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Tori Marlan

Tori Marlan is Capital Daily’s Investigative Reporter. She is a generalist based in Victoria, and she speaks English. She has worked in print, digital, audio, and comics journalism. Her work has been featured by many outlets in Canada and the US, including The Walrus Magazine, The Atavist Magazine, BuzzFeed News, The Seattle Times, the Texas Observer, Pacific Standard, The Marshall Project, and The Appeal. She has also contributed to CBC Radio’s The Doc Project, This American Life, Weekend America, and the Tablet Magazine podcast Vox Tablet. In 2006, she received a fellowship from the Alicia Patterson Foundation to write about detained child immigrants in the US. She was previously a staff writer for the Chicago Reader, specializing in immersion journalism. Her favourite kind of stories hold those in power to account, explore the real-world effects of policies, and illuminate subcultures. She also likes to profile fascinating people you’ve never heard of. She is a member of the Canadian Association of Journalists. Tori has recently won awards from the National Newspaper Awards (2021) and the Canadian Association of Journalists (2020 and 2021) among others. You can contact Tori at tori@capitaldaily.ca or on Twitter @torimarlan.

Policing

Internal VicPD survey results show both white and racialized participants feel discriminated against based on their race and gender

By Tori Marlan
Mar 22, 2023

The survey also notes the department's lack of diversity as only 11% of respondents identified as a visible minority

Crime

Canada tells Durkin to go home

By Tori Marlan
Jan 27, 2023

Immigration board doubts Durkin was “unsuspecting dupe” in ponzi scheme, orders deportation

Latest News

Police say Shelbourne Street bank robbery was intended to kill police, not rob the bank

By Tori Marlan
Jan 20, 2023

In a press conference, police did not divulge what evidence led them to that conclusion. Both assailants were killed, while six officers were injured

Policing

Human rights complaints against VicPD will go ahead: tribunal

By Tori Marlan
Jan 3, 2023

Two complaints, by a current constable and former staff member, allege race-based discrimination

Latest News

The power of local governments to address the climate crisis: A Q&A with David Miller

By Tori Marlan
Nov 14, 2022

The former Toronto mayor and current Victoria resident is delivering a keynote speech at the Rising Economy conference

Mental Health

On stress leave with a service weapon: Victoria police officers with PTSD say the department is failing them

By Tori Marlan
Nov 2, 2022

Traumatic experiences are part of the job of a police officer. But multiple VicPD sources say cronyism, discrimination, and indifference within the department make that trauma worse

Crime

Corrections document shows why a violent prison escapee was transferred to minimum-security William Head

By Tori Marlan
Aug 18, 2022

A warden overrode Zachary Armitage’s risk classification to allow his transfer to William Head from a medium-security prison, according to a restricted internal report. Now he’s on trial for a murder allegedly committed during his escape.