Vancouver, British Columbia
News Clippings 2009

• Justice by default — and threadbare justice at that
  Vancouver Sun, June 26, 2009
• Conviction in murder of six upheld: Court's ruling is bittersweet news for loved ones of the 26 women Pickton is accused of killing
  Vancouver Sun, June 26, 2009
• Serial killer Robert (Willie) Pickton's bid for new trial turned down
  Vancouver Sun, June 25, 2009
• Family, friends of missing women await Pickton appeal decision today
  Vancouver Sun, June 25, 2009
• Ruling on Pickton appeal will have far-reaching impact: Crown has indicated it will proceed on 20 remaining murder counts if B.C.'s top court orders a new trial
  Vancouver Sun, June 25, 2009
• Memorial: Mona remembered
  24 Hours, June 24, 2009
• Downtown brothels difficult to detect, according to expert
  24 Hours, June 24, 2009
• Police say Yaletown murder site was 'de-facto brothel'
  CTV News, June 24, 2009
• Art honours slain women
  Metro News, June 24, 2009
• Artist stirs emotions with portrait project: Pamela Masik unveils first of 69 portraits of missing women from Downtown Eastside, creates art program in area
  Vancouver Sun, June 23, 2009
• Suite used as brothel
  24 Hours, June 23, 2009
• "Brothel" holdup led to killing
  Metro News, June 23, 2009
• Two charged in killing were robbing high-end brothel: police – Yaletown highrise housed illegal massage parlour
  Vancouver Sun, June 23, 2009
• Murder charges laid in suspected condo brothel stabbing
  Metro News, June 22, 2009
• Most in DTES OK with legal prostitution, says survey
  Metro News, June 19, 2009
• Sex workers
  24 Hours, June 19, 2009
• Scrutinizing the Sex Trade: Trafficking, 2010, and Prohibition
  Georgia Straight, June 18-25, 2009
• Back when the West End had sex worker strolls: Pushing the hookers out 'desexualized and sanitized' the gaybourhood
  Xtra West, June 18, 2009
• Cutting off funding for street prostitute van is unconscionable
  Vancouver Sun, June 17, 2009
• Prof gets nod for fighting human trafficking
  24 Hours, June 17, 2009
• Prostitution forum
  Vancouver Courier, June 12, 2009
• Group aims to overturn laws on prostitution
  24 Hours, May 28, 2009
• Mean streets: Life is short and harsh for prostitutes in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
  Chatelaine Magazine, June 4, 2009
• Shining a light in the darkest corners
  Metro News, May 27, 2009
• Stemming the Sex Trade: Group aims to change prostitution laws before Olympics
  Metro News, May 22, 2009
• Sex trade workers to be offered media training
  Canadian Press, May 18, 2009
• Julio Montaner urges expansion of HIV care to vulnerable communities
  Georgia Straight, May 14, 2009
• Porn theatre under review: Undercover cop describes sex acts at city's last adult cinema
  Vancouver Province, March 25, 2009
• Sex workers' advocate Jamie Lee Hamilton blasts city on potential porn theatre closure
  Georgia Straight, March 19, 2009
• Vancouver's last porn theatre could be forced to close
  Georgia Straight, March 19, 2009
• Vancouver porn theatre may get XXXed
  CBC News, March 19, 2009
• Foundation to fund Cambodian children victimized by Canadians
  Vancouver Courier, March 11, 2009
• Letter of the Week
  Vancouver Courier, March 11, 2009
• Letter: HIV study based solely on street prostitutes
  Vancouver Sun, March 7, 2009
• Letter: Sex work study missed mark
  Victoria Times Colonist, March 7, 2009
• One-quarter of Vancouver's female sex trade workers infected with HIV
  Vancouver Sun, March 5, 2009
• One-quarter of female prostitutes HIV positive
  Victoria Times Colonist, March 5, 2009
• Letter: Cops traumatize trafficked women
  Vancouver Courier, February 20, 2009
• Human trafficking thrives under radar: Vancouver, province unarmed in international war against pimps
  Vancouver Courier, February 13, 2009
• Sex-trade worker brutally assaulted
  Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2009
• Charges are appropriate for overseas child-sex offences, court rules: Man faces 35 charges in B.C.
  Vancouver Sun, January 31, 2009
• Letter: Prostitutes don't sell themselves
  Vancouver Courier, January 28, 2009
• Letter: Abolitionists are dishonest
  Vancouver Courier, January 21, 2009
• Pickton investigation leads to retrial for man jailed 26 years: Sloppy police work, prosecutors' lapses, trial judge's errors may have led to wrongful imprisonment for sex crimes
  Vancouver Sun, January 14, 2009
• Waiting for justice a 'long time': Daughters of man granted appeal say they and their father have lost the best years of life
  Vancouver Sun, January 14, 2009
• Letter: Reimer's Vision promotes prostitution
  Vancouver Courier, January 14, 2009