Sex Work

• Charges laid after woman cut off from friends and finances, sexually assaulted: London police

  A 39-year-old London, Ont., man is facing several charges including forcible confinement, criminal harassment and sexual assault.

  Crime

  Apr 4
  
• Ontario court dismisses sex workers’ Charter challenge, advocates pleased

  The Ontario Superior Court has decided to uphold the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act after a constitutional challenge from an alliance of sex worker advocates.

  Politics

  Sep 18, 2023
  
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• ‘Horrifying’ conditions of Montreal building renewing concerns over safety in Chinatown

  People in Montreal's Chinatown are speaking out again about security, this time about a residential building they believe is the focal point for illegal drug use and prostitution.

  Crime

  Aug 10, 2023
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• Sex worker wins in Nova Scotia court, but ruling leaves sex industry conflicted

  In a legal decision described as the first of its kind in Canada, a Halifax sex worker successfully sued a client for nonpayment of services.

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2023
• Challenging criminal laws: The right to sell one’s body vs. the right to not be trafficked

  The Ontario Superior Court is hearing the Canadian Alliance for Sex Work Law Reform’s case for overturning the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
• Lawyers for marginalized sex workers set to argue against prostitution laws

  Lawyers representing transgender, Indigenous and Black sex workers are expected to argue Tuesday how laws brought in by the Harper-era Conservatives are too restrictive.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
• Canadian sex workers are challenging a law that does them ‘harms’. Here’s what to know

  Jenn Clamen, the national coordinator of CASWLR, said this is the first constitutional challenge to PCEPA provisions initiated by sex workers.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2022
• Canadian sex workers are challenging criminal laws in court. Here’s why

  An alliance of sex worker rights groups is in Ontario Superior Court Monday asking for several sections of the Criminal Code to be deemed unconstitutional.

  Canada

  Oct 3, 2022
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• Annual H.O.P.E. Outreach gala raises funds for growing need in Okanagan

  "We have seen almost a 45-per cent increase in the ladies that we're serving."

  Lifestyle

  Mar 21, 2022
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• B.C. lawsuit asks for removal of sex workers’ criminal records

  The suit wants the court to order criminal records related to sex work removed from police information systems nine years after Canada's highest court threw out the laws.

  Crime

  Feb 16, 2022