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April 2025

Support for Trey Helten’s partner and kids. Ashtrey forever.
Trey is recognized as a beloved community member.
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Unredacted email from alleged anonymous VPD officer
Email from "confidentialrevpd@proton.me" to Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner was made public by Vancouver Police Board with heavy redactions
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Transcript: Students call out extractive research practices on ninth anniversary of toxic drug emergency
Members from the local chapter of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy spoke at Victory Square rally on April 14, 2025
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Kelowna or Hastings, decampments are a death sentence
Police Oversight with Evidence and Research (P.O.W.E.R.) and Stop the Sweeps condemn Kelowna OS4 decampment
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BC overdose response being defunded by the same law enforcement organizations whose practices drive the crisis
On April 14th, we grieve, gather, and demand better.
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March 2025

#JusticeForJared and supporters launch People's Tribunal on Police Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in BC
Canadian policing is violent and unaccountable. In the absence of provincial and federal leadership, communities to continue their own accountability…
P.O.W.E.R. DISPATCH #3
Update on community-based reporting at P.O.W.E.R.
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BC NDP Kill Already Limited Safer Supply Program
BC NDP know their witnessed safe supply policy will be fatal, but pursue it as they cave to right-wing rhetoric: Statement

February 2025

January 2025

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