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Casino Hearing Begins | Last night the first of a series of public hearings was held to debate the proposed $500 million mega-casino development...
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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
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...
Analysis
Corporate developers are 'betting' that they can twist enough arms to transform Edgewater Casino into a mega-casino next to BC Place. But resistance has...
Analysis
The story of Chinese investor impact on Vancouver real estate is neither new nor surprising. But recent changes to real estate taxation within China...
City Hall
Condo marketer Bob Rennie claims to have sold 128 of 230 condo units up-for-grabs in the latest round of sales at the Olympic Village....
Analysis
Real estate developers were noticeably upset when, on Jan 20, residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside scored a partial but significant victory against the City's...
Art & Culture
BCCLA REPORT ON RCMP | A report from the BC Civil Liberties Association has revealed what life can be like for the poor throughout...
City Hall
VANCOUVER VIEWS | Later today at City Hall there will be a discussion and vote on "Vancouver Views," a policy that would see increased...
City Hall
This past Thursday, the Vancouver Police Department published a press release about a series of arrests made in the Downtown Eastside. It describes eight...
City Hall
AFFORDABILITY | Several BC cities have been ranked "severely unaffordable" in a recent world-wide affordability report. The list included Vancouver, Victoria, Abbotsford and Kelowna.Vancouver...
City Hall
Instead of hearing 80 speakers from the public, City Council voted today to defer hearings until a later consulation. Fifty of those speakers were...
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...