From David Eby's blog."I'm very excited to announce my recent appointment as the acting Executive Director of the B.C. Civil Liberties Association. My first day on the job is December 1, 2008.Yes, the position is...
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From the people at Pivot."You may recall that a few months ago, Pivot Legal launched a human rights complaint against the City of Vancouver and the DVBIA for the Downtown Ambassador program.New video has been...
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Hope in Shadows, an important book about Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, launches today."Hope in Shadows began five years ago as a fund-raiser for Pivot. The premise was simple: distribute disposable cameras to...
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Attempting to pivot away from a damaging dust-up stemming from an adviser's attack on Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama's campaign on Friday returned to press the former First Lady to release her post-White House tax returns."
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Some examples of people doing good things for people. "Advertising agency Taxi is giving the homeless jackets that can be stuffed with newspaper for additional insulation. To their credit, they are producing 3,000 of the jackets instead of something meaningless to...
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At 4:30 (PST) one hundred and fifty housing activists turned out to open a squatted building in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside at 5 West Hastings Street. The North Star Hotel had been sitting empty since 1999 since...
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