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The Volcano Oct 13, 2015

September 15, 2015 A grassroots reply to the City of Victoria’s “Sheltering Solutions”: The Needs of the Homeless in the Interests of the Housed By Ashley Mollison and Flora Pagan On September 16, the City of Victoria will host a “Sheltering Solutions” workshop for the general public to help…

Landlords and developers continue to lobby for tax cuts

Nathan Crompton Oct 13, 2015

During this year’s federal elections we have been hearing again from BC’s pro-developer lobbyists. This time…

Fight for Dignity – Abbotsford Homeless Await Court Decision

Dave Diewert Oct 13, 2015

For 6 weeks this past summer, the Abbotsford chapter of the BC/Yukon Drug WaSurvivors and its team of lawyers…

Death by Cops on the Rise in BC

Dave Diewert Oct 13, 2015

Despite new training programs, police are killing people at increasing rates in BC. Over the past…

A grassroots reply to the City of Victoria’s “Sheltering…

Ashley Mollison & Flora Pagan Sep 16, 2015

On September 16, the City of Victoria will host a “Sheltering Solutions” workshop for the general public to help…

From the inside out – what we free ourselves from when we get rid of prisons

Lora McElhinney & Abby Rolston Jun 27, 2015

It is much like a classroom in a school on the outside with concrete walls painted off-white, long,…

Honouring Bea Starr

Cecily Nicholson Jun 27, 2015

We are sad to note the loss of Beatrice Lucy Starr, wolf clan of the Heiltsuk from Bella Bella, who passed away…

The Plight of Migrant Workers

Hessed Torres Jun 27, 2015

In recent years Citizenship and Immigration Canada has been shutting its doors on migrant workers. The…

Hope Against Oblivion – The Ayotzinapa to Ottawa Caravan

CIPO-VAN Jun 27, 2015

On September 26, 2014, Mexican security forces killed 6 people and forcibly disappeared 43…

Community Policing – Better Relationships or Better Surveillance?

Dionne Molloy Jun 27, 2015

In an op-ed written for the Times Colonist in April, Police Chief Frank Elsner laid out his vision for a…

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