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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...
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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
Surrey Union of Drug Users is requesting that the province ensure supervised inhalation services match injection service hours at minimum. Inhalation is the route...
Housing
The Park Beach Tenant Collective, members of the Vancouver Tenants Union, and supporters gathered outside Plan A Real Estate Services’ offices in downtown Vancouver...
News
After a complaint was submitted to the National NewsMedia Council (NNMC), the National Post has settled on issuing a public clarification regarding one of...
Action
A building permit application made to the City of Vancouver in September 2022 reveals that landlord Andrzej Kowalski intends to replace the seven rental...
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...
City Hall
The City of Vancouver announced Friday that it has seized numerous assets owned by the Olympic Village developer, Millennium Development, including 32 properties worth...
City Hall
B.C. Housing has declared that by the end of the month at least five shelters will be closed throughout Vancouver.* According to the province,...
City Hall
The City has announced modifications to a city bylaw that will make it much more difficult for people to exercise their democratic right to...
Analysis
Vancouver, Coast Salish Territories – In response to numerous rapes and assaults that have continuously occurred in the co-ed shelters in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside...
Art & Culture
Over two hundred people packed themselves into the still-empty Salt building at the Olympic Village on Sunday afternoon. They were there to hear from...
City Hall
This past Saturday, Housing activists established a picket line in front of the Olympic Village condo sales centre, where the City is trying to...
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...