Vancouver

Sinixt in Vancouver Courts

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Tue, 2011-02-22

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&quot;Extinct&quot; nation defends traditional territory </div>
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Tent City Press Conference

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Tue, 2011-02-22

TENT CITY ORGANIZERS MEET THE PRESS

VANCOUVER  - Organizers of the upcoming Tent City delivered their demands today outside the real estate sales office at the Olympic Village.

Grounds for Disruption

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Sun, 2011-02-20

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Tent cities evolve to bring politics out of&amp;mdash;and permanence into&amp;mdash;the housing debate </div>
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Rally 4 Egypt: Celebrating the Path to Freedom

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Wed, 2011-02-16
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Women's Memorial March for Missing and Murdered Women

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Mon, 2011-02-14

DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE - More than 2,000 friends, family members and supporters marched through the Downtown Eastside to commemorate the thousands of missing and murdered women in Canada since the 1970s.

Revolving Door

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Mon, 2011-02-14

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Sex offender who targets Aboriginal girls should not be released, say Vancouver residents </div>
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Ten Sites at a Time: Rally to Reclaim Housing

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Sat, 2011-02-12

A rainy day did not stop a group of housing activists from holding a walking rally that started outside the site of last year's tent city, through several sites that needed to be converted to social housing, ending finally at the Athlete's Village.

Revolving Door: Rally Opposes Release of Sex Offender Targeting Aboriginal Girls

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Tue, 2011-02-08
Relatives and friends stand in solidarity to keep Martin Tremblay off Vancouver streets

Relatives and friends of the growing number of Aboriginal teenage girls speaking out about their survival of drugging and sexu

The Silence Was Deafening

Syndicated from Dominion Paper on Fri, 2011-02-04

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BC&#039;s Missing Women Commission of Inquiry hears from Downtown East Side </div>
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Vancouver Rallies in Solidarity with the Peoples' Struggles in the Middle East and North Africa

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Sat, 2011-01-29

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"No More Fear": Hope for the Future

by Sandra Cuffe

SFU Board nailed on Goldcorp dirty money

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Thu, 2011-01-27

VANCOUVER - More than 100 activists and students showed up outside a Simon Fraser University Board of Governors meeting ìn downtown Vancouver today to protest the university`s involvement with notorious human rights abuser Goldcop.

Leaking uranium ship in "Nuclear Free" port

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Fri, 2011-01-21

VANCOUVER  - The MCP Altona is docked at Ballantyne Pier in "Nuclear Free" Vancouver after the crew noticed leaking uranium concentrate in the hold of the vessel.

Fighting the Height

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Mon, 2011-01-17

VANCOUVER -   Downtown Eastside residents and organizations are speaking out against City plans for more condo towers in their neighbourhood.

Vancouver New Year's Noise Agitates Guards and Cops

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Sat, 2011-01-01
Anti-Prison Rally One Day After Three Prisoners Escape

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UBC student society backs aid for Gaza

Syndicated from Media Co-op on Wed, 2010-12-01

University of BC students back Gaza funds

VANCOUVER  -  The UBC Alma Mater Society  (AMS)  voted tonight to support a $700 donation to the 2011 Canadian Flotilla to Gaza. The meeting came after two weeks of hardline anti-Palestine rhetoric and bullying on campus by pro-Israeli government groups.