Despite death and overdose, therapeutic Ecstasy shows promise
Recent overdoses from the illegal drug Ecstasy have led to warnings from police, but some worry that misconceptions about the drug will stall important research into trauma treatment.
Tag Archives: Police
In more than a decade of journalism, I have frequently covered crime, policing and public safety issues.
Whether its reporting directly from the scenes of gun murders, exploring the impacts of violence on communities, or investigating in depth missing women cases or police misconduct allegations, my work has been published in This Magazine, Windspeaker, Vancouver Observer — and recognized with awards and nominations from both the Canadian Journalism Foundation and the Canadian Association of Journalists.
Below are some samples from my police portfolio.
American guns, Canadian deaths
With four in the Lower Mainland dead and another wounded since Christmas Eve, VO investigates the source of the guns.
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
Fighting violence against women in Vancouver’s sex trade
It’s been 22 years since the Montreal massacre. We talk violence against women, and ways to end it, with a survival sex work organizer Jennifer Allan.
Occupy Vancouver prepared for potential police violence: Medics
Volunteer medics at Occupy Vancouver are preparing for the worst as political rhetoric over the encampment escalates
Occupy Vancouver will remain despite police crackdown in U.S.
Undaunted by rain or reports of police violence at other Occupy sites, Vancouver protesters vow to stay the course
Former Guantanamo prisoner supports Bush arrest
After spending five years as an extra-judicial prisoner of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror,’ Murat Kurnaz is disappointed that Canada did not arrest the former U.S. president during his visit to Surrey
David P Ball 