Chris Arsenault
Managing Editor
chris.arsenault@vice.comChris Arsenault is the interim Managing Editor of VICE News Canada. Before joining VICE he was a senior producer for Al Jazeera English in Qatar and a correspondent for the Reuters Foundation covering Brazil and the Rome-based United Nations agencies. He has held the Wolfson Press Fellowship at Cambridge University and the inaugural Forestry Journalism Fellowship at the University of British Columbia. In 2015, he won gold at the UN Correspondents awards in New York for his investigative reporting on stolen food aid in Syria and land grabs in Mali.
Black and Indigenous people are overrepresented in Canada's weed arrests
An exclusive VICE News investigation reveals racial discrepancies in Canadian weed possession arrests in the lead-up to legalization
Bruce McArthur’s alleged victim’s family didn’t report him missing because his refugee claim was denied
Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam’s family believed he was in hiding and would be sent back to Sri Lanka if the government caught him.
Border officers are worried about another big influx of asylum seekers in Quebec
Thousands of people set to lose temporary protected status in the U.S. could head to Canada to avoid being deported to their home countries.
First Nations say Trudeau doesn't have their consent to build Trans Mountain
“This pipeline will never be built,” say First Nation leaders in B.C.
Producers are stockpiling weed ahead of legalization — but it probably won’t be enough
Canadian licensed producers have barely enough cannabis to meet two weeks of demand and shortages are expected.
Trudeau pledges funds, legislation for Trans Mountain pipeline
Trudeau and Alberta premier Rachel Notley vow they will “eliminate investor risk" after Kinder Morgan threatens to scrap the project.
Police name 8th victim of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur
Police have charged McArthur with an additional count of first-degree murder in the death of Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam.
Trudeau’s Trans Mountain fight isn’t with B.C., it’s with First Nations
First Nations land rights are the real reason the controversial pipeline won’t go through B.C.
Quebec mosque shooter said he was triggered by Trudeau’s message welcoming refugees
“I like lost my mind,” Alexandre Bissonnette said during his police interrogation after he shot and killed six Muslim men.
Police identify John Doe believed to be 8th victim of alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur
More details, including possible new criminal charges, will be released once the man’s family is notified.
Ontario has unveiled what its new weed shops will look like
But unlike at the LCBO, there will be no tastings at the Ontario Cannabis Store.
Video shows heroic attempt to stop Quebec City mosque shooter
Survivors and family members watched the victims' final moments in videos shown in court at the start of Alexandre Bissonnette’s sentencing hearing on Tuesday.