It’s barely been a decade since city crews ripped up West 37th Ave, a quiet residential street near Queen Elizabeth Park, for sewer work. So when “no parking” signs went up last Wednesday evening warning cars would be towed for street repaving at 6 a.m. the next morning, some residents were skeptical.
Police used a battering ram to force their way into a Downtown Eastside rooming house suite Monday after an assault suspect barricaded himself into his room, ending an eight-hour standoff.
The “largest-ever pro-privacy coalition in Canadian history” launched in B.C. Thursday, amidst revelations the country’s electronic spy agency hacked into Brazil’s federal mining department and shared the intelligence with national energy interests.
First Nations fighting the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline are “hopeful” their voice was heard after a meeting with a high-level United Nations official Thursday.
Amidst a rising tide of hate activity in Canada, a Calgary couple have been targeted again and again for their activism with Anti-Racist Action Calgary.
A day after national residential school abuse hearings wrapped up in Vancouver, B.C., tens of thousands of people sprawled through the city’s downtown, calling for a new relationship between Canadians and aboriginals.
Many say students’ pro-rape and racist chants are part of a bigger problem that needs addressing.
As thousands participated in a week of events surrounding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) hearings, including the canoe event, many expressed hope for healing the broken relationship with Canadians. But for many survivors, the anger remains.
Amidst hardening rhetoric against “illegal immigrants,” a network of health workers, many refugees themselves, have begun quietly filling gaps faced by non-status women in B.C.
Photos published in The Tyee | September 19, 2013
David P Ball 