Jerome Turner
Journalist

Jerome Turner covers national and provincial issues with a focus on First Nations. Born and raised in Hazelton, B.C., he is of Gitxsan and Swedish descent. A graduate of Langara College’s journalism program, ​Turner won the Canadian Association of Journalists' highest honour, the President's Award, for his behind-police-lines coverage of an RCMP raid on Wet'suwet'en land defenders in 2020.

2 weeks on the front lines: The battle for old-growth in B.C.
May 29, 2021
Fight over old-growth logging in Caycuse Valley heats up
May 21, 2021
RCMP raids imminent against old-growth logging opponents on Vancouver Island
Jerome Turner
May 17, 2021
'People can only use the tools they have,' says Black artist after terse CBC interview
Jerome Turner
June 18, 2020
As B.C. eases restrictions, remote Indigenous communities fear travel could bring COVID-19
Jerome Turner
May 16, 2020
Détenu à Gidimt’en : Une vue de l’intérieur de la zone de confinement des médias
Jerome Turner
February 26, 2020
RCMP arrest three hereditary chiefs at Gitxsan rail blockade
February 25, 2020
Wet’suwet’en bahlat reaffirms Coastal GasLink and RCMP must go
February 16, 2020
GAZODUC
Affrontements liés au gazoduc Coastal GasLink : clarifier «L’État de droit»
February 16, 2020
Detained at Gidimt’en: Inside the media confinement zone
Jerome Turner
February 12, 2020
RCMP raid Unist’ot’en Healing Centre, arrest matriarchs
February 10, 2020
The day the RCMP came: Gidimt’en checkpoint in photos
Jerome Turner
February 10, 2020
Police fly to Unist’ot’en, Gitxsan show solidarity, as siege continues in northwest B.C.
February 8, 2020
RCMP dramatically expand exclusion zone on Wet’suwet’en territory
February 8, 2020
VIDEO: 'You are invaders. You are not allowed here. You are not welcome.'
Jerome Turner
February 7, 2020
RCMP breach Gidimt’en checkpoint, continue raid in northern B.C.
February 7, 2020
After pre-dawn arrests, RCMP moves in on Gidimt’en checkpoint as raid continues
Jerome Turner
February 6, 2020
RCMP detain and remove journalists during ongoing raid on Wet’suwet’en territory
February 6, 2020
Untangling the ‘rule of law’ in the Coastal GasLink pipeline standoff
February 5, 2020
Police deploy in nearby towns during ‘de-escalation’ of Coastal GasLink pipeline conflict
Jerome Turner
February 4, 2020
RCMP says helicopters can go into Wet’suwet’en territory but cannot bring passengers
January 27, 2020
VIDEO: RCMP denying lawyers access to visit Wet’suwet’en territory
Jerome Turner
January 27, 2020
RCMP denies restricting air traffic into Wet’suwet’en territory, but local companies say otherwise
January 26, 2020
Video report from Unist'ot'en camp, January 21, 2020
Jerome Turner
January 21, 2020
‘That basically is genocide in itself’: Video from the pipeline standoff on Wet’suwet’en territory
Jerome Turner
January 20, 2020
In the path of the RCMP: An interview with Sabina Dennis
Jerome Turner
January 19, 2020
Unist’ot’en: No sign of RCMP tactical units in Burns Lake
January 18, 2020
Crossing the RCMP checkpoint on Wet'suwet'en territory
Jerome Turner
January 17, 2020
Exoneration and reconciliation
Tsilhqot’in apology must come with recognition of real history of colonialism
Jerome Turner
March 26, 2018
Reconciliation
Trudeau missed an opportunity with Langevin Block renaming
Jerome Turner
June 27, 2017
B.C. Election 2017
B.C. mega-bridge project ignores the rights of local First Nation
Jerome Turner
May 2, 2017
battle for Peace Valley
Indigenous ties to the land fuel opposition to BC Hydro’s Site C dam
Jerome Turner
March 3, 2016
Colonialism and law
Indigenous court provides a solution to overrepresentation in Canadian justice system
Jerome Turner
January 16, 2016
Truth and Reconciliation
Reconciliation requires a big name change in the Parliamentary Precinct
Jerome Turner
August 24, 2015
How the Heiltsuk First Nation battled the DFO to save the fish — for all of us
Jerome Turner
May 1, 2015
Land Defence
Six months after Mount Polley waste spill, First Nation takes the lead on mining regulation
Jerome Turner
February 4, 2015
Pipeline threat to Nisga’a burial ground sparks grassroots opposition
Jerome Turner
November 20, 2014
Indigenous
Could you imagine going two months without clean water?
Jerome Turner
October 2, 2014