ricochetmedia.bsky.social - Profile | ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

Brandi Morin in #Ecuador, part 3: Bullets and beatings support Canadian mines. Canada just signed a free trade deal with Ecuador, but human rights protections ring hollow in light of alleged state repression. ricochet.media/indigenous/b... #cdnpoli #mining #Indigenous @brandimorin.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Brandi Morin in Ecuador part 3: Bullets and beatings support Canadian mines: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Emails from Canadian Heritage show they began engraving the names to be commemorated on Victims of Communism monument before they had determined who met criteria At least one Nazi collaborator's name added to the monument Latest @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #cdnpoli ricochet.media/politics/naz...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

I wrote this after the last Ontario election in 2022, and sadly nothing has changed. In fact, everything is much, much worse. Electoral reform should have been at the top of the NDP platform. ricochet.media/politics/onl...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Powerful reporting by Brandi Morin in Ecuador, that truly brings the place to life in your imagination. In today’s feature, we meet some of the victims of violence in service of Canadian mining companies. With beautiful photos by Ian Willms.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Brandi Morin in #Ecuador, part 3: Bullets and beatings support Canadian mines. Canada just signed a free trade deal with Ecuador, but human rights protections ring hollow in light of alleged state repression. ricochet.media/indigenous/b... #cdnpoli #mining #Indigenous @brandimorin.bsky.social

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

The Nazi collaborator honoured at the Victims of Communism monument was Janis Niedra, pres. of the Latvian National Federation, who spent his time in #Canada with SS veterans, and once honoured John Diefenbaker with a medal Latest @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #cdnpoli ricochet.media/politics/naz...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Criticized for being a de facto Nazi monument, Canadian Heritage told the public on numerous occasions no one will be commemorated until they've vetted 500+ names Emails obtained through ATIP reveal this is not the case Latest @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #cdnpoli ricochet.media/politics/naz...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

SCOOP: contrary to previous statements from Cdn Heritage the name of a Nazi collaborator was engraved on #Ottawa's victims of communism monument Worse: the engravings took place before they had determined who to commemorate Latest @ricochetmedia.bsky.social #cdnpoli ricochet.media/politics/naz...

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

"For the Maikuaints, the real monster wears a suit of corporate legitimacy, arrives with government permits, and speaks the language of progress while preparing to destroy their world." Incredible piece by Brandi Morin.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

The name of a Nazi collaborator was engraved on #Ottawa’s Monument to the Victims of Communism, according to internal emails obtained by Ricochet through Access to Information. Journalist @taylornoakes.bsky.social reports: ricochet.media/politics/naz... #Cdnpoli #Canada

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

Ford wanted this election to be about the Ring of Fire. That has made it about First Nation engagement. The Kenora-Rainy River race pits Indigenous minister Greg Rickford vs. former Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Rudy Turtle as a microcosm of Ontario's real choice. ricochet.media/indigenous/i...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

In election’s final days, #Ontario’s Indigenous Affairs Minister is nowhere to be seen — Greg Rickford's opponents wanted the opportunity to debate him on the Ring of Fire mining development. New from @jonthompson.bsky.social: ricochet.media/indigenous/i... #Indigenous #onpoli #ONelxn #Mining

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

After a blistering report and an apology to a journalist, should the RCMP decide who is and isn't a reporter? “The commission forced the RCMP to formally apologize… in a blistering report… (citing) heavy-handed tactics against the media.” National Observer: www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/25/n...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The name of a Nazi collaborator was engraved on #Ottawa’s Monument to the Victims of Communism, according to internal emails obtained by Ricochet through Access to Information. Journalist @taylornoakes.bsky.social reports: ricochet.media/politics/naz... #Cdnpoli #Canada

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

The RCMP's conduct towards Ricochet reporter Jerome Turner was "imperious, ill-considered, and arguably unlawful … a feature not a bug," of the operation's design — “a substantial and serious interference with the freedom of the press.” www.cbc.ca/news/indigen...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Writer April Lindgren admits that many local publications are guilty of defending the status quo and lacking diversity in their reporting and newsroom staffing. Still, until recently, newspapers generated the most comprehensive coverage of public affairs. thewalrus.ca/local-news-is-dy...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Last fall, a blizzard of ads started running on Meta, targeting a tiny collection of postal codes in Southern Ontario. The ads seemed low-budget, independent. They weren't. In reality, the ads were coordinated by a PR firm with strong Conservative Party ties.

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

"I think it's a step in the right direction, but it has to be followed with action, and that action has to trickle down to the officers on the front lines." A great CBC story here on the RCMP apologizing for violating our press freedom, and arbitrarily detaining Jerome. www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7466872

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

My NEW article for @ricochetmedia.bsky.social Mark Carney copies Pierre Poilievre’s playbook with a rightward turn for Canada’s Liberals ricochet.media/politics/mar...

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

As most Canadians struggle to make ends meet, the Liberal frontrunner demonizes the ‘far-left’ and plans to cut taxes for the most wealthy. Mark Carney copies Pierre Poilievre’s playbook with a rightward turn. ricochet.media/politics/mar... #CanadaVotes2025 #cdnpoli #Trump

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

ICYMI: The RCMP commish ordered the force to issue a formal apology to Jerome Turner and I for violating our press freedom rights during a 2020 raid on Wet’suwet’en territory. It’s the result of a scathing oversight report that has the RCMP promising changes. ricochet.media/labour/media...

