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Jesse Winter

Contributor Vancouver English
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About Jesse Winter

Jesse Winter is an award-winning photographer and writer currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has reported from north of the Arctic Circle to the swamps of Nigeria's Niger Delta. His recent work focuses primarily on social justice, the environment and government accountability stories. His work has appeared in The Guardian, The Toronto Star, The National Post, The Ottawa Citizen, The Winnipeg Free Press, The Yukon News, Up Here Magazine and numerous other publications.

In a past life, Jesse represented Canada on the international stage as a competitive cross-country ski racer, competing at the 2008 Junior and Under 23 World Championships.

As a journalist, Jesse brings the same commitment and drive to telling stories. He is available for freelance work combining both carefully crafted words and images. He is most at home on the road armed with his camera, note pad and a few gallons of coffee.

9 Articles

Wealthy cool it while others sizzle

Journalist Jesse Winter ventured out with a thermometer during a heat wave last summer. The temperature differences between wealthy and poor neighbourhoods were staggering.
Canada's forests in peril
News | March 7th 2022

A community faces wildfire — alone

The White Rock Lake wildfire hammered B.C.'s Paxton Valley last summer, levelling houses, destroying ranchland and killing cattle. But even after the worst of the fire had moved on, residents knew one nasty wind could whip up the flames again.
Canada's forests in peril
News | February 22nd 2022

Climate activists target banks funding oil and gas in global day of action

The global climate justice movement focused its protest energy directly on big banks who bankroll new and expanded fossil fuel projects on Friday, with Royal Bank of Canada marked as enemy No. 1 in actions across Canada.
News, Next Gen Insider | October 29th 2021

Fears foreign-funding propaganda will stir hatred in British Columbia

News | March 2nd 2020

Ontario police move on Mohawk blockade, protests flare elsewhere

Ontario police moved to break up a Mohawk camp near railway lines in eastern Ontario early on Monday but several more solidarity action popped up in other parts of the country in response, highlighting the challenge law enforcement and the government have in tamping down a movement in support of Indigenous rights and protection of the environment.
News, Energy, Politics | February 24th 2020

Tensions mount as pipeline protests continue across Canada

As solidarity actions continue, patience is wearing thin in some parts of the country.
News | February 20th 2020

Rail blockade dropped in honour of MMIWG

After shutting down the West Coast Express commuter train and disrupting freight trains Thursday night and Friday morning, a rail blockade in Port Coquitlam ended without arrests.
News | February 14th 2020

'Land Defenders' put up new rail blockade near Vancouver

Hours after CN Rail announced it was shutting down much of its eastern rail networks because of blockades in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs, about a dozen supporters in Port Coquitlam blocked part of a rail line.
News | February 13th 2020

The story from the Wet’suwet’en protest line

News | February 13th 2020

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