Vancouver News 1998

• NEW!

• 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
  
• John "School" for Vancouver?
  July 1996 - July, 1998
  
• Frank Kim: charges include'procuring'
  juveniles and making child pornography
  January - February 1998
  
• Miscellaneous
  

• Jumping to Conclusions: John Lewis was destroyed by an overzealous police investigation and hair-trigger journalism
  Canadian Forum, December, 1998
  
• Sexual McCarthyism: The Chicken Book saga of John Michael Lewis
  XTRA West, December 10, 1998
  
• Letters: Ask the boys.
  XTRA West, December 10, 1998
  
• SFU faces an ethical storm over research subjects
  Vancouver Sun, December 3, 1998
  
• Ethics Policy Stalls Research
  Georgia Straight, November 19 - 26, 1998
  
• Critics trash john school idea: Prostitutes charge they're picked on by residents and police.
  XTRA West, November 12, 1998
  
• Involuntary teen-care plan on hold: Civil-liberties issue requires full public debate, Boone says.
  The Province, November 1, 1998
  
• Youth detention plan under fire: Street worker says at-risk kids need more than 72-hour lockups.
  Vancouver Sun, October 31, 1998
  
• Forced rescue may save troubled kids: B.C. task force recommends giving police and protection workers authority to save children from drugs and pimps.
  The Province, October 30, 1998
  
• Letters: Boys were victims.
  XTRA West, October 29, 1998
  
• 'We need to take action'.
  The Province, October 15, 1998
  
• Dosanjh wants to raise consent age: Attorney-General respects our rights but is uncomfortable with sex issues.
  XTRA West, October 15, 1998
  
• Bellingham man jailed five years in prostitution plot.
  Vancouver Sun, October 10, 1998
  
• Two youngsters not required to testify in prostitution case: The girls, kidnapped last December, did not have to attend a Portland courthouse after two American men entered 11^th hour guilty pleas.
  Vancouver Sun, October 10, 1998
  
• Delta: Regional Roundup. Delta man accused of possessing and making child pornography was granted $500 bail in Delta provincial court.
  Vancouver Sun, October 9, 1998
  
• New Westminster: Regional Roundup. New Westminster city council told it should resign over a failure to deal with drugs, prostitution and crime.
  Vancouver Sun, October 8, 1998
  
• Burnaby: Regional Roundup. City of Burnaby is backing federal legislation to make it easier to track runaway prostitutes.
  Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1998
  
• Council backs bill on sex trade
  The Province, October 4, 1998
  
• Prostitutes fear for safety: The gentrification of Yaletown endangers the livelihood and even the lives of streetworkers
  XTRA West, October 1, 1998
  

• Nice kids die too: From a loving home to death on the skids
  The Province, September 27, 1998
  
• Child porn accused released
  The Province, September 27, 1998
  
• City web designer behind panhandling spoof
  Vancouver Courier, September 20, 1998
  
• Honduran children used in B.C. to sell drugs: Vancouver police suspect scores of youngsters involved
  Globe and Mail, September 12, 1998
  
• Kudos to all for saying 'Our kids not for sale
  The Province, September 10, 1998
  
• Boy aims toy gun at police officer
  Vancouver Sun, September 2, 1998
  
• Community fair brightens grim downtown neighborhood
  The Province, August 30, 1998
  
• Pimping charges laid
  The Province, August 23, 1998
  
• Childhood-Prostitution Article Sparks Debate
  Georgia Straight, August 13 - 20, 1998
  
• Police program helps rescue Calgary girls
  Vancouver Sun, August 15, 1998
  
• Childhood Lost: Kids as young as 11 are paying the price for our acceptance of the sex trade
  Georgia Straight, August 6 - 13, 1998
  
• Database works to track city's sex-buyers:
  Award-winning cops spread idea across Canada
  The West Ender, July 30, 1998
  
• Surrey: Police have announced numerous charges…
  Vancouver Sun, July 24, 1998
  
• Sex trade groups want council to overrule staff
  Vancouver Courier, April 22, 1998
  
• Moving street kids limits freedom
  The West Ender, April 16, 1998
  
• Beggars don't need the money here
  The West Ender, April 16, 1998
  
• Province bucks up aid for street kids
  The West Ender, March 19, 1998
  
• Sex worker wants sex-tourism boost
  The West Ender, March 19, 1998
  
• Woman offers sex for sale door-to-door
  The West Ender, March 12, 1998
  
• Cute penguins have sex trade
  The West Ender, March 12, 1998
  
• Ring keeps sex slaves on heroin, say police
  The Province, March 3, 1998
  
• Bawdy house linked to ring of people smugglers
  Vancouver Sun, March 3, 1998
  
• Shaw's deadly wit stands test of time
  The West Ender, February 19, 1998
  
• 'Philip Owen stole my tent,' charges activist
  Vancouver Courier, February 15, 1998
  
• Memorial March: Women remember those who've died
  Vancouver Sun, February 12, 1998
  
• Quebec man faces charges involving child pornography
  Vancouver Sun, February 10, 1998
  
• Hamilton heard
  Vancouver Courier, February 8, 1998
  
• Prostitutes' advocate stalls council meeting
  Vancouver Sun, February 4, 1998
  
• Advice from a 'bad kid'
  The Province, February 4, 1998
  
• Prostitution too tough to control: Frustration at inaction led to vigilante justice in Mount Pleasant
  Vancouver Courier, January 25, 1998
  
• Council hears threats of war on prostitution
  Vancouver Sun, January 23, 1998
  
• Convicted pimp denied application for bail
  Vancouver Sun, January 21, 1998
  
• Men charged in abduction
  Globe and Mail, January 16, 1998
  
• Why we have and need a neighbourhood police office (from the Strathcona Police Office News)
  Street News, January 9, 1998