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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
Apr 16
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Transcript: Students call out extractive research practices on ninth anniversary of toxic drug emergency
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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
Apr 4
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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.
Apr 2
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BC overdose response being defunded by the same law enforcement organizations whose practices drive the crisis
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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…
Mar 15
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#JusticeForJared and supporters launch People's Tribunal on Police Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in BC
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P.O.W.E.R. DISPATCH #3
Update on community-based reporting at P.O.W.E.R.
Mar 10
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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
Mar 7
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BC NDP Kill Already Limited Safer Supply Program
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February 2025
Removal of Dr. Wilder from her Island Health harm reduction role is disgraceful. It reflects BC’s approach to the forever crisis.
Care Not Cops, Risebridge, Stop the Sweeps, Unhoused Solidarity Collective Okanagan, North Cowichan Cop Watch, Moms Stop the Harm & other groups call…
Feb 5
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Removal of Dr. Wilder from her Island Health harm reduction role is disgraceful. It reflects BC’s approach to the forever crisis.
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A Mother's Letter to the City of Nanaimo
Amid an island snowfall, one mother shares her concerns for the community
Feb 5
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A Mother's Letter to the City of Nanaimo
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January 2025
Alarming law enforcement trends in Nanaimo BC
New report sheds light on concerning RCMP and bylaw officer practices in the harbour city
Jan 23
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Alarming law enforcement trends in Nanaimo BC
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Police benefit from unregulated drug and sex work markets
As the media landscape falters and law enforcement budgets increase, police take control of the narrative.
Jan 15
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Police benefit from unregulated drug and sex work markets
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Organizing community & resisting violence against drug users in the Cowichan Valley
Report back from a community event.
Jan 7
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Organizing community & resisting violence against drug users in the Cowichan Valley
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December 2024
P.O.W.E.R. DISPATCH #2
Update on our community-based reporting.
Dec 31, 2024
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