Sept 16, 2013 Vancouver Sun – Jim Lee Vancouver mayor and police chief say ‘alarming trend’ of violent attacks signals mental health crisis - B.C. not ready to create new institution for mentally ill Both city officials are looking for a 300 … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2013
Blaming the victims
Sept 6, 2013 – CBC News Ottawa's research on trafficking of aboriginal women panned - Some in aboriginal community accuse government of blaming victims A RFP by the federal government is asking for researchers to look at the potential for … [Read more...]
Senior safety?
Sept. 5, 2013 Toronto Star - Louie Rosella Family of 80-year-old question why she was tasered Shortly after Madelaine Meilleur announced that all police officers would be able to carry tasers, an 80 year old suffering from dementia and walking … [Read more...]
How to be a kid, safely?
September 1, 2013 Toronto Star - Jennifer Pagliaro Jane and Finch: Toronto’s most dangerous place to be a kid? Here’s an update on a neighbourhood that has seen 10 homicides of its youth under 19 in six years. Since 2007, if … [Read more...]
NCR in bombing attempt?
July 29, 2013 Vancouver Sun – Louise Dickson, Times Colonist B.C. Legislature bomb plot accused John Nuttall in psychiatric hospital Defense lawyer Thomas Morino says that Nutall, (and probably his co-accused Amanda Marie Korody) has been … [Read more...]
The tides of justice?
July 27, 2013 MacLean’s – Ken MacQueen A closer look at falling crime statistics MacQueen writes that the costs of policing are skyrocketing while the crime levels fall but that in spite of the contradiction and in spite of the desperate … [Read more...]