Headlines in 2024

October

Pro-Palestinian protesters allege excessive force and surveillance by Vancouver police
October 31, 2024 — CBC News

Vancouver Police accused of excessive force, surveillance of pro-Palestinian protestors in legal complaints
October 31, 2024 — City News

Vancouver police could soon have access to the city’s 221 traffic cameras
October 25, 2024 — Vancouver is Awesome

Vancouver council passes motion to allow police access to traffic cameras
October 23, 2024 — CTV News

Council passes motion giving police access to Vancouver’s traffic cameras: city
October 23, 2024 — City News

Involuntary addictions treatment: Here’s what experts want you to know before you vote
October 16, 2024 — The Discourse

Surrey Union of Drug Users fights for better harm reduction in BC’s second-most populous city
October 13, 2024 — The Georgia Straight

September

BC Government’s Involuntary Drug Treatment Expansion Plan Condemned
September 19, 2024 — Filter

Legal groups file three complaints over VPD treatment of Palestine protesters
September 18, 2024 — The Canadian Press

Opinion: We need more accountability when police kill Indigenous people
September 12, 2024 — Edmonton Journal

July

Victoria makes only 3 parks available for camping, homeless and advocates raise concerns
July 31, 2024 — CHEK News

PIVOT LEGAL SOCIETY with Nina Taghaddosi & Taz Khandwani
July 22, 2024 — A Social Justice Podcast (Watch | Listen)

June

Pro-Palestine community members detail police brutality and suppression; continue calls for arms embargo with Israel
June 19, 2024 — NationTalk

Media Advisory of Press Conference: Legal, Indigenous, and human rights organizations speak up against police brutality targeting Palestine Solidarity movement
June 17, 2024 — NationTalk

Advocates condemn BC’s decision to recriminalize substance use
June 12, 2024 — The Peak

May

Stop tying applications for disability income assistance to doctors
March 17, 2024 — Policy Options

What Now for BC’s Decriminalization Test?
March 3, 2024 — The Tyee

March

Can Court Cases Turn the Tide for Canadian Harm Reduction?
March 6, 2024 — Filter

B.C. ‘disappointed’ by decision on appeal of injunction pausing public drug use law: minister
March 6, 2024 — Law360 Canada

Drug decriminalization debate continues in B.C.
March 4, 2024 — CTV News

Nurses battle to ensure drug users do not face sweeping limits on where they can use
March 4, 2024 — The Globe and Mail

February

Premier Eby backs removal of homeless camp near Oak Street Bridge
February 2, 2024 — Vancouver is Awesome (not)

B.C. sends in excavator as eviction of Marpole homeless camp continues
February 2, 2024 — Vancouver Sun

January

The Deadly Myths about Drug Recovery
January 10, 2024 — The Tyee

Lawyer Caitlin Shane from Pivot Legal on the BC Supreme Court injunction suspending the province’s decriminalization rollbacks
January 6, 2024 — Redeye Radio (Audio - 10:05)

BC’s Cops Weren’t Fully Prepared for Drug Decriminalization
January 4, 2024 — The Tyee

Advocates Win Injunction Blocking BC’s Drug Decriminalization Rollbacks
January 3, 2024 — The Tyee

Vaughn Palmer: B.C. NDP struggles to balance demands of the courts and the public on drugs
January 2, 2024 — Vancouver Sun