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With Larwill Place set to close and 700 modular housing units at risk the crisis is set to worsen, argues Jean Swanson. "We are...
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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)
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- 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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Community organizations amplify calls alongside women and gender diverse people in the DTES for freedom and safety from violence
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...
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Tenants in two Mount Pleasant buildings have found themselves among the first wave of renters impacted by the upcoming Broadway corridor redevelopment. One of...
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In BC alone, more than 13,000 people have died from overdoses and drug poisonings related to the unregulated and systemically toxic drug supply since...
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We call on the Mayor, Council, and city staff to stop the decampment of Hastings and to instead redirect public resources to creating, maintaining, and...
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This is about context. And in the current context where there is no housing for unhoused people, calls to clean up the streets mean...
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Two years into the global pandemic, the BC Provincial Health Services Authority’s strategy has become defined by its contradictions. All social gatherings that depend...
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Though we should treat the overdose crisis with the severity it deserves, desperately bleak portrayals in the mainstream press can overshadow the actual experiences,...
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In the wake of political events erupting across North America over the past month, we are now at a moment in history when Vancouver...
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Class Struggle in Chinatown: Ethnic Tourism, Planned Gentrification, and Organizing for Tenant Power
Gentrification is alive and well in Vancouver Chinatown. This article gives an update on the current situation in Chinatown, how city planners are pursuing...
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The various iterations of the “Escaping Vancouver” narrative share a core unexamined underpinning: the idea that I, a hard-working, usually white, middle class person,...
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What follows is a personal essay written by a long-term resident of Belvedere Court, Sean MacPherson. The Belvedere is a rental apartment in Vancouver...
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As Canada 150 draws nearer, those committed to supporting Indigenous sovereignty and dislodging the power of colonialism are faced with the task of dispelling...
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The VPL has implemented a branch-wide ban on employees who show symbols of support for the Palestinian people. According to internal workplace memos obtained...