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OTTAWA Advocates are calling on the federal government and the City of Vancouver to halt the march toward possible drug decriminalization in the city, saying the process excludes users and demands a do-over.
In a letter to federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu and the Vancouver and British Columbia working groups on decriminalization, a coalition of 15 organizations said the current proposal must be scrapped immediately or risks reproducing the harms of prohibition.
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Posted: May 10, 2021 5:00 AM PT | Last Updated: May 10
Doris Mah founded the Stand With Asians Coalition from her kitchen in Burnaby after she heard about a dramatic rise in anti-Asian hate in her community during the pandemic.(Doris Mah)
A coalition founded in B.C. by a woman committed to stopping anti-Asian racism across Canada says it is planning 15 small rallies across B.C. s Lower Mainland Monday to denounce anti-Asian hate and foster inclusiveness.
The majority of the rallies, which will involve groups of five people standing physically distanced from one another with signs, will take place at 3 p.m. PT outside SkyTrain stations.
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PNE and PlayLand at Hastings Park in Vancouver (Edgar Bullon/Shutterstock)
PNE officials and the City of Vancouver are calling on the provincial government to provide a financial “lifeline” to help weather the financial fallout of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
And while the PNE has been “proudly self-sufficient for decades,” PNE President and Shelly Frost said on Friday that the pandemic has pushed it to the brink.
As a non-profit, said Frost, the PNE has a “unique” corporate structure. As a result, it continues “to be excluded from all grants and funding to date, being provided [to other tourism entities] by the federal and provincial government.”