Downtown Eastside
In the early hours of January 5, 2021 – just five days into the new year – the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) executed a...
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- Toxic Drug Crisis
STATEMENT: VANDU Education Group Stands with DULF Compassion Club
Court finds founders of life-saving Vancouver compassion club guilty
DULF Case Wraps Up at the BC Supreme Court
Nowhere to seek safety as gender-based violence worsens under drug supply & displacement crises
Reversal of Bill 34 is a People’s Victory
- Housing
Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment
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
Analysis
Gender-based violence is not new to the province of British Columbia (BC), to the city of Vancouver, or to the Downtown Eastside (DTES). But...
Police
Content warning: The officers blog posts will likely be disturbing for some, and topics of police violence and harassment are discussed in this article. ...
Dispatches
As community members filed in, the auditorium at Japanese Language Hall began to ring with connections old and new. Organizations handed out harm reduction...
Analysis
It’s raining heavily and the uniforms of Vancouver city workers are easy to spot alongside a slow moving garbage truck. A Vancouver Police Department...
Police
Defunding the police seems to be the topic for the last few months. Everyone is wondering: should it be done, or should it not...
Analysis
As a resident of Vancouver for more than 40 years, I have gained an intimate understanding of the issue of random police street...
City Hall
It’s the end of ‘’Gregor’s decade.’’ Are we standing at the possible threshold of a new era in Vancouver municipal politics? There’s no disputing...
58 West Hastings
It’s the end of ‘’Gregor’s decade.’’ Are we standing at the possible threshold of a new era in Vancouver municipal politics? There’s no disputing...
Gentrification
On November 13th, the City of Vancouver announced that it would launch a crackdown on street vendors in the Downtown Eastside (DTES). The City’s...
Police
Photo by Kayla Isomura In late November, 2014, Du Na Phuong (Tony) was shot by the Vancouver Police Department at the intersection of Knight...
Police
Trigger warning – this article contains descriptions of police violence. Last week, on November 22nd, a Vancouver Police Department (VPD) officer shot and killed...
Police
Policing and the Neoliberal Containment State | Panel discussion with Kabir Joshi-Vijayan Monday, December 1 @ 7pm Room 1700, SFU Harbour Centre (515 W...
Police
Immigration detention is Canada’s fastest growing form of incarceration. Pending deportation, the Canadian governments puts migrants in immigration hold, separating them from their families,...
