I have the deepest respect for Janet. I would add, the civil liberties being taken by the very govt claiming to stand for them will result in a law suit, an apology and a payout to remaining family members of those lost. We can avoid this now.

Welcome editorial from The Globe and Mail advocating for decriminalization & monitored safe consumption as part of a full range of policy supports. From a paper that endorses Conservatives in federal elections. So what are BC's right-wing parties doing? #bcpoli theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

Since 'smoking opium is not our vice,' a judge wrote in 1886, laws targeting the habit 'may well be' driven by 'a desire to vex and annoy the 'Heathen Chinee.'' That was an understatement, as I explain in this story about the roots of drug prohibition. reason.com/2024/04/14/smo…

New report!! Town Hall on Hospital Experiences Among People Who Use Drugs with ODPRN and Tara Gomes

“A 2023 study involving thousands of homeless people in California found that more than a third of them had been a victim of physical assault in the past year. About half of those assaults were by strangers.”

My colleagues and I are shedding light on a concerning trend we've termed 'domestic helicopter research.' This involves researchers dropping in marginalized communities, conducting studies, and leaving w/o any true community or local researcher engagement. authors.elsevier.com/a/1ivbjL7PXqQ43

they ran the CP wire story instead of something about how @globalbc has made this worse and is definitely complicit in mass murder

She was found dead after a tent encampment fire. Rae Tyler's smile is what her family will remember
Father says premier's comments on homelessness the worst thing he's ever heard, calls for better services
Rae and 35-year-old Jonathan Calhoun were
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why didnt anyone just throw some sand at him?

I don’t think I’ll ever get over this but being around everyone in this time the memorials have been beautiful

It's not that we don't need to reform the whole system of how a home gets built in this country, but it angers me that y'all put this need in front of the need for NATIONAL SUBSIDIZED HOUSING.

It means you get affordable housing before homeless people and I think that's wrong.

Much respect for the disturbers and cheeky secretaries inciting revolt in this historic zine!
Where the original Gidget Digit became operative!

karen ward