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This election season, Vision Vancouver and the Non Partisan Association (NPA) are putting forward wedge issues to give the appearance of a conflict about...
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- Housing
OP-ED | Make Holborn Pay for Loss of the Dunsmuir Hotel
‘Plan A, No Way!”: Tenants Rally Against Unfair Evictions, Surveillance, and Harassment
“Forget it, leave us here:” East Van Tenants Draw Crowd to Reject Eviction by Landlord Loophole
Understanding Canada’s State-Backed Real Estate Crisis
Post-Mortem of a Failed Policy Fix: Temporary Modular Housing in Vancouver (2016–2023)
- Policing & Carcerality
- Toxic Drug Crisis
Nowhere to seek safety as gender-based violence worsens under drug supply & displacement crises
Reversal of Bill 34 is a People’s Victory
Empty detox beds do not fix the poisoned supply or keep people safe.
From the US Border to Whalley & the Downtown Eastside: Drug Bust Stories Should Never be One-Sided Celebrations
Surrey Union of Drug Users Opens Pop-Up Inhalation Tent in Whalley
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photo by Erica Holt The last decade has been an era of broken housing promises in Vancouver. Whether it is the undelivered housing legacy...
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Today there is an increasingly skewed perception about what the private rental market can and can’t do. In the face of unaffordable condo prices,...
Downtown Eastside
Louise Lagimodiere (right) and Dave Hamm (left) – Photo by Ward Perrin, The Province Louise Lagimodiere (picture above) is a 70-year old Indigenous senior...
Analysis
Adrian Dix and the NDP have been defeated in an election that was widely expected to yield a comfortable win for the centre-left party....
City Hall
This weekend, Vancouver’s left-wing municipal party will hold its annual general meeting at the Maritime Labour Centre. Before hundreds of Vancouverites file into the...
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This past week newspapers reported on Vancouver’s high number of empty condos. The reports were based on new research by Andy Yan of BTAworks....
Gentrification
Vancouver misses housing goals: ‘Report Card’ gives A+ for privatization and deregulation of housing
This week the City has released a Report Card evaluating its progress on housing and homelessness. The Report Card gives an A+ to Vision...
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Jenn Jackson July 2012, installed at The Crying Room, Vancouver This past December, the Conservatives forced through legislative changes to nearly every aspect of...
City Hall
This weekend NDP voters in the Vancouver-Fairview riding rejected Vision councillor Geoff Meggs as their representative in the upcoming provincial elections. The defeat of...
ABC Vancouver
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has announced a plan to freeze supportive housing development in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). The plan is part of a...