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Category: Odds and Ends
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Posted in Question – Serving Whistler & Pemberton – Original Link Click Here Dear Editor, On May 4, the Interact Club of Pemberton (the youth branch of Rotary) hosted the Odd Squad at Pemberton Secondary School for both Pemberton and Mount Currie schools. The presentations were a stark reminder of the deep and painful impact…
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On the cover this week … Odd Squad Productions Society celebrates 15 years. MICHELLE DODEK On Thursday, June 7, at the Vancouver Convention Centre, the Odd Squad Productions Society will bring together nearly 1,000 attendees to celebrate 15 years of working to keep youth safe and drug free. Founded in 1997 by a group of…
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Original Newsletter – Click Here Odd Squad Productions Society Celebrates 15 years with a Gala Fundraiser Vancouver’s Odd Squad Productions Society (OSP) is proud to announce the celebration of its 15th anniversary this year. Odd Squad Productions Society (OSP) is an independent, non-profit organization that was founded by volunteer members of the Vancouver Police Department…
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Posted onย May 1, 2012ย byย Steve The following is a contribution by fellow Beat Enforcement Team member Tyler Urquhart, inspired by some of the peopleย heโs met along Hastings Street.ย He says itโs โkind of a poem.โ A Grandfather, Bouncing grandchildren on his knees. Burgers, ribs, the family barbecue, Stories of โhow things used to beโ, chasing girls, a…
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Jeff Nagel – Surrey North Delta Leader Published:ย April 30, 2012 11:00 AM Police are warning more retaliatory gang violence could break out here after the murder of a B.C. organized crime figure in Mexico. Thomas Gisby was shot point-blank Saturday in a Starbucks in Nuevo Vallarta by two gunmen who then fled. He had previously…
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Author | John P. Walters Even smart people make mistakesโโโsometimes surprisingly large ones. A current example is drug legalization, which way too many smart people consider a good idea. They offer three bad arguments. First, they contend, โthe drug war has failedโโโโdespite years of effort we have been unable to reduce the drug problem. Actually,…
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Posted by Eastside Stories: Diary of a Vancouver Beat Cop โTap, Tap, Tap.โ I jolted up, and nearly spilled a half cup of lukewarm Tim Hortonโs double-double into my lap. They train you at the police academy to always be alert when youโre on the street. They call it keeping your head on a swivel.…
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Non-profit group started by the Vancouver police visits schools to talk drugs and gangs by Katherine Hudson Northern News Services Students at Samuel Hearne Secondary School might not have thought there were any similarities between their small community of 3,400 and Vancouver’s Downtown East Side of 18,000 people, but after hearing from Odd Squad Productions…
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A little while back, a few of our McMath students had an opportunity to explore a part Vancouver rarely seen by most. ย Though a perhaps a little unsettling for some, our students were in good company. ย Having an opportunity to explore the Downtown Eastside along side our school Liaison Officer as well as VPD Officer…