Tweet Protesters set up a faux-animal experiment lab in downtown Vancouver Sunday to get the public behind their fight to stop animal experimentation at the University of British Columbia. Instead of live animals, nearly naked people, body painted to look like mice, cats, rabbits and monkeys lay on operating tables, crouched in cages and sat [...]
Tweet Vancouver police have arrested three people who occupied a police station to protest the investigation into the death of a woman in the Downtown Eastside. A news release says eight protesters entered the police station Monday evening and told staff they weren’t leaving until they were given a meeting with the police chief. Five [...]
Tweet Hundreds of people gathered in Vancouver Saturday afternoon to protest stoning and lobby for the release of Sakineh Ashtiani, the Iranian woman who was sentenced to death on charges of adultery. Over 100 cities participated in the protest globally, staging stoning demonstrations and signing the petitions. Ashtiani was spared from stoning by a wave [...]
Tweet A little rain and short notice didn’t keep protesters from voicing their anger over the attack by the Israeli military on aid-carrying boats off the coat of the Gaza Strip on Monday (May 31). The flotilla included Victoria resident Kevin Neish, a 53-year-old retiree who planned to work as a human shield. A crowd [...]
Tweet Police say six protesters were arrested during a rally against the G8 University Summit in Vancouver on Friday evening. In a written release, police said what began as a peaceful protest turned ugly as protesters tried to storm the Fairmont Waterfront Hotel at Canada Place in opposition to a meeting taking place inside. Police [...]
Tweet A worldwide protest against an Iranian cleric’s suggestion that immodestly dressed women cause earthquakes is gaining magnitude in Vancouver. “Boobquake”, the brainchild of Indiana university student Jen McCreight, urges women worldwide to satirize cleric Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi Monday by revealing a little cleavage — or ankle, for the modest. “This is more than just [...]