Supreme Court of Canada

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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
Are we ready to subsidize heroin? After the supreme court ruling, Montreal and Victoria are planning safe injection sites. Others... 13 October 2011
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
Canadian activists: Those living with HIV are not criminals HIV has changed over the course of the past two and a half decades with medical advancements. It is... 10 February 2012
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
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
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
Gay sex and the right to privacy Do individuals infected with the HIV virus have the right to privacy? May they engage in consensual... 16 February 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
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
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
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
HIV case waiting for Supreme Court ruling Sitting in the prisoner’s box, Jennifer surveyed the courtroom as she waited for her turn before... 19 June 2012
HIV disclosure to sex partners mulled by top court Winnipeg man, Quebec woman did not tell sexual partners they have HIV The country's top court is... 10 February 2012
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
How Vancouver's war on drugs began When William Lyon Mackenzie King came to Vancouver in the spring of 1908, he didn't come to start... 22 March 2012
Insite is increasingly mainstream Today, federal government lawyers will be in the Supreme Court of Canada putting forward its case... 30 June 2011
Insite ruling could set stage for decision on prostitution With the Supreme Court recently ruling as unconstitutional attempts by the federal government to... 19 January 2012
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
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
International protest at Canadian legal case In advance of a landmark Supreme Court case, organizations world-wide are calling on Canada to stop... 6 February 2012
Is Canada fuelling HIV-stigma? Why criminalizing HIV-exposure discourages disclosure and does little to protect the public Last... 19 August 2011
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
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
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