| Race to fill police chief's job vacancy takes shape
John Richardson, executive director of Pivot Legal Society, an advocacy group for marginalized people, would like to see a break with the past...
[Globe and Mail, March 31, 2007]
Vancouver police go flag-hunting
David Eby with the Pivot Legal Society was among those on hand for a "Dera" news conference this morning...
[CKNW News Talk 980, March 30, 2007]
Homeless papers go global
The PIVOT Legal Society's successful calendar drive featuring pictures taken by residents of the Downtown Eastside, may offer lessons...
[The Tyee, March 29, 2007]
Carl Rooms residents make a stand
Residents facing eviction from a Downtown Eastside rooming house will not be forced onto the streets after pressure from community groups prompted the hotel's owners to announce they will turn over management of the building to a non-profit housing agency. [more]
[Vancouver Courier, March 23, 2007]
Commentary by Charlie Smith:
Olympic secrecy sowing a bitter harvest
You can imagine the panic taking place behind the secretive walls of Vancouver's Olympic organizing committee, otherwise known as VANOC. Its beloved Olympic flag was stolen. Hordes of protesters have begun crashing Olympic events because of broken promises over evictions on the Downtown Eastside. [more]
[Georgia Straight, March 22, 2007]
Straight Talk:
Local woman joins sex-law challenge
Vancouver-based escort Susan Davis is one of the plaintiffs in the constitutional challenge filed against Canada's prostitution laws before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice on March 21. [more]
[Georgia Straight, March 22, 2007]
Cheap Rooms Off the Block?
Rare deal could save Eastside SRO.
Housing demonstrations in Vancouver's poverty- and drug-blighted Downtown Eastside rarely end in celebration. [more]
[The Tyee, March 20, 2007]
Listen to interview on CBC Radio One: Listen to the interview about affordable housing in Vancouver and the 2010 Olympics, with Pivot lawyer David Eby which was on The Current, CBC Radio One, Friday March 16. |
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Costly housing plan has merit on compassionate grounds
Homelessness has been a priority item on the public agenda for at least five years. In that time, there have been dozens of studies and reports, and countless programs and initiatives on which hundreds of millions of dollars have been spent. But the problem appears to have only grown worse. [more]
[Vancouver Sun (EDITORIAL), March 10, 2007]
Retiring police chief to be subject of investigation
Just two weeks after Vancouver Police Chief Jamie Graham announced that he would step down when his contract expires in August, the Office of the Police Complaint Commissioner (OPCC) will launch an external investigation into Graham’s handling of over 50 complaints of police misconduct. [more]
[WE Westender, March 8, 2007]
Cityphile: Dave Eby
Everyone loves an underdog.
But who wants to go up against the big kid, and risk getting pulverized behind the portables? Not us! But then who would stick up for the kids scrawnier than us? Somebody's gotta! Sloppy metaphors aside, David Eby has become the guy known for championing the legal rights of our city's less fortunate. [more]
[Beyond Robson, March 6, 2007. This link has a link to Pivot's YouTube debut!!!]
Protesters Haunt SRO Auction
Advocates worried as Hastings hotel sold to North Van developer.
A Downtown Eastside hotel where 18 residents were given just an hour's notice before being evicted last year was sold at auction Thursday night, despite the efforts of housing advocates protesting outside. [more]
[The Tyee, March 2, 2007]
The Greatest 'No' on Earth
'Five Ring Circus' focuses on rising anti-Olympic protest
Conrad Schmidt sold his apartment to make a documentary about what the 2010 Winter Olympics are doing to Vancouver. Five Ring Circus, which premieres tonight at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver, chronicles the rising tide of anti-Olympic protest that author and activist Schmidt fears could disrupt the games. [more]
[The Tyee, March 2, 2007]
Opinions vary on hotel closure
The leasee of the Piccadilly Hotel said the city didn't give them enough time to make repairs, but housing advocates aren't buying the story. [more]
[24 Hours, March 2, 2007]
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