the wildest shit I've ever heard a white South African say and I study racism for a living

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

“I ask those who have the ability, especially foreign media, to reflect on this situation. What are people supposed to do under these conditions? This is truly a crime against humanity.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

‘Dark, like our future’: Iranians describe scenes of catastrophe after Tehran’s oil depots bombed Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

“Tehran is burning. And smoke has filled the streets. It’s impossible to drive out of the city right now and even with the windows closed, heavy smoke is making its way inside."

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Probation for Mountie Who Ordered Witnesses to Destroy Evidence Bystanders said police told them to delete videos of the arrest of Dale Culver, who died in police custody.

"A former Prince George Mountie [Arthur Dalman] will avoid jail after being found to have obstructed justice by asking bystanders to delete cellphone footage of the arrest of Dale Culver, a First Nations man who later died in police custody."
#BritishColumbia #Canada #Policing #Courts

Horrific.

The Tyee is proud to have published this important investigation by @rachelgilmore.bsky.social. We condemn this egregious harassment of a journalist for doing her job, and have offered support as she deals with this disturbing situation.

“ real living person is not a narrative device … When so many people watch a dramatization that uses a real name, real-life consequences follow. In the weeks since the series aired, I have received many hostile and even threatening messages from viewers who seem to believe the portrayal is factual”

Showing the sitting mayor of Canada’s third largest city a printout of an offensive AI slop image to confirm whether that’s the image he saw that led him to accuse a councillor of a crime, is possibly the weirdest thing I’ve ever done at work. And I once wrote about a merkin art exhibit.

Meet three scientists who said no to Epstein The warning signs included a web search, a mother’s doubts, and inklings of a “sexist attitude”

How did these men know to stay away from Epstein? One googled him, one asked his mom for advice, and one actually listened to what Epstein said to him and quickly realized he was a witless misogynist.

It wasn't that hard, and every scientist who claims they didn't know is either lying or stupid.