2009

Hubbard family demands police accountability (Dec 18, 2009)

Hubbard family files complaint against VPD Chief for undermining investigation (Dec 14, 2009)

Methadone patients protected (December 2, 2009)

DVBIA must pay Pivot (November 9, 2009)

Assistance to Shelter Act will hurt, not help, say advocates and shelter providers (November 5, 2009)

Double victory for Pivot in SRO battle (October 29, 2009)

Advocacy groups denounce Salvation Army’s human trafficking campaign (September 24, 2009)

Pivot client wins lawsuit against West Vancouver Police Department (September 22, 2009)

New guide for SRO operators to protect tenant privacy (September 22, 2009)

Pivot and BCCLA to provide legal observer training for 2010 Olympics (September 16, 2009) 

Downtown Ambassadors will face B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (July 7, 2009) 

Massive public support for HEAT shelters (June 24, 2009)

Cancel blitz tickets say community groups (June 17, 2009)

City takes action against slumlords (June 11, 2009)

Major report debunks supposed link between sex trafficking and 2010 Games (June 11, 2009)

Legal organizations join the fight for sex workers’ right to challenge prostitution laws (May 28, 2009)

Pivot report finds social workers quitting in frustration (May 6, 2009)

Call 911 on “beggars” says VPD (April 23, 2009)

Pivot files complaint against Vancouver police chief Jim Chu (April 9, 2009)

Forum on Olympic policing and security (March 27, 2009)

Support Pivot's call for independent police investigations (March 18, 2009)

Public inquiry call for missing women (March 17, 2009)

Auditor General says Province failing to address homelessness (March 5, 2009)

Pivot files "BodyCuff" complaint (March 3, 2009)

Women’s access to justice petition (February 13, 2009)

Ambassador funding cut applauded (February 6)

Punish the slumlords, say advocates (January 15, 2009)

2008

Sex worker charter challenge denied (December 16, 2008)

A 2010 gingerbead welcome to City Hall (December 8, 2008)

Jim Byrnes urges public to support
Hope in Shadows (November 29, 2008)

Pivot calls for private security ban (November 27, 2008)

Rights blankets for mayoralty candidates (November 14, 2008)

City lacked legal authority for $100m secret meeting (November 12, 2008)

Award-winning book goes to second printing (October 27, 2008)

Former VPD Chief Graham guilty of discreditable conduct (October 23, 2008)

Feds attempt to block sex worker lawsuit (October 21, 2008)

RCMP secretly funded anti-Insite research (October 8, 2008)

Canada failing to meet international human rights obligations (September 8, 2008)

Pivot and B.C. Civil Liberties to boycott the police complaints process (July 31, 2008)

Summer music concert success (Aug 31, 2008)

Groups say DVBIA, Civil City actions discriminatory (July 17, 2008)

Pivot releases tenant rights card, with a warning (July 3, 2008)

B.C. Supreme Court saves InSite (May 28, 2008)

Pivot demands action on shelter stats (May 22, 2008)

Elections Act changes will prevent homeless from voting (May 9, 2008)

Solutions for homelessness offered to City (April 29)

Solutions for homelessness offered to City

April 29, 2008 - Three young authors had plenty of advice to offer the City of Vancouver on how to address the growing issues of a lack of affordable housing and a growing homelessness crisis yesterday.

"Dead people don't detox" (April 28)

Pivot forwards complaint to United Nations
(April 15)

Study shows immigrant housing crowded, disappearing (March 7)

Pivot report finds kids lost in child protection system (February 20)

Pivot calls for inquest into death of homeless man (February 4)

2007

Pivot and MEC to blanket homeless with legal rights (December 17)

Pivot supports inquest call for child protection reform (November 6, 2007)

City says it has no duty to inspect rental buildings (November 1, 2007)

UN housing representative to visit Vancouver (August 30)

Charter Challenge Launched to Strike Down Prostitution Laws (August 3)

Illegal eviction notices given by operator of Province’s buildings (July 18)

City gains $64.5m on SE False Creek project, yet housing promises remain uncertain (June 28)

United Nations agency invites Pivot lawyer to Geneva (May 31)

Law Society overturns City ban on Pivot (May 22)

Community action suggested if Olympic housing not started by October ( April 30)

Community groups challenge VANOC on housing report (April 29)

Two small victories for housing campaign (March 19)

City moves to close another SRO (February 16)

Developers snap up Downtown Eastside (February 12)

Independent investigation urged
(February 7)

2006

Parliamentary report fails sex workers (2006-12-14)

Pivot releases report on Vancouver’s low-income housing crisis (2006-09-21)

Empress Hotel’s new owner plans to shutter it (2006-10-18)

Council to vote on low-income housing conversion ban (2006-10-4)

American Hotel illegally boarded up, tenants given 24-hours notice (2006-10-02)

Drug users go to court to keep safe injection site open (2006-09-01)

Another low-income building threatened with closure (2006-08-18)

Last-minute reprieve for low-income tenants (2006-07-27)

Province moves to evict 13 more low-income people (2006-07-26)

Province and City backpedal on Olympic housing commitment (2006-07-18)

Pivot at the International Peace Forum in Vancouver, June 23-28

Pivot seeks lawyers for new legal co-op (2006-06-29)

Report demands legal protections for sex workers (2006-06-13)

63 residents of Lucky Lodge to keep their homes (2006-05-26)

Burns Block tenants taking owner to arbitration (2006-05-11)

Lucky Lodge tenants given legal standing
(2006-04-12)

Lucky Lodge tenants given legal standing (2006-04-12)

Tenants want a say in Downtown Eastside housing hearing (2006-04-04)

Coroner's inquest to probe police shooting of First Nations man (2006-02-28)

Pivot Co-op wins B.C. business award (2006-01-17)

Hotel residents sue City (2006-01-06)

2005

Art, law & humanity converge in retrospective exhibition (2005-11-29)

Pivot executive director receives Ashoka fellowship (2005-11-16)

Pivot taking Police Complaints Commissioner to Court (2005-11-14)

Police Complaints Commissioner refuses public hearings (2005-11-09)

Police Chief "disciplines" abusive cops with managerial advice (2005-11-03)

Pivot complaint forces VPD policy changes (2005-10-19) [PDF 101 KB]

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