March 28, 2024

Women 2.0 Founder Friday

Founder Friday - March 2013 @Mozilla: 163 W Hastings, Vancouver Start: 2013-03-08 6:00 PM End: 2013-03-08 9:00 PM Location: Mozilla Labs - Suite 200, 163 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, Canada More info: http://founderfridayvancouver030813.eventbrite.com/ Women 2.0 Founder Friday iCal file Techvibes … [Read more...]

Two women injured in stabbing spree still in hospital

Two women wounded during last week's stabbing spree at an apartment building in Vancouver's West End remain in hospital. One remains in serious condition and the other is now stable. The 33-year old man accused of attacking them on Thursday evening made his first court appearance Monday morning. Jerome Bonneric has been charged with four counts … [Read more...]

Police say missing women cases on the decline

Vancouver police are telling the city's mayor and council that since 2002 the number of cases of murdered and missing women in the Downtown Eastside has plummeted. Deputy Chief Constable Doug Lepard says since the horror of Robert Pickton, police have an almost 100 percent success rate in solving missing women cases. However Lepard says violence is … [Read more...]

VPD to present report supporting some of Missing Women Commissioner’s recommendations

The Vancouver Police Department is officially responding to Wally Oppal's Missing Women Inquiry Report in the form of an Administrative Report set to be presented this week to the Vancouver Police Board. In the report, the VPD says it will attempt to implement Oppal's recommendations relevant to its department. Among the recommendations it supports … [Read more...]

Missing Women Commissioner optimistic changes are in the works

A month after making dozens of recommendations aimed at protecting the vulnerable and improving police services, BC's Missing Women Commissioner says he's been assured the work has already started.  "I'm confident that the government will move forward." But Wally Oppal admits it could take time to make his longtime wish for a regional … [Read more...]

Missing Women Special Report [audio]

In late December, nearly 11 years after serial killer Robert Pickton was finally stopped, BC's missing women commissioner published his findings. Oppal made 65 recommendations. Listen to CKNW reporter Marcella Bernardo's special reports below. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]

Canadian Women in Communications presents an evening with Amielle Lake, CRO & Founder of Tagga Media

Join us for a fun evening of networking & mingling with one of B.C.'s most successful women in technology Amielle Lake, CRO & Founder of Tagga Media. Are you curious about Mobile marketing but not sure exactly where to start? Learn how you can plan an engaging & interactive Mobile Marketing Campaign. Amielle will be sharing best practices and case … [Read more...]

Women 2.0 Founder Friday Vancouver

Founder Friday is open to aspiring and current entrepreneurs, technologists and investors, and is free to those who attend (this is an open event for females and males) to network and connect. Start: 2013-01-11 6:00 PM End: 2013-01-11 9:00 PM Location: Mozilla Labs - Suite 200, 163 W Hastings St, Vancouver, BC, … [Read more...]

Oppal releases Missing Women report

Missing Women Commissioner Wally Oppal reaches some common-sense conclusions in his massive report into the failed police investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton. In the report called "Forsaken", he makes 63 recommendations. Oppal says there  systemic bias against the poor, drug-addicted sex workers  Pickton targeted. He says … [Read more...]

Report from BC’s Missing Women Commissioner to be released Monday

The long awaited final report from BC's Missing Women Commissioner will be made public Monday. Wally Oppal spent several months reviewing the events leading up to the 2002 arrest of serial killer Robert Pickton, and why police were not able to stop him sooner. The report , which is more than 14-hundred pages long, contains recommendations aimed at … [Read more...]