Award-winning Canadian journalism that: 🔎 Holds the rich & powerful accountable 🔎 Exposes unsafe & unfair workplaces 🔎 Shines a light on hate & bigotry Website: PressProgress.ca Newsletter: PressProgress.ca/Newsletterhttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.cahttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mtwslesca22qSold a Lie: Emails Reveal Government and College Assured International Students they Would be Eligible for a Post-Graduation Work Permit Despite Rule Changes. Now, students are facing removal orders from Canada after an ICE-like CBSA raid at their protest in Calgary https://pressprogress.ca/sold-a-lie-emails-reveal-government-and-college-assured-international-students-they-would-be-eligible-for-a-post-graduation-work-permit-despite-rule-changes/25 Aug 2026 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwslesca22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mtuckxfbn22hICYMI: A roundup of our stories from last week, which you can also get straight to your inbox by signing up for our newsletter From Doug Ford's changes to social assistance, shakeups in the BC Conservatives, & news on reproductive health in Canada 👇🏽 pressprogress.ca/newsletter/ https://pressprogress.ca/newsletter/24 Aug 2026 22:01 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuckxfbn22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mtmeu6zu7c2cWhat is going on inside Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s BC Conservatives? A number of recent shakeups and questionable social media activities make it appear as though the party is moving even further to the right. https://pressprogress.ca/what-is-going-on-inside-kerry-lynne-findlays-bc-conservatives/21 Aug 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmeu6zu7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mthktwtkkc2sPressProgress is still at the center of one of the longest and most expensive media trials in Canadian history.19 Aug 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthktwtkkc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mthckvwv2c2sWhile Doug Ford’s Government Changes Eligibility for Social Assistance, Experts say Existing Programs are Failing Those in Need “I think there's a real lack of political will with this government, because they see some people as undeserving of support” https://pressprogress.ca/while-doug-fords-government-changes-eligibility-for-social-assistance-experts-say-existing-programs-are-failing-those-in-need/19 Aug 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthckvwv2c2shttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mtccoa7vvk2gHealth Canada is changing regulations. Experts hope this could mean good news for reproductive healthcare Signs point to potential for early Canadian access to new endometriosis diagnostics and male contraceptives https://pressprogress.ca/health-canada-is-changing-regulations-experts-hope-this-could-mean-good-news-for-reproductive-healthcare/17 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtccoa7vvk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mst3iyczks2u‘Pouring fuel into flames’: Carney-Smith plan for West Coast pipeline would run through wildfire fraught parts of BC Indigenous communities, working class and environment pay the price of short-sighted policy decisions, experts say https://pressprogress.ca/pouring-fuel-into-flames-carney-smith-plan-for-west-coast-pipeline-would-run-through-wildfire-fraught-parts-of-bc/11 Aug 2026 16:57 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mst3iyczks2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3msdz335q4k2pThe Right seems to think PressProgress is dying. That couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s been an eventful few weeks here at PressProgress. Here are some updates 👇🏽05 Aug 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdz335q4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3msdz335q4k2pThe Right seems to think PressProgress is dying. That couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s been an eventful few weeks here at PressProgress. Here are some updates 👇🏽05 Aug 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdz335q4k2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3msbuutmwoc27What are Canadians supposed to do when their provincial government undermines their healthcare system? On the latest episode of Sources, we're sharing a recording of a virtual health panel we held last month on the subject of ‘when provinces go rogue.' 🎧 https://pressprogress.ca/canadian-healthcare-when-provinces-go-rogue/04 Aug 2026 20:43 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3msbuutmwoc27https://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mrxodk4ekc27BC’s Longest Nursing Strike Ends After Mediators Step In Their recommendations include sending the union and employer into binding arbitration over wage increases. https://pressprogress.ca/bcs-longest-nursing-strike-ends-after-mediators-step-in/31 Jul 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxodk4ekc27https://bsky.app/profile/pressprogress.ca/post/3mruzpimm3k2vIntroducing PressProgress’s New Executive Editor Rumneek Johal, former Associate Editor and BC Reporter, steps into new leadership role https://pressprogress.ca/introducing-pressprogresss-new-executive-editor/30 Jul 2026 18:05 +0000at://did:plc:f55f3ntdasv4rnlfmn73mwcs/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruzpimm3k2v