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The Mainlander is dedicated to local politics and social struggles on unceded Indigenous territory in Vancouver, BC
Vancouver, BC
Joined December 2010
NEW: Housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment. Internal correspondence shows that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered .
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Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
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RT @HarshaWalia: DULF is facing protracted legal battle & prison time for harm reduction. Join me in this wage solidarity fundraiser:.htt….
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Every August 31, International Overdose Awareness Day brings people together around the world to take action on preventable overdose deaths and the legislated violence of drug policy. On August 31,...
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RT @cjjpmedia: Our statement on why we started Canadian Journalists for Justice in Palestine 👇
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RT @MainlanderNews: NEW: Housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment. Internal correspondence shows th….
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Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
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"During the period housing units were held empty, people who were unsheltered outside of encampments, or requesting transfers for their safety, were inevitably excluded from these units".
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Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
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RT @natecrompton: NEW | Emails reveal housing sat empty as people were displaced to nowhere during Hastings decampment. With @tyssingh and….
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Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
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RT @tyssingh: "housing freezes" are a cruel policy that sees people prioritized for housing based on electoral interests. they are part of….
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Documents obtained via Freedom of Information requests show that BC Housing kept supportive housing units empty while thousands of people were left unsheltered.
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RT @tamarataggart: After reading the Integrity Commissioner’s report, it’s clear: not one ABC City Councillor has shown integrity. I know m….
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RT @cupenat: The Liberal government has invoked Section 107 of the Canada Labour Code to end a strike by Air Canada flight attendants fight….
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RT @dustbobgod: developers once again telling us they can't build more housing if rents come down ..
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RT @VANDUpeople: Residents of the DTES are enduring the worsening intersection of extreme heat, lack of shade, an unpredictable drug supply….
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*Thank you so much to everyone, we have met our goal! Any additional funds will go toward further peer-to-peer mutual aid and resource distribution. Please consider signing up for free community...
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RT @JeanSwanson_: My article in The Tyee today about the city’s plan to gentrify the DTES: Downtown Eastside Residents Didn’t Ask for This….
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A proposed new plan would allow more for-profit housing in Vancouver’s poorest neighbourhood.
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RT @LAReviewofBooks: .@natecrompton interviews Andrew Witt about documentary as form and photographing L.A. in a preview of LARB Quarterly,….
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RT @garthmullins: Ah comrade, no. RiP @PeteKrykant_OPC đź’”
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Peter Krykant, a former addict, set up a supervised facility from a van which he took around Glasgow.
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Jeremy Omand of the Gastown Residents Association appears to grab, force person to the ground in video:. #vanpoli.
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Omand, whose actions are described by one resident as 'vigilantism,' is on the advisory committee for the forthcoming Gastown community policing centre
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2024: The sign, installed at Komagata Maru Place, is an important and deserved acknowledgement of harm caused toward the Panjabi diaspora – but it is not an excuse for complicity in and support for ongoing forms of colonial violence.
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Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim confrontation at Komagata Maru sign unveiling a reminder from the local anti-colonial Panjabi movement that colonial violence is not past tense
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As the housing crisis worsens, non-profits and SRO operators like Atira take on the role of housing provider, allowing governments to sidestep their responsibility in ensuring people’s basic needs are met: .
policeoversight.ca
Legal challenge indicative of competing interests within Vancouver’s nonprofit housing industry
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