Class War Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group "This concentration of force is a direct attack on the neighbourhood, turning our streets into training grounds for police tactics" Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users ' Education and Action GroupApril 20, 2026
Analysis New report looks at impacts of PACE Society’s closure After 30 years of operating as a community organization by and for sex workers, PACE closed its services in 2025. Sarah Graham, Jennie Pearson and members of PACEApril 17, 2026
Essay Emergency decade One worker's reflections between the city and the toxic drug supply crisis. Tyson Singh Kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘApril 14, 2026
Analysis INTERVIEW | Inside the BC NDP’s alarming proposal to weaken tenant rights in supportive housing The Mainlander sits down with Matt Tarasoff and Paul Henry to talk about the BC NDP’s Bill 11 – the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act... Nathan CromptonApril 13, 2026
Policing & Carcerality Editorial | Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s There are urgently needed alternatives to turning the building into training grounds for cops. Mainlander Editorial CollectiveApril 5, 2026
Gentrification “This community has been a refuge against developer greed:” Tenants on East Broadway stand against Fastmark “We learned about the redevelopment through a notice in the mail, it was devastating,” shares Nikki, a tenant living with her family in the... Cecile Revaux and Vancouver Tenants UnionApril 1, 2026
Class Struggle The Vancouver Tenants Union Wants To Teach Landlords a Lesson Local landlord Andrzej Kowalski is attempting to sue the Vancouver Tenants Union in Small Claims Court claim for $35,000. Rajpreet Sidhu and Will GladmanMarch 24, 2026
Drug User Liberation Front Health Canada’s rebuff of compassion clubs predates DULF: Here’s why it matters. Compassion clubs have resurfaced in recent years as a response to the toxic unregulated drug crisis in British Columbia (BC), and more specifically the... Marilou GagnonMarch 9, 2026
Analysis FIFA 2026 is coming to Vancouver at a social and economic cost to our communities The $600 million soccer games are already linked to increased policing and criminalization – and they haven't even started. Chantelle SpicerFebruary 24, 2026
Toxic Drug Crisis Premier Eby hazardously misrepresents Sublocade while endorsing forced treatment of youth Extended release buprenorphine is not "almost like a vaccine." Care Not Cops, Heather Tunold, Tyson Singh Kelsall, Thea Sheridan-Jonah and Cassie Van CampDecember 10, 2025