May 30, 2008 • 10:47 pm 0
Are you concerned about the well being of young people in Surrey?
Are you concerned about violence and racism in Surrey?
Are you concerned about the lack of free, positive, creative, after school programming for youth in Surrey? Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: All News, Events Section, Youth Section
• 10:24 pm 0
FYI – From Friday’s Province
Every B.C. Adult and Child will receive a one-time only cheque for $100.00 each for the climate action dividend (from last year’s government surplus). If you filed an income tax, you will automatically get the cheque late next month, but you have to apply for your kids. The link is below.
PS – pass it on to your friends/relatives with children
Here’s a link to the form:
http://www.sbr.gov.bc.ca/documents_library/forms/0131FILL.pdf
Filed under: All News, Child and Family
• 10:07 pm 0
May 30, 2008
By DHARM MAKWANA, 24 HOURS
http://vancouver.24hrs.ca/News/2008/05/30/5718161-sun.html
An end to abuses against aboriginal people must begin by healing their young men, a rally heard yesterday.
David Dennis, with the United Native Nations, made his plea during a speech outside the Vancouver Art Gallery for A National Day of Action in Support of First Nations. Read the rest of this entry »
Filed under: All News, Events Section
• 6:56 pm 0
Media Release – For Immediate Release May 22, 2008
Vancouver – Pivot Legal Society is demanding that the City of Vancouver place a moratorium on tickets given to people sleeping outside in light of newly released shelter statistics that say homeless individuals, on over 40,000 separate occasions, were refused access to shelters in Metro Vancouver over a nine month period. Over 17,000 of these turn away incidents involved women and families. Read the rest of this entry »
• 6:49 pm 0
For immediate release, May 28, 2008
Vancouver – In a landmark ruling released yesterday, the B.C. Supreme Court ruled that Insite, North America’s first safe injection site, is protected by the Canadian Constitution. In delivering its ruling, the court struck down those sections of the Canadian Drugs and Substances Act which prohibit the possession and handling of illegal narcotics within Insite. Read the rest of this entry »
