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Missing women inquiry ‘unravelling’ Robert Freeman The Progress
to unify the look of the historic downtown core. The focus is on muted and neutral tones such as terra cotta reds, mossy greens, ochre, powdery blue, as well as creams, tans, grays and many more. The business group and the city have been taking non-stop flack over the pink building since the matter erupted. Somehow the great pink debate crystallized old frustrations and anger about the city and the BIA — which may or may not have any basis in fact. “The BIA isn’t interested in ‘taking it to
Ernie Crey fears the public inquiry into the police handling of missing women from Vancouver’s Downtown East Side is “unravelling” as the B.C. government refuses to pay legal fees for sex trade workers and others who want to take part in the hearings. Crey said his fear is based on the funding refusI’m really angry al - despite the urging of inquiry because I was one head Wally Oppal - and comments of the people who by B.C. Premier fought really hard Christy Clark for the inquiry. at a recent First ~ Ernie Crey Nations Summit. “Her comments about how money shouldn’t be spent on lawyers (to combat violence against aboriginal women) is really an oblique reference to the inquiry,” Crey told The Progress. “I think we’re witnessing the unravelling of this inquiry,” he said. “I’m really angry because I was one of the people who fought really hard for the inquiry.” Two aboriginal groups and the native courtworkers’ association have already pulled out of the inquiry. At the June 9 summit, Clark said it is her responsibility as premier to address the issue of violence against aboriginal women, but she believes money is “not necessarily best spent on lawyers.” “I think the solution will be (delivering) real services to real people, people who are living with violence every day.” In May, Attorney-General Barry Penner, Chilliwack-Hope MLA, announced the government would pay legal fees for family members of the murdered and missing women, but other groups, like sex trade workers and aboriginal people who were the targets of serial killer Robert Pickton, would have to pay their own costs.
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Twyla Johnson, owner of Corner Hut Fashions, stands outside her pink store before it was repainted green (below) over the weekend by her landlord. JENNA HAUCK/ PROGRESS
Pink store saga not quite over yet Jennifer Feinberg The Progress The saga of the pink building took another twist over the weekend when the downtown storefront was repainted a dark green. But it’s still not quite over yet. The owner of the vintage clothing shop said Friday she was disappointed by the shade of “pea soup” green that her landlord went with to cover the pink. He was in a rush in order to meet the deadline city officials had imposed. “I had to comply with the bylaw. I had no choice,” said Twyla Johnson, owner of Corner Hut Fashions. A minor media furore erupted last week when it came to light the pink would have to go because the store owners had failed to choose a permitted colour — even after
viewing the approved palette of colour choices. Johnson went ahead and painted last month with a bright purplepink or fuchsia shade, to jazz up her storefront. City officials reacted quickly — she had to either repaint or pay the costs. “I couldn’t afford the fines which could be as much as $200 a day,” Johnson said. “I don’t even make that much.” The problem was that the particularly bright shade did not conform to the palette of approved colours. The palette forms part of the design guidelines adopted under the Official Community Plan, specifically
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