Vancouver Drug User Advocates Denounce Government Plans for Involuntary Treatment
200 protesters rallied at Victory Square in Vancouver following an announcement by the Eby administration to force drug users into...
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The Pandora Encampment is a Pressure Cooker About to Explode
The crisis of last Thursday on the notorious 900 block of Pandora Avenue may have come as a shock to...
Hereditary Chiefs Rise in Defence of Douglas Treaties
A group of hereditary chiefs rallied at the site of Fort Victoria to denounce a modern treaty in its final...
An Outreach Worker Called the Police on My Neighbour After a Drug Overdose
Tonight I just witnessed my neighbour, who had just overdosed, being involuntarily admitted under the Mental Health Act by several...
Busy Saturday: Four Events, about Disability Benefits, Rights of Foreign Students, Drug Policy, and Palestine
Advocates in town had a lot to complain about this Saturday, which kept be busy all day long. First there...
Friends of Centennial Square Rally to Save Fountain
45 Friends of Centennial Square held a protest at the namesake fountain right before a city council session in Victoria,...
Eating Disorder Advocates Rally at Legislature
A dozen eating disorder advocates held a protest and press conference on the steps of the Legislative Assembly of British...
Hundreds March for DULF in Vancouver
About three hundred supporters of the Drug User Liberation Front rallied in downtown Vancouver at the call of the Vancouver...
Postmortem: Aubrey’s Run Across BC
As those who have been following this blog for a while already know, I was helping with organising Aubrey's Run...
Jessica Michalofsky Ran 900 km Across BC for a Safe Drug Supply
To Hell with the boring journalistic tone today. YES, SHE DID IT! Jessica Michalofsky, indefatigable triathlete and grieving mom of...