Human Rights
Okanagan optometry violated Human Rights Code by firing wife of ex-employee, tribunal rules
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has ruled an optometry employee should received more than $70,000 in…
TRU prof says uneven funding ‘discriminates’ against South Asian law students
A Thompson Rivers University law professor has launched a Human Rights Tribunal case against the…
Civil liberties group slams Penticton RCMP call for public to install CCTV
A recent push by Penticton RCMP to have local residents and businesses install video surveillance…
B.C. transgender woman files human rights complaint after stint in male prison
A B.C. transgender woman has who was refused a transfer to a women's prison has…
B.C. judge rules ‘Pastafarian’s’ treatment by ICBC not discrimination
A West Kootenay member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, who was not…
Penticton IT firm discriminated against female employee: HRT
A South Okanagan woman who claimed she was bullied, harassed, and overlooked for a promotion…
B.C. Human Rights Commissioner holding virtual town hall
Against a backdrop of worldwide protests of racism and discrimination, Interior residents will get a…
B.C. Transit spending $4.5M upgrading buses after Kamloops Human Rights case
KAMLOOPS – The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has confirmed a $10,000 award to a former…
B.C. woman files human rights complaint over students being tied together for the day
A B.C. woman has filed a human rights complaint after two students were tied together…
Former Vernon teacher acquitted of sex assault against student claims discrimination by employer
A former Vernon teacher says she was unfairly fired from her job as a youth…
Disabled worker terminated by Penticton society whose mandate is advocacy for the disabled
PENTICTON – An injured woman who complained she lost her job because of a disability…
Kamloops federal NDP candidate speaks about anti-terror bill
KAMLOOPS – Kamloops federal NDP candidate, lawyer Bill Sundhu, told the audience at the Ayesha Mosque the proposed anti-terrorism legislation, Bill C-51, will allow the federal government to usurp the charter of rights and freedoms in the name of anti-terror actions. Sundhu was invited by the Islamic Association of Kamloops to speak to the congregation...
Human rights activist to speak at TRU
KAMLOOPS – Human rights activist Dr. Monia Mazigh will be speaking about Muslim womanat Thompson River University later this month. Mazigh was thrust into the spotlight when she was forced to fight for the release of her husband Maher Arar from a Syrian prison. Arar was detained by the United States when returning back to...