Show threadVictoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 18, 2023

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“It flies in the face of this line that health authorities and the province touts around listening to people who use drugs, taking people who use drugs seriously,” said Caitlin Shane, a staff lawyer w. Pivot Legal Society

“This is exactly the kind of action or inaction that shows us where the priorities really lie.”

... how it’s going to be for now, until VCH steps up ...

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Two officers made their first court appearance six years after the Wet’suwet’en man’s death.

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RCMP Officers Plead Not Guilty in the Death of Dale Culver | The Tyee

Two officers made their first court appearance six years after the Wet’suwet’en man’s death.

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"There are clear human rights standards for what constitutes adequate housing. These standards are overwhelmingly not being met," the Pivot Legal Society said.

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