More women’s groups drop out of Pickton Inquiry
Two of the oldest and most respected women’s organizations working Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside have joined the boycott of the Pickton Inquiry.
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Conservative’s attempt to quash injection site threatened ‘health’ and ‘lives’ of addicts: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled against the Conservative government’s efforts to shut down Vancouver’s safe-injection site for drug addicts.
“You have to smudge the Downtown Eastside”
APTN National News These were the words an elder told Darla Goodwin as she sat…
BC missing women’s inquiry remains in turmoil
A number of groups continue to pull out of the missing women’s inquiry in British Columbia.
NWAC denied funding, cannot participate in BC inquiry
APTN National News The province of BC has denied funding for women’s groups to participate…
Tireless activist walks Vancouver’s dark streets offering a bit of light
Missing and murdered women advocates of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside say there are over 4,000 women missing or murdered in Canada.
Pickton inquiry won’t be ‘up to par’ without involvement of groups: NWAC
It is expected that the missing women’s commission of inquiry will officially start this month in Vancouver.
Pickton Inquiry
Wayne Roberts, aptn National News British Columbia’s missing women’s commission of Inquiry held its first…
Vancouver restaurants feed poor X-mas meal
For many people who live on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Christmas is a tough time of year.