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Author: Laurence Gatinel

Blue gloved hands pour beer into plastic cups

Residents who brew their own alcohol now have a new park to drink it safely

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 09-03-2021
A headshot of Markiel Simpson outside during a sunny fall day with blurred trees in the background

Vancouver School Board hosts consultation on contested police program in schools

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 08-03-2021
Fiona York, organizer with the Carnegie Community Action Project

DTES organizer mulls lessons of one year of pandemic, two public health emergencies, and three tent cities

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 04-03-2021
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Pivot Legal Society decries developer’s private donation to Vancouver police charity for DTES policing

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 01-03-2021
A headshot of David Milward in a hallway

Indigenous law professor says federal crime and drug bill needed but it’s not enough

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 26-02-2021
Garth Mullins stands at a memorial on a sunny street holding a microphone and wearing a black cowboy hat

‘Void’ of reliable news, distrust hurt COVID-19 response in downtown eastside says advocate

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 25-02-2021
Queenie Choo stands in front of a SUCCESS green, grey and red backdrop

Vancouver police reveal 878 per cent spike in anti-Asian hate crimes in 2020

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 24-02-2021
A picture of Tracey Draper, program Coordinator with the Western Aboriginal Harm Reduction Society, against a purple office wall

Indigenous harm reduction advocate slams federal drug bill as ‘disappointing’

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 23-02-2021
Karen Ward

Urgent need for difficult anti-stigma conversations: drug policy advisor

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 22-02-2021
Overdose Prevention Site's new indoor location at the corner of East Hastings and Columbia streets

Overdose Prevention Site hits the ground running at two new downtown locations

Laurence Gatinel - CFRO - Vancouver • BC | 17-02-2021