British Columbia

Vancouver Island author recalls ‘Life in a Doomsday Cult’ in new memoir
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Vancouver Island author recalls ‘Life in a Doomsday Cult’ in new memoir

A Port Alberni writer has released a memoir where he talks about his experience escaping from a religious cult. In 1972, author Perry Bulwer says he was a naive 16-year-old growing up in Port Alberni, a mill town on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. He dropped out of high school to run away with the…

‘Reach every victim’ and ‘leave no one behind’: Sisters combat human trafficking
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‘Reach every victim’ and ‘leave no one behind’: Sisters combat human trafficking

July 30 is the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. The theme for this year is “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind.” Our sister panelists shared what their congregations are doing to eliminate this grave offense against human dignity by responding to the question: What have you or your congregation…

The strange origins of the Satanic Panic: How one Canadian book started a worldwide witch hunt
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The strange origins of the Satanic Panic: How one Canadian book started a worldwide witch hunt

Editor’s note: we present this article as a view of our current political / cultural climate. We acknowledge the reality of documented Satanic Ritual Abuse as well as the effects of “Satanic Panic.” Please research all these topics thoroughly. Satan Wants You has its Canadian premiere April 27 at the Hot Docs Film Festival in…

Talk About It: February 22 Is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day – VicPD.ca
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Talk About It: February 22 Is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day – VicPD.ca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM6WqlF25BY Home/News Releases/Talk About It: February 22 Is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Victoria, BC – February 22 is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day and VicPD is asking Victoria and Esquimalt residents to talk about it. Police-reported incidents of human trafficking have been steadily increasing over the past 10 years. In…

Debunking myths key to understanding and preventing human trafficking
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Debunking myths key to understanding and preventing human trafficking

By Paula Peterson SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – The topic of human trafficking becomes a common headline during Super Bowl week and a recent social media post in South Lake Tahoe has unveiled the need for a better understanding of the topic. The Polaris Project is a non-profit dedicated to the support of human trafficking…

Canada Leads World in Organ Donations from Euthanasia
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Canada Leads World in Organ Donations from Euthanasia

Vancouver, canada — A study published in the December 2022 issue of the American Journal of Transplantation finds Canada leading the world in harvesting organs from those who received medical assistance in dying. The study found that in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, a total of 286 people who sought euthanasia provided organs to save…

‘Throwaway kids’: Allegations of human trafficking, mistreatment at Ont. group home chain
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‘Throwaway kids’: Allegations of human trafficking, mistreatment at Ont. group home chain

Video: Kids risk human-trafficking and drugs to escape Ontario group homes Cassidy Franck stares into her cellphone camera, eyes exhausted, unblinking. The screams of an 11-year-old girl being violently restrained echo in the background of the video. For months in early 2021, this was her life inside a group home for girls run by Hatts…

Alleged assailant filled blog with delusional thoughts in days before Pelosi attack
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Alleged assailant filled blog with delusional thoughts in days before Pelosi attack

Editor’s note: we are non partisan and present this for your research into satanic ritual abuse in politics and pop culture. David DePape is shown in Berkeley, Calif., in 2013. An intruder attacked and severely beat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer in the couple’s San Francisco home early Friday. Police discovered 82-year-old…

AI helps researchers identify victims of human trafficking, ‘Canada’s best-hidden crime’ – CBC.ca
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AI helps researchers identify victims of human trafficking, ‘Canada’s best-hidden crime’ – CBC.ca

Alexandra Stevenson never imagined what she thought was a loving relationship would turn abusive — or that she would ultimately become a victim of human trafficking. Stevenson, who was living in Oakville, Ont. at the time, recalls how her boyfriend suddenly used threats and violence to control her, at one point saying she had to sell her…

Winnipeg man arrested in human trafficking investigation gets 3 years in jail – CBC.ca
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Winnipeg man arrested in human trafficking investigation gets 3 years in jail – CBC.ca

A 33-year-old Winnipeg man who was arrested last year after a two-year police investigation into human trafficking has now been sentenced to three years in jail —  one of the first lengthy sentences for the charge in Manitoba, Winnipeg police say. The investigation began in 2019 into a person who police believed was recruiting young women to…