Supreme Court of Canada

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BC safe-injection site saves lives Shot in the arm for program; Should be replicated in other cities: scientists With a Supreme Court... 27 April 2011
Study praises injection site Researchers note decline in overdoses John Graham is feeling optimistic about digging himself out... 27 April 2011
Insite’s success causes problems for morality-based opposition Before the Supreme Court case to decide Insite’s future began, government lawyers requested that... 18 May 2011
Lawyers, doctors and addicts urge Vancouver to save Insite "I believe this is an issue coming about our collective humanity," Portland Hotel Society director... 18 May 2011
New HIV guidelines needed for BC prosecutors HIV activists say that it’s time British Columbia drafted better guidelines to assist prosecutors... 26 May 2011
Insite is increasingly mainstream Today, federal government lawyers will be in the Supreme Court of Canada putting forward its case... 30 June 2011
Harm reduction on trial Today, the Supreme Court of Canada will take the first step in deciding the fate of thousands of... 30 June 2011
HIV positive refugee claimant denied hearing at top court Canada's highest court has decided not to hear a deportation appeal that could have added another... 19 August 2011
Is Canada fuelling HIV-stigma? Why criminalizing HIV-exposure discourages disclosure and does little to protect the public Last... 19 August 2011
Canadian study finds criminalisation confusion "chills" open and honest discussion of HIV risk-taking The lack of clarity over when a person with HIV has a legal obligation to disclose their HIV-... 23 August 2011
Crown applies to intervene in HIV criminalization case Ontario’s attorney general has applied to intervene in a Supreme Court of Canada decision that... 16 September 2011
Harm reduction at home When Dr. Mark Tyndall moved to Ottawa from Vancouver earlier this year to take up the post of head... 6 October 2011
Mayor, police chief oppose safe injection site in Ottawa A prominent Ottawa doctor says he’s ready to lead an effort to bring a safe injection site for drug... 6 October 2011
Insite ruling critical issue for prison populations Drug addicts in Vancouver's downtown east side now have the protection of the Supreme Court of... 6 October 2011
Are we ready to subsidize heroin? After the supreme court ruling, Montreal and Victoria are planning safe injection sites. Others... 13 October 2011
No Abby injection site after court result Better suited for "horrific problem in Vancouver"   The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to... 18 October 2011
Commons committee hears call for prison needle exchanges In the wake of the recent Supreme Court of Canada ruling allowing Vancouver's safe-injection site... 25 October 2011
A more cautious Supreme Court? The appointment of two new justices to the Supreme Court of Canada may not, as some progressive... 10 November 2011
Abolish the criminalization of HIV Routine criminal prosecutions for not disclosing HIV status should be abolished, write three HIV/... 20 December 2011
Ontario withdraws intervention in HIV criminalization cases The Ministry of the Attorney General has quietly withdrawn its applications to intervene in two HIV... 20 December 2011
The new realities of HIV The diagnosis of HIV was once a sure-fire death sentence, but that is no longer true. Treatment... 5 January 2012
Group calls for second supervised injection site in Vancouver The group that runs InSite says there is a clear need for a second supervised injection site in... 10 January 2012
Top court to review HIV sex law The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday that it would hear an appeal in a case of a Quebec woman... 10 January 2012
Keep Vancouver's Insite open, Supreme Court rules The Harper government said Friday it is disappointed but will comply with a unanimous Supreme Court... 11 January 2012
Health authority weighs adding more supervised injection sites Vancouver Coastal Health is looking at offering supervised injection services for heroin addicts at... 19 January 2012
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