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