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Residents angry after tree home to peacocks cut down, B.C. youth develop app to assist in overdoses
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Bill C-13, and the first six cases prosecuted in Canada after it became law in 2015, treat the non-consensual distribution of intimate images primarily as a privacy violation rather than an act of gender-based violence, argues PhD student Moira Aikenhead.

1. 鈥楻evenge porn鈥 law focuses too much on privacy: UBC student

Law student Moira Aikenhead says prosecuting those who distribute intimate images of someone without his or her permission has focused largely on privacy violation, when it should be on gender-based violence.

2. Surrey residents furious after tree home to peacocks illegally cut down

Surrey says homeowner may be facing $10,000 fine, but he says city鈥檚 inaction left him with no choice but to chop tree after his father slipped and fell on the birds鈥 feces.

3. David Eby cancels town hall due to 鈥榮afety concerns鈥 after school tax protest planned

Homeowners in his Vancouver riding say that the 鈥減redatory鈥 tax punishes the elderly.

4. Convicted councillors should lose positions: Pitt Meadows council

鈥淭here鈥檚 a gap in the legislation that needs to be addressed,鈥 said the mayor. 鈥淐urrently, there is no authority under the B.C. Community Charter to allow a municipality to remove an elected official from office even if convicted of a criminal offense.鈥

5. Chilliwack youth develop app to assist in overdose emergencies

OD Hero, available now for Android devices only, can walk anyone through an overdose situation or alcohol poisoning, even if they鈥檙e not in WiFi range.


katya.slepian@bpdigital.ca

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