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This week the Provincial government and Metro Vancouver mayors said they’re out of ideas on how to expand the transit system. That’s a huge...
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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
News
Season 1, Episode 13 Victoria vs. Vancouver: Poverty, Gentrification and the War on Drugs Click HERE to listen Co-hosts: Tristan Markle and Nathan Crompton...
News
Season 1, Episode 12 "If capitalism doesn't work, what does?" - highlights from the annual World Peace Forum teach-in in Vancouver Click HERE to listen...
City Hall
* Photo credit: David Vaisbord, The Little Mountain Project * An updated Little Mountain Policy is coming to Vancouver City Council today, June 27...
City Hall
The City's developer task force released another interim report today -- a follow-up to the previous very preliminary interim report (see The Mainlander's analysis...
Uncategorized
Two weeks in a row, Allen Garr has written articles attacking Downtown Eastside community members who oppose the Pantages condo project slated for their...
City Hall
This past Monday, April 23rd, all three voting members of the Vancouver Development Permit Board (DPB) voted in favor of the 'Sequel 138' condo...
Analysis
This Tuesday, the Vision-controlled City Council struck a developer-run “affordable housing” task force. The public debate surrounding the affordability crisis has begun in earnest...
Analysis
Here are five basic things you'll need to know to guide you through the fog of the 2011 Vancouver civic election campaign 1. Both...
#occupyvancouver
Below, Tristan Markle of The Mainlander interviews Vision Vancouver's Geoff Meggs, who is running for re-election to Vancouver City Council. We discuss Vancouver's unaffordability...
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...