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Queer and trans experience of poverty unknown in BC
The BC Poverty Reduction Coalition is conducting research to fill in an important gap in our knowledge of being poor: how does the queer and trans community experience poverty? Read more…
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After criticism, Slutwalk Vancouver opts to talk, not walk
After hearing criticisms of Slutwalk from feminists, local activists and other marginalized groups, the Vancouver chapter -- Slutwalk Vancouver -- has elected not to march this year. Read more…
BC Supreme Court upholds BC Ferries union exclusions
A British Columbia Supreme Court judge this week dismissed a B.C. Ferry and Marine Workers' Union application for a judicial review of a Labour Relations Board decision. Read more…
BC Liberals used taxpayer resources to bash opposition: NDP
The British Columbia government is using taxpayer resources for partisan BC Liberal political purposes, said NDP House Leader John Horgan. Read more…
Forcing bodily fluid samples is an unnecessary intrusion: commissioner
British Columbia's information and privacy commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has panned a third piece of government legislation this week. Read more…
BC commissioner critical of animal health secrecy measures
Information and privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham has sent her second letter this week criticizing a British Columbia government bill. Read more…
Will Conrad Black step out of U.S. prison a new man?
Don't expect a brand new man when Conrad Black, Canada's most famous former press baron, emerges from a Florida prison and sheds the jumpsuit. Read more…
BC makes another attempt to restrict election advertising
After losing in court, the British Columbia government is trying again to restrict third parties from advertising before elections. Read more…
Hundreds of public sector workers march on Harper's office
OTTAWA - Public-sector workers sang their souls out for a little respect Tuesday as hundreds marched on Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office in downtown Ottawa in protest of budget cuts. Read more…
Quebec's silent student majority: the two-thirds quietly completing class
MONTREAL - They are the 66 per cent. And they have been mostly invisible in the torrent of stories about Quebec's student unrest. Read more…
Drug bill includes personal information grab: advocate
A bill introduced to the British Columbia legislature as a way to lower the price of generic drugs also allows the government to hide its own records while "grabbing" people's personal information, an information and privacy advocate said. Read more…
To smash or not to smash? In Montreal, pacifists tell vandals to tone it down
A division has emerged at the student protest marches being held nightly in Montreal, with a peaceful majority denouncing a smaller group intent on committing acts of vandalism. Read more…
Call for 'social strike' by biggest Quebec student protest group, translated via Rabble.ca
As protests build in Quebec, the organization CLASSE, representing a majority of student protestors, is calling for labour and other organization to join them in a wider "social strike" across the province. Rabble.ca published a translation of the group's statement, noting that, "The CLASSE is the largest of the student coalitions or federations leading the strike movement across Quebec. It represents more than half of the 180,000 students now on strike..." Read more…
Landmark fracking lawsuit starts with twist in Alberta
DRUMHELLER, ALBERTA: A landmark lawsuit against an energy giant and two Alberta government regulatory agencies concerning water well contamination by hydraulic fracturing started with an unusual twist in Alberta's Court of Queen's Bench yesterday. Read more…
Teachers who volunteer will be protected from union says minister
Comments by a union official suggesting teachers who volunteer will forced out of the profession are bullying and inappropriate, Education Minister George Abbott said today. Read more…
Metro Vancouver living wage rises due to soaring housing and child care costs
The costs of a "bare bones" living for a family in British Columbia has gone up for the fourth year in a row due to rising housing and child care costs, says a new report on B.C.'s living wage. Read more…
Opening abortion debate could 'criminalize pregnant women': pro-choice group
"The fact that people are willing to talk about my human rights in 2012 is shocking," said Julie Lalonde, a member of Radical Handmaids, in reaction to the debate on Motion 312, a motion brought forward by Conservative backbencher Stephen Woodworth and being debated today. Read more…
Quebec and student groups to resume negotiations tomorrow after Montreal mayhem
MONTREAL - Talks between the Quebec government and student leaders are set to resume tomorrow as the two sides attempt to end their increasingly acrimonious battle. Read more…
Thirty-three years of recommendations to end violence against women
Violence against women continues to be a significant problem in Canada, and "if we don't take immediate action, more women and children are going to die," said Gisela Ruebsaat, legal analyst for The Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC). This National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, EVA BC has published a list of recommendations to stop violence against women in British Columbia, based on reports dating back to 1979, which are still needed today. Read more…
Federal cuts to health groups hurt marginalized women, say critics
The recent federal budget cuts will take a toll on the health of women across Canada, say the leaders of a number of women's health organizations who've recently had their funding slashed. Read more…
