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Is Vancouver About to Become the Greenest City in the World?

Allan Hunt Badiner, AlterNet. July 30, 2009.
The city has made a rapid transition: It draws 90% of its energy from renewables, has a booming bicycle culture and a very popular progressive mayor.

Supervised Drug-Injection Facilities in New York? Yes We Should (and Can)!

Tony Newman, AlterNet. May 23, 2009.
If we're serious about real drug reform, let's create a space where users can take their drugs in a sterile, safe environment.

Canadian Lawyers Seek to Prosecute Bush, Get Him Banned

Ben Armbruster, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. March 12, 2009.
Lawyers from up north are going after Bush for his role in authorizing torture.

Vancouver's Radical Approach to Drugs: Let Junkies Be Junkies

Vince Beiser, Miller-McCune Magazine. November 18, 2008.
Welcome to North America's only officially sanctioned "supervised injection site."

'The Dope Craze That's Terrorizing Vancouver'

Lani Russwarm, The Tyee. August 26, 2008.
The long, true history of hard drugs in Canada's poorest neighborhood.

Sex Workers Plan Brothel in 2010 Olympics City

Wency Leung, Women's eNews. October 13, 2007.
Will building a brothel help curb violence against women?