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This week, Taiwan implemented a "luxury tax" on housing properties lying dormant due to speculation (as reported by the BBC). This begs the question:...
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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...
Analysis
As the election approaches, we can expect the assault on harm reduction to grow and metastasize as a lurid wedge issue, fed from Conservative...
ABC Vancouver
ABC’s decision to close Larwill Place will further exacerbate mass homelessness in the name of developer profits. It also signals the end of the...
City Hall
On July 19, the City of Vancouver issued an email letter to Vancouver Coastal Health declaring the lease for Thomus Donaghy Overdose Prevention Site...
Art & Culture
This week, Downtown Eastside residents rallied at the abandoned Pantages Theatre on the 100 block of East Hastings, and painted its facade with slogans...
Analysis
Last week Sean Antrim outlined how the past three years of a Vision government has been anything but progressive. For reasons of principle and...
City Hall
By deciding to arrest the group of eight, Mayor Robertson made a clear choice, sending a clear message. Robertson is no longer the "End...
Analysis
COPE's Executive announced today that it has negotiated a coalition deal whereby COPE will limit the number of council members it will run in...
City Hall
Five homeless shelters are scheduled for closure in Vancouver this week because the provincial government refuses to regularize funding. Each of the 5 shelters...
City Hall
The anti-protest bylaw passed by Mayor Robertson this week will hurt the homeless, Darcie Bennett of PIVOT Legal Society told The Mainlander. The bylaw...
City Hall
Despite unanimous opposition, the Vision-led City Council voted last night in favour of limiting public expression in Vancouver. Today the BCCLA has stated that...
Analysis
The Olympic Village represents a "fiasco," but more and more it's turning into a fiasco of journalism. Prominent columnists have spent the last week...
City Hall
The results from the March 20th hearing were displayed last night at a City-hosted open house. The Heritage Hall on Main Street was full...
