Am Johal
VANCOUVER, Jun 6 2008 (IPS) – The Canadian government has decided to appeal a British Columbia Supreme Court decision allowing North America s first supervised injection site, the facility known as Insite in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, to remain open without a federal government exemption.
The court case was initiated by the PHS Community Services Society, the operator of Insite with the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, as a result of fears that the Conservative minority government would shut down the site by not signing an exemption under Canada s Controlled Drugs and Substances Act which would have allowed the facility to legally remain open.
Liz Evans, the executive director of PHS Community Services Society, told IPS, It is unclear on …
Emilio Godoy
IZÚCAR DE MATAMOROS, Mexico, Aug 4 2010 (IPS) – People want to get rid of the factory. It has to go. There s already been an accident, a taxi driver said on the drive to the pesticide plant belonging to the Agricultura Nacional company in this southern Mexican city.
After the chemical explosion in March, protesters from Izúcar blocked the factory, now closed. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS
On the night of Mar. 24, life ch…