The Vancouver Public Library (“VPL”) has implemented a branch-wide ban on employees who show symbols of support for the Palestinian people. According to internal workplace memos obtained by The Mainlander and interviews with employees, library management has been enforcing a ban on library workers’ ability to wear signs of support for Palestinians, including the watermelon pin and the keffiyeh.
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On Dec. 18, Vancouver City Council approved the demolition of the Dunsmuir Hotel, a single-room occupancy building with 167 units at the corner of Dunsmuir and Richards Street. The decision marks yet another feather in the cap of property developer Holborn Properties, with plans for a large-scale residential redevelopment of the site.
For more than two decades, the number of people living without a home in Vancouver has continued to climb. No level of government has addressed the issue with meaningful policy reforms, the necessary funding, or other housing safeguards, nor with the overall urgency it deserves.
Tenants in two Mount Pleasant buildings have found themselves among the first wave of renters impacted by the upcoming Broadway corridor redevelopment. One of those tenants is Nathan Crompton, who writes about the fate of his neighbors and the prospects for a collective tenant riposte.