Vancouver News 1997

• NEW!

• Suicide follows Abbotsford police release "johns" names
  July - October 1997

• Paul Leoroux: Former Human Rights Commissioner charged with "child pornography"
  April 1997 - August 1998

• William Bennest: School principal charged with making "kiddie porn"
  September 1996 - February 1998

• East Vancouver residents agitate against hookers
  February - June, 1997

• Three pimps convicted of pimping juveniles
  April - May, 1997

• Vancouver Police stop charging pros
  February, 1997

• Miscellaneous
  1997

• Rapists, pimp allowed to keep jobs working with children
  Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1997
  
• Burnaby, Regional Roundup
  Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1997
  
• Port Moody, Regional Roundup
  Vancouver Sun, October 23, 1997
  
• A-G seeks public's advice to improve justice system
  Vancouver Sun, October 17, 1997
  
• Convicted Abbotsford killer suspected in 3 more murders
  Vancouver Sun, October 17, 1997
  
• Drive's denizens happy despite high crime rate
  The Province, October 12, 1997
  
• Police 'state' no solution
  The Province, October 8, 1997
  
• With right laws, prostitution could be gone
  The Province, October 3, 1997
  
• No sympathy for police sting target
  The West Ender, October 2, 1997
  
• Rush to judgement is dangerous
  The West Ender, September 25, 1997
  
• The hypocrisy of prostitution laws
  The Province, September 28, 1997
  
• Accused killer regular client of prostitutes
  The Province, September 26, 1997
  
• Efforts to curb child-sex trade in vain, report says
  Globe and Mail, September 25, 1997
  
• Criminologist who favors legal prostitution wins controversy prize
  Vancouver Sun, September 19, 1997
  
• Calling a spade an earth mover
  The Province, September 19, 1997
  
• Crossen the line: Splendid! You look exactly like the photo in your ad!
  XTRA West, September 18, 1997
  
• Thank you VPS and XTRA WEST
  XTRA West, August 21, 1997
  
• Sex trade workers not breaking laws
  The West Ender, August 14, 1997
  
• Why disrupt sex trade shift inside?
  The West Ender, August 7, 1997
  
• Pleasure and Pain: Inside the sex trade
  The West Ender, July 31, 1997
  
• Blind eye turned to prostitution indoors, says legal advocate
  The West Ender, July 31, 1997
  
• The Issue that won't go away: Sex trade workers demand safe working conditions
  XTRA West, July 10, 1997
  
• Counsellor jailed
  The Province, July 10, 1997
  
• Former counsellor jailed in sex case
  Vancouver Sun, July 9, 1997
  

• Man kills self after hooker sting
  The Province, October 12, 1997
  
• Quick, intelligent, and attractive: that's why she stung a lot of johns
  Vancouver Sun, July 9, 1997
  
• Abbotsford police censured for plan to issue names of johns
  Vancouver Sun, July 9, 1997
  
• Abbotsford waits for johns to be named. Forty-three men have been arrested in a prostitution sting, and police will name them
  Vancouver Sun, July 8, 1997
  
• Johns ID'd to fight HIV
  The Province, July 8, 1997
  
• Crackdown on johns results in 47 arrests in Abbotsford
  Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1997
  

• 'Move sex trade to Shaughnessy', Beleaguered East Siders near breaking point
  Vancouver Courier,June 1, 1997
  
• Feds to give green light to red-light district study, Mayor Owen furious, but study supporters say civic leadership inadequate on prostitution issue
  Vancouver Courier,April 13, 1997
  
• Feds fund hooker study
  The Province,April 2, 1997
  
• No-go zone for hookers sought
  The Province, March 2, 1997
  
• The Wrong kind of education, While politicians talk and police try to keep order on the streets, the kids of Macdonald Elementary are getting an education in the seedier side of life.
  Vancouver ECHO, February 26, 1997
  

• Judge told: Jail teen's pimps
  The Province, May 7, 1997
  
• Three pimps convicted on long list of charges, A 13-year-old former runaway testified that she was enlisted to work as a prostitute.
  Vancouver Sun, April 3, 1997
  
• 3 convicted on pimping, sex charges
  The Province,April 3, 1997
  
• Girl changes tune about alleged pimp
  The Province,April 2, 1997
  

• Buyer beware, The prostitute's customer now is Vancouver police top target
  Vancouver Sun, February 24, 1997
  
• Prostitute policy upsets citizens, Neighbors say a new policy makes it hard to prevent prostitution
  Vancouver Sun, February 19, 1997
  
• …Vancouver became the first city
  Terminal City, February 21 - 27, 1997
  
• Vancouver police target sex customers, Prosecuting the prostitutes has not worked in drive against vice in the streets
  Globe and Mail, February 19, 1997
  
• Policy not to arrest prostitutes first in Canada, Going after pimps and customers will be more effective in reducing street prostitution, an inspector said.
  Vancouver Sun, February 18, 1997
  

Check out a (unprinted) letter to the editor of the Vancouver Sun by the Sex Workers Alliance of Vancouver!

• Business-licence fees to aid sex-trade workers
  The Province, May 8, 1997
  
• Help for prostitutes proposed
  Vancouver Sun, May 5, 1997
  
• More porno charges laid
  The Province, April 27, 1997
  
• Prostitution laws to tighten
  The Province, April 25, 1997
  
• Teachers, coach on list of accused
  The Province, April 22, 1997
  
• Merritt man faces child-porn charge
  Vancouver Sun, April 22, 1997
  
• Prostitute's body found in North Van
  Vancouver Sun, April 17, 1997
  
• Fifth body linked to serial killer
  The Province, April 17, 1997
  
• Prostitution bill disappoints Dosanjh
  Vancouver Sun, April 11, 1997
  
• The business of sex: Then and now, A hotbed of sin greeted the first transcontinental train passengers as they arrived in Vancouver.
  Vancouver Sun, March 13, 1997
  
• Mother with a cause
  the Province, March 6, 1997