Adrian Dix on the way ahead for B.C.’s NDP
In an exclusive interview, the leader of the NDP in British Columbia discusses the BC Liberals, voters, issues of importance — and the strategy taking them to the provincial election in 2013.
Sex workers call for hate crime law, end to violence
Sex workers and supporters lit candles on the steps of a police detachment as part of a global day of action.
Mother of Pickton victim says cops brushed her off, withheld daughter’s possessions
Brushed off by the missing persons unit. Denied even her murdered daughter’s possession or photos. A mother speaks out at the Missing Women Inquiry today.
Tensions at Missing Women’s inquiry boil over
B.C.’s Missing Women’s Inquiry saw a pointed argument between the lawyer for families of Robert Pickton’s murder victims.
Missing Women Inquiry: LePard insists detectives, not VPD, ‘compromised’ Pickton case
Deputy police chief Doug LePard – who authored an internal review into the botched Robert Pickton murder investigation – fended off suggestions of wider police department failures
Mining companies face heated opposition to B.C. projects
Central British Columbia turns up the heat on the mining industry.
Peggy Nash nets NDP’s ‘top endorsement’ as Layton’s finance critic
2011 NDP race: Largely overlooked, leadership hopeful Peggy Nash goes deep in a wide-ranging VO exclusive interview.
NDP hopefuls vow to defeat Stephen Harper. But how?
2011 NDP race: Nine leaders took the stage in Vancouver’s NDP town hall. Which one will replace Jack Layton?
‘They had weapons pointed at our heads,’ recalls secret Gaza flotilla activist
Three days on the high seas. Three days in Israeli detention. A Vancouver woman tells her story of a bold attempt to change Israeli government policy.
#COPE: Is there hope for the extra-parliamentary Left?
Nearly a month since Vancouver’s Coalition of Progressive Electors (COPE) were evicted from City Hall (but for Allan Wong’s single school board seat) in the November 19 elections, many on the Left are grappling with COPE’s loss.
David P Ball 