Private Security Outnumber Border Services in Big Cities
CBSA outsourcing under the microscope as custody death inquest concludes.
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Prison Nurse Flagged Mexican Deportee’s Scars, Mental Health
Clerical mistake kept Lucía Vega Jiménez from a mental health appointment before her death, inquest hears.
Barefoot man given fellow rider’s shoes
A bus driver has had his faith in people restored after witnessing a rider wearing plastic bags instead of shoes given a surprising gift this holiday weekend — a stranger’s own shoes and socks.
Latest in Vancouver Density Battle: Demolition at Marine Gardens
Townhouses along key SkyTrain line must be torn down to make way for big development, city says.
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.
B.C. eyes ferry gambling, slashes sailings
B.C. Ferries will eliminate 6,895 coastal sailings and slash seniors discounts to cut costs, the province revealed Monday.
Police tweet bad drivers’ excuses
One Lower Mainland police force is trying a cheeky new tactic to discourage bad drivers: embarrassing them online.
Washington bridge collapse impairs Canada-U.S. trade: Truckers
With roughly three-quarters of B.C.’s $16 billion in annual south-bound exports dependent on the Interstate 5, business and transport unions are anxious about the economic losses incurred since the Skagit River bridge buckled and collapsed after being struck by an Alberta trucker May 23.
Allegations of Police Abuse of Native Women Have Rocked Canada
“Dismissive.” “Out of touch.” “A travesty for the victims.” With these forceful words, one of the world’s leading human rights organizations fired back at Canada’s national police force and the federal government for their response to the group’s report alleging gang-rape, sexual assaults and other abuses of Native women by those charged with protecting them.
Dylan Miner: An Anti-Authoritarian Artist on Bikes Beyond Borders
“My people will sleep for 100 years,” prophesied Métis leader Louis Riel before his Canadian execution in 1885. “And when they awake, it will be the artists who give them back their spirit.” For 36-year old installation artist Dylan Miner, the (in)famous insurrectionist’s words are a guiding force. It is a force which has seen him building and displaying his trademark – and distinctly Indigenous – low-rider bicycles across the continent.
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