| Mayor Sullivan's Big Ambitions
He wants a 'Civil City' but critics see devil in details
Mayor Sam Sullivan wants to save the Earth by cleaning up Vancouver's streets. [more]
[The Tyee, Dec 21, 2006]
Fix Homelessness? Pay $250 Million
Estimate is by GVRD, but city, BC officials say 'butt out.'
[more]
[The Tyee, Dec 20, 2006]
City Hall restricts homeless advocate's lobbying
Sullivan says lawyer must go through Vancouver's counsel
VANCOUVER
-- A lawyer who advocates for the poor and is engaged in more than a dozen lawsuits against the city has been told that he can communicate with municipal staff only through City of Vancouver lawyers.
[more]
[Globe & Mail, Dec 20, 2006]
PIVOT VS. SAM SULLIVAN
Access restricted, says group
The PIVOT Legal Society yesterday accused the City of Vancouver and Mayor Sam Sullivan of illegitimately restricting access to city services. [more]
[24 Hours, Dec 20, 2006]
Activist group fights for access to city hall
An activist group that has launched numerous lawsuits against the City of Vancouver alleging police misconduct in the Downtown Eastside now accuses the city of barring it from access to municipal services on behalf of its clients.
Pivot Legal Society lawyer David Eby says his members have been told not to contact city staff directly, even in cases not connected with the 15 court actions. [more]
[CBC.ca, Dec 19, 2006]
DTES calendar sets a new employment record
Vancouver has had a warm reception to the latest Downtown Eastside portrait calendar.
According to the Pivot Legal Society, which produces the calendar through its annual photo contest, the calendar has created jobs and training for almost 170 people in the DTES, which is up 30 per cent from last year. [more]
[24 Hours, Dec 11, 2006]
Protesters eye province
Housing advocates were once again forcibly removed by police after another attempted squat yesterday in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. [more]
[24 Hours, Dec 11, 2006] |
Defence in Pickton case worried about mistrial
Some jurors daunted by prospect of year-long trial
The prospect of spending a year in a courtroom hearing the case of accused serial killer Robert Pickton is more than a little daunting for some potential jurors. His lawyer worries the current system could fail a trial of this magnitude. [more]
[Vancouver Sun, Dec 10, 2006]
Pivot offers pictures of hope
By Allen Garr
There is more than homelessness and drug addiction on the Downtown Eastside. There is more than darkness and despair. [more]
[Vancouver Courier, Dec 8, 2006]
Prostitution added to the Olympic Agenda
2010: The sex trade was prominent in Turin, Athens and even Salt Lake City. Some fear the pushing of legalization here
World Cup soccer fans could buy a beer at one stall last summer in Germany and then wander over to another and buy oral sex. [ more]
[Vancouver Sun, Dec 9, 2006] Suburbs can't escape city's disturbing trend
Homelessness no longer restricted to downtown core
In the 18 years Judy Villeneuve has served on Surrey City Council she has seen the homelessness problem that once used to be largely restricted to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside spill into the suburbs. [ more]
[Globe & Mail, Dec 6, 2006]
How Do We Protect Sex Workers? Montreal Massacre memorial raises hotly debated question
Today, in memorials across the country, Canadians remember the murder of 14 women at Montreal's École Polytechnic, 17 years ago. The memorials have become a time to focus on violence against women. Here in Vancouver, where jury selection for Robert Pickton's trial is taking place, the issue has become inexorably tied to missing women and the safety of sex workers. [more]
[The Tyee, Dec 6, 2006]
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