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

Thanks Jimmy! Here’s the full story, it’s staggering. ricochet.media/labour/media...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Informative thread

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Hello, Bluesky. Happy Saturday. Here’s a 🧵 Yesterday, RCMP formally apologized to myself & journalist Jerome Turner for “unreasonable interference.” They’re sorry he was “threatened w/ arrest for being in an exclusion zone, detained & had his movements controlled.” ricochet.media/labour/media...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

"The Commission has repeatedly found that the RCMP acted unreasonably in claiming authority for invasive police powers like access control points and exclusion zones."

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Doug Ford is speaking in Thunder Bay right now, focused on digging up the Ring of Fire. He promises to name it among "regions of strategic importance" which will mean automatic approvals & "signficantly speed up permitting." This is "Protect Ontario." ricochet.media/politics/dou...

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

EXCLUSIVE: RCMP formally apologize for violating journalist’s rights, commit to changes in wake of explosive oversight report. RCMP commissioner acknowledges force acted unreasonably, disregarded jurisprudence in detaining journalist Jerome Turner in 2020. ricochet.media/labour/media...

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

This is BIG. It's not everyday that journalists get an apology from the RCMP.

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

EXCLUSIVE: RCMP formally apologize for violating journalist’s rights, commit to changes in wake of explosive oversight report. RCMP commissioner acknowledges force acted unreasonably, disregarded jurisprudence in detaining journalist Jerome Turner in 2020. ricochet.media/labour/media...

submitted 7 days ago • 5 comments

Doug Ford wants to ‘protect Ontario’ by digging up the Ring of Fire. But consultation isn’t a nice-to-have, writes Jon Thompson, it’s international law. And local First Nations want an equitable role in the process. ricochet.media/politics/dou...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Alberta First Nation Chief warns of “broken system” as Imperial Oil faces charges. As sickness and deaths continue to stalk Fort Chipewyan, Chief Adam tells Brandi Morin new charges are a belated step towards accountability — and reveal deeper problems. ricochet.media/indigenous/a...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Doug Ford wants to ‘protect Ontario’ by digging up the Ring of Fire. But consultation isn’t a nice-to-have, writes Jon Thompson, it’s international law. And local First Nations want an equitable role in the process. ricochet.media/politics/dou...

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

In all the bluster and the threats of tariffs and annexation, nationalist jokes and hockey game boos, this is where my mind always went. You can always count on @brandimorin.bsky.social to bring the perspective that mainstream media ignores. #landback

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Alberta First Nation Chief warns of “broken system” as Imperial Oil faces charges. As sickness and deaths continue to stalk Fort Chipewyan, Chief Adam tells Brandi Morin new charges are a belated step towards accountability — and reveal deeper problems. ricochet.media/indigenous/a...

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

Canada, the 51st state? ‘Over our dead bodies,’ say Indigenous leaders. First Nations aren’t taking Trump’s comments lightly, reports Brandi Morin, and say they have both international law and economic leverage on their side. ricochet.media/indigenous/c...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

"These companies, following a playbook refined on Indigenous territories within Canada’s borders, excel at fracturing communities, undermining traditional leadership structures, and creating internal conflicts that can last generations." - great reporting by @brandimorin.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

SUNDAY READ. Brandi Morin in Ecuador Part 2: Indigenous resistance to a made-in-Canada mine. Canada & Ecuador just signed a trade deal touting rights, even as a mining project threatens to bulldoze Shuar communities. @brandimorin.bsky.social reports from the Amazon. ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Brandi Morin in Ecuador Part 2: Indigenous resistance to a made-in-Canada mine. Canada and Ecuador just signed a free trade deal touting human rights, even as a major mining project threatens to bulldoze Indigenous communities. Brandi Morin reports from Ecuador. ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Looking for a Saturday read? @brandimorin.bsky.social and photojournalist Ian Wilms spent weeks in Ecuador investigating the impact of Canadian mining operations. The first part of their reporting is out now!

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Brandi Morin in Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon Around the world, mining operations have deepened poverty in Indigenous communities & destroyed traditional livelihoods, leaving envi. devastation in their wake @brandimorin.bsky.social ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Canada, the 51st state? ‘Over our dead bodies,’ say Indigenous leaders. First Nations aren’t taking Trump’s comments lightly, reports Brandi Morin, and say they have both international law and economic leverage on their side. ricochet.media/indigenous/c...

submitted 22 days ago • 6 comments

Hello! Happy to be here. I’m an award-winning investigative journalist, an editor and co-founder with @ricochetmedia.bsky.social, board member with a refugee charity and a proud Montrealer. I do journalism on things like Airbnb, housing, climate, Indigenous rights and our capitalist hellscape.

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Big welcome to Brandi Morin, Ricochet’s senior investigative staff journalist! One of Canada’s most accomplished reporters, Brandi has won a Canadian Hillman Prize, Edward R. Murrow Award and many other prizes for her reporting on Indigenous communities. Let’s welcome her to Bluesky!

submitted 22 days ago • 1 comment

Superstar journalist Brandi Morin has joined Bluesky! Go, go, go and follow her! Her latest is a feature report on Canadian mining in Ecuador. Read it here: ricochet.media/indigenous/b...

submitted 22 days ago • 0 comments

Brandi Morin in #Ecuador: A Canadian mining giant vs. the guardians of the Amazon. The first of four parts in a riveting series about the impact of a Canadian mining project on Indigenous peoples in Ecuador, feat stunning photos by Ian Wilms. ricochet.media/indigenous/b... #Indigenous #cdnpoli

submitted 23 days ago • 8 comments

Ricochet senior investigative reporter Brandi Morin was on CBC Radio’s Ideas last night to deliver a lecture on her work covering Indigenous stories, and the failures of reconciliation. Read about it below, the audio link is embedded in the article. www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...

submitted 22 days ago • 2 comments