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CRAB Park Warriors: Battling Bylaws and Fighting for the Right to Shelter

By Latoya Farrell, Staff Counsel, and CRAB (Ayx) Park Community Warriors “Everybody was welcome. We...

Fighting Media Exclusion Zones. What don’t they want us to see?

In April 2023, City of Vancouver workers accompanied by the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) carried...

Canada’s Mass Incarceration of Indigenous Peoples – Part 1

Written by Safiyya Ahmad While the BCCLA works towards systemic change in the criminal legal...

RCMP admits they “overstepped authority” at Fairy Creek, but will anything change?

The RCMP’s controversial and heavily-criticized Community Response Unit (CRU-BC) – formerly known as the Community-Industry...

Racial profiling law: justice for one man but a system left unaccountable

It’s a rare day when Crown prosecutors admit that a criminal conviction was wrongly decided....

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June 26, 2026

Press Release: BCCLA Celebrates Supreme Court of Canada Decision to Require Disclosure of Police Misconduct to Accused Persons

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June 9, 2026

Press Release: Human Rights Groups Call for End of Police in Schools Programs

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June 9, 2026

Press Release: BCCLA to Intervene in UBC ‘Academic Freedom’ Petition

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June 8, 2026

Media Advisory: BCCLA at British Columbia Supreme Court to Defend Freedom of the Press

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