Author

Jimmy Thomson

Jimmy is a reporter and editor based in Victoria. He speaks both English and French, and his expertise is in environment, climate, science, and how cities influence their environments. He is a multimedia journalist who has worked in every Arctic country, reporting on science, climate change, Indigenous communities, wildlife, and resources. His work has appeared in CBC, The Narwhal, Vice, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, and many others. He is a recent grantee of the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and has received more than a dozen awards from Canadian and international bodies. Jimmy sits on the board of the Canadian Association of Journalists, which is trying to make government more transparent, among other initiatives. He used to write and edit for the Syrup Trap, a wildly popular satire site that published bad headlines like "Corb Lund euthanized after breaking a leg at the Calgary Stampede." Before he was a journalist he studied sea slug brains on Vancouver Island then worked as a guide and polar bear guard in the polar regions. When he's not working he's hanging out with his niece or skiing on the North Island; someday he hopes to combine the two.

Legal

Suspended school board trustees McNally and Paynter reinstated by BC Supreme Court

By Jimmy Thomson
Sep 23, 2022

The judge ruled the board had exceeded its authority in removing the two elected officials

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Daughters of Victoria man who went missing in Spain criticize embassy for inaction

By Jimmy Thomson
Sep 10, 2022

Scott Graham has been missing for nearly two months. His daughters say the Canadian embassy could have done more when he needed help

Policing

New podcast dives into police-manufactured legislature bombing plot

By Jimmy Thomson
Sep 8, 2022

Pressure Cooker presents a fascinating, deeply researched, and complex telling of the RCMP entrapment of John Nuttall and Amanda Korody

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Camper awakens to a bear on his tent

By Jimmy Thomson
Aug 31, 2022

The bear was probably passing through his Lake Cowichan campsite—a well-worn bear trail, he says he was told

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A raucous hearing—and generational divide—as Victoria City Council listens on Missing Middle initiative

By Jimmy Thomson
Aug 5, 2022

The housing plan spells promise for some and raises fears for others—a division that was notably decided along generational lines

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Metchosin councillor calls RCMP on mayor during closed-door meeting

By Jimmy Thomson
Jul 23, 2022

Little alleges Ranns ‘screamed,’ threw agenda packet, pen, and papers at her. Ranns disagrees.