INDIGINEWS: Híɫzaqv take RCMP to court, say police discriminate against Nation’s laws
The Central Coast community wants the B.C. Supreme Court to declare its public safety bylaws are ‘valid federal laws’ that officers must enforce
Tag Archives: Health
MINDSET AWARD FINALIST: ‘Stigma’ Is Killing First Responders
Shortlisted finalist and honourable mention, Mindset Award for reporting on workplace mental health | Published in The Tyee | May 20, 2016 On April 20, 2015, Jason Driscoll of […]
TORONTO STAR: This remote reserve has been 17 years without safe drinking water. Many don’t even have tap water
Xeni Gwet’in First Nation has been under boil-water orders since 2001, despite more than $3M Ottawa spent. Residents explain it shows the gap between feds’ words and actions.
National Post Exclusive: MDMA Trauma Therapy Breakthrough
Exclusive investigation: Exactly a century after ecstasy was first patented, Health Canada has approved the drug’s import for the first Canadian study using the illegal substance in trauma survivors’ therapy.
Can Portland Hotel Society’s New Boss Restore Faith?
‘There won’t be any more Disneyland trips,’ says new head of beleaguered nonprofit.
EXCLUSIVE: Vancouver Backs Undocumented Migrant ‘Sanctuary’
Policy would let municipal agencies refuse to give info about ‘illegals’ to immigration authorities.
Fraser Health to ‘respect’ religious views on vaccines
A measles outbreak has reached roughly 320 diagnosed cases this week, Fraser Health reported Monday, making it the worst of its kind in B.C. history.
Milestone hit with 400th B.C. heart transplant
Some people wear their heart on their sleeve. For one Port Coquitlam man, he had a chance to hold his heart in his hands.
Neil Young: Blood of First Nations People Is on Canada’s Hands
Neil Young issued his strongest words yet against his country’s energy boom.
Vancouver Port defends findings of coal assessment
Critics of a proposal to increase thermal coal exports through Port Metro Vancouver by 7.5% — or between four and eight million tons annually – are questioning a recent report that ruled the project would have no significant environmental or health impact.
David P Ball 