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Dec 03, 2015

Vancouver sex workers issue “Know Your Rights” cards, urge federal Liberals to end criminalization

Vancouver, B.C. [December 3]—Vancouver sex workers and their allies have released “Know Your Rights” cards for sex workers in Canada ahea...

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Dec 02, 2015

Media Advisory: Vancouver sex workers to release “Know Your Rights” cards

Vancouver, B.C. [December 2]—On Thursday, December 3, sex workers and allied organizations will release “Know Your Rights” cards ahead of...

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Nov 18, 2015

City of Vancouver street sweeps are displacing homeless people from Hastings Street

Vancouver, B.C.  [November 18, 2015]—The City of Vancouver’s efforts to move street vendors off the zero block of Hastings Street has dis...

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Nov 12, 2015

Vancouver Police Department refuses to acknowledge use of controversial surveillance device

Vancouver, B.C. [November 12]—The Vancouver Police Department has refused to disclose documents, or even acknowledge the potential existe...

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Nov 09, 2015

Coalition Demands Action on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Makes Preliminary Recommendations for National Inquiry

(Coast Salish Territory/Vancouver, B.C. – November 9, 2015) A Coalition on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls is holding a p...

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Nov 05, 2015

Coalition urges federal government to repeal mandatory minimum sentencing laws

                               Vancouver, B.C. [November 5]—Pivot Legal Society and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs are calling on the fede...

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Oct 21, 2015

BC Supreme Court rules homeless have right to public spaces

Vancouver, B.C. [October 21] — The B.C. Supreme Court has ruled in favour of a group of homeless people challenging municipal bylaws that...

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Oct 20, 2015

Media advisory: BC Supreme Court to deliver decision in Abbotsford homeless lawsuit

Vancouver, B.C. [October 20]—The B.C. Supreme Court will deliver its decision tomorrow in a landmark lawsuit brought forward by homeless ...

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Oct 14, 2015

Pivot Legal Society to intervene in challenges to mandatory minimum sentences

Vancouver, B.C. [October 14]—Pivot Legal Society has been granted leave to intervene in two cases to be heard by the BC Court of Appeal t...

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Sep 24, 2015

Lawsuit highlights need for greater police accountability in B.C.’s First Nations communities

Bella Coola, B.C. [September 24]—A lawsuit against the RCMP alleging unlawful detention and an illegal search is shedding light on polici...

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