Jackson Weaver

Weed

We Asked Students if Stoner Culture Is Dead Now Thanks to Legal Weed

After decades of fighting, Canadians finally got legal cannabis, but young people are over it.
Jackson Weaver
10.30.18
Weed

We Asked People About The Time They Got So High They Called 911

Weed is a pretty chill drug, but for some users, the experience results in a hilarious disaster.
Jackson Weaver
6.20.18
Photos

‘Payback’s a Bitch’: Photos of BC Protesting Trudeau’s Pipeline Buyout

Most of the province’s outrage following the Trans Mountain deal is focusing squarely on Justin Trudeau.
Jackson Weaver
6.4.18
Internet

The Comedy Group Dismantling Canadian Racism One Bad Take at a Time

We asked Folk Lordz why they went after accused cultural appropriator Joseph Boyden.
Jackson Weaver
5.11.18
Environment

RCMP Arrested Nearly 30 Kinder Morgan Demonstrators this Weekend

Self-styled land and water defenders zip-tied themselves to a fence on Saturday, and were promptly removed by police.
Jackson Weaver
3.19.18
housing

We Asked Students if $1,730 in Rent Is Affordable

Because that’s what Vancouver defines an affordable one-bedroom as.
Jackson Weaver
3.1.18
Internet

Social Media Sites Can’t Decide How to Handle ‘Non-Offending’ Pedophiles

Pedophiles have used websites like Twitter to argue they’re not evil, forcing social media platforms to decide how they’re going to treat them.
Jackson Weaver
2.8.18
The deported

Somali man allegedly coerced to sign his own deportation from Canada

Refugee activists decry rise in so-called self-deportations to war-torn countries
Jackson Weaver
11.30.17
Environment

All The Ways Oil Companies Mess With Environmental Groups

After Enbridge tried to seize the assets of a Vancouver-based anti-pipeline organization this week, it’s worth revisiting Big Oil’s legal trick handbook.
Jackson Weaver
10.23.17
Longform

The Life and Death of a Career Snitch and Scammer

Sean Kirkham's sociopathic scams involved New York celebrities, coke dealing stings, a gay porn star working at the UN, a one-eyed club impresario, the FBI, murder, and, eventually, suicide.
Jackson Weaver
10.11.17