The bill would have criminalized people that police “believe” consumed drugs outdoors.
On Dec. 18, Vancouver City Council approved the demolition of the Dunsmuir Hotel, a single-room occupancy building with 167 units at the corner of Dunsmuir and Richards Street. The decision marks yet another feather in the cap of property developer Holborn Properties, with plans for a large-scale residential redevelopment of the site.
More involuntary treatment will just make things worse.
On Sept. 11, a near-unanimous majority of workers at Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the Arts and Cultural Workers’ Union, IATSE Local B778. Twelve employees of Massy Books and Massy Arts Society voted to join the union, according to a Massy union member. The union drive took place largely in August. Two of the now-unionized workers are Indigenous, according to three members of Massy Union who spoke with The Mainlander.