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Organizational 28 Apr 2005

Open letter on the budget for BC’s Justice System

March 20, 2012

The Hon. Christy Clark
Premier, Government of British Columbia
PO Box 9041 STN Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E1

Dear Premier Clark,

Re: Open letter on the budget for BC’s Justice System

We write seeking clarification of the statements you made in the Legislature on February 15, 2012, regarding the current funding allocated to BC’s justice system. Continue Reading »

News | Organizational | Social Justice 20 Mar 2012

21st Annual Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March

- Please forward this notice to your friends, family, and networks -

21st Annual Feb 14th Women’s Memorial March

Website: http://womensmemorialmarch.wordpress.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/236552276421022/
Download poster and distribute it here.

The first women’s memorial march was held in 1991 in response to the murder of a Coast Salish woman on Powell Street in Vancouver. Her name is not spoken today out of respect for the wishes of her family. Out of this sense of hopelessness and anger came an annual march on Valentine’s Day to express compassion, community, and caring for all women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Unceded Coast Salish Territories. Twenty one years later, the women’s memorial march continues to honour the lives of missing and murdered women.

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Organizational 08 Feb 2012

Sahotas finally pay first group of Pandora Tenants, second group still waiting for money despite win

(Vancouver) October 5, 2010. After a legal battle spanning almost three years and culminating in the BC Supreme Court, Gurdyal Singh Sahota has finally paid 36 tenants damage awards totaling nearly $170,000. The tenants lived at 2131 Pandora St. in East Vancouver, a building owned and operated by the Sahota family who also own the Cobalt and Astoria hotels. The building flooded in October 2007 and the tenants were permanently evacuated after the City of Vancouver ordered it closed.

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News | Organizational | Social Justice 05 Oct 2010

Third Straight Win for Pandora Tenants Against Sahotas; Still Waiting For Money

(Vancouver) May 26, 2010. The Supreme Court of BC today upheld a Residential Tenancy Branch (RTB) decision that awarded 36 tenants nearly $170,000. The tenants lived at 2131 Pandora St. in East Vancouver, a building owned and operated by the Sahota family who also own the Cobalt and Astoria hotels. The building flooded in October 2007 and the tenants were permanently evacuated after the City of Vancouver ordered it closed.

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Organizational | Social Justice 26 May 2010