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This week marks one year since the tragic fire at the Atira-operated Winters Hotel. The fire, which occurred on April 11, 2022, was entirely...
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- Essays
- 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
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...
Column
There appears to be a growing consensus between the two dominant poles of politics in British Columbia. The Conservatives and the BC NDP have...
ABC Vancouver
For more than two decades, the number of people living without a home in Vancouver has continued to climb. No level of government has...
Analysis
UBC medical student Elaine Hu speaks on the need for safe supply in the context of a formal public health emergency in BC that...
Downtown Eastside
The uniqueness of this new drinkers' parklet stems from its significance to the people who use it, its permanence, and its relationship to decades...
Dispatches
The mood in the building was palpable, as tenants woke up in a new world they had helped create. PHS released a statement saying...
Action
This week, the Portland Tenants Union obtained a major victory in securing the immediate repair of the elevator in their building. This is only...
Downtown Eastside
On November 1st, after 4 months of consultation & deliberation, a provincial committee released a report titled Closing Gaps, Reducing Barriers: Expanding the Response...
Analysis
This is about context. And in the current context where there is no housing for unhoused people, calls to clean up the streets mean...
Colonialism
On January 13th, 2022, the tent city at C.R.A.B. Park beat the Vancouver Parks Board in the B.C. provincial court. Their historic win is...
Downtown Eastside
The legalization of public drinking was top-of-mind for many in Vancouver in the wake of COVID-19 – but don’t be fooled. These “progressive” policies...
Downtown Eastside
In November 2020, Vancouver City Council unanimously passed a motion to request that the federal government decriminalize the simple possession of illicit drugs in...
Downtown Eastside
In the early hours of January 5, 2021 – just five days into the new year – the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) executed a...
ABC Vancouver
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...