By Carlos Tello/TheTyee.ca Published on May 8, 2013 After pressure, reality TV producers change sign acting as voluntary agreement to appear on ‘Border Security.’ Less than a year ago, a reality TV program called Border Security: Canada’s Front Line premiered … Read More
Media Coverage
Deportation is Not Entertainment: Update
Posted onThe BC Civil Liberties Association is glad to join so many individuals and community groups in celebrating the news that footage obtained for the reality television show “Border Security” during a March 13, 2013 immigration enforcement raid in Vancouver, British Columbia … Read More
First Nations leaders in Prince Rupert to discuss concerns about unsolved deaths
Posted onBy VancouverSun.com Published on May 3, 2013 PRINCE RUPERT – Grieving Prince Rupert-area aboriginal families meet with legal and First Nations representatives in Prince Rupert to share concerns about the adequacy of police investigations into their loved ones’ … Read More
BCCLA Helps Aboriginal Families Find Answers to Unsolved North Coast Deaths
Posted onBy Laryn Gilmour/CFTKTV.com Published on May 3, 2013 The Union of BC Indian Chiefs and representatives of BC Civil Liberties Association, are taking a second look at the series of water front deaths in Prince Rupert over the … Read More
First Nations leaders meet over concerns into police investigation into Prince Rupert man’s death
Posted onBy TheProvince.com Published on May 3, 2013 PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. — Grieving Prince Rupert-area aboriginal families meet with legal and First Nations representatives in Prince Rupert to share concerns about the adequacy of police investigations into their loved … Read More
BC Civil Liberties Association, BC Indian Chiefs meeting with the Brooks family
Posted onBy TheNorthernView.com Published on May 3, 2013 The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and the Union of BC Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) are in Prince Rupert today, meeting with family members of Justin Brooks, whose body was found at the … Read More
B.C. First Nations question RCMP death investigations
Posted onBy CBC.ca Published on May 3, 2013 The Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs and the B.C. Civil Liberties Association were in Prince Rupert Friday, meeting with families of young First Nations people whose suspicious deaths remain unsolved. Families … Read More
RCMP cleared in shooting death of B.C. Canadian Forces veteran
Posted onBy Arthur Weinreb/DigitalJournal.com Published on May 2, 2013 British Columbia’s police watchdog has cleared the RCMP of criminal responsibility in the death of Greg Matters last year. Matters’ family is not happy and further steps are being taken. … Read More
RCMP cleared in former soldier’s death after police opened fire on veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder
Posted onBy Tristin Hopper/NationalPost.com Published on May 2, 2013 B.C.’s police watchdog on Wednesday officially cleared the Prince George RCMP of any criminal wrongdoing for shooting dead Gregory Matters, a 40-year-old Bosnia veteran suffering from post traumatic stress, in … Read More
Lillooet dispute escalates with new attempt to quash dissent
Posted onBy Daphne Bramham/VancouverSun.com Published on May 2, 2013 Lillooet must surely rank not only as one of the most dysfunctional municipalities in British Columbia, but in Canada. The civil war between residents and their council only seems to … Read More