The Mainlander

The Mainlander is dedicated to local politics and social struggles on unceded Indigenous territory in Vancouver, BC

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“We learned about the redevelopment through a notice in the mail, it was devastating,” shares Nikki, a tenant living with her family in the Broadway Plan area.

https://t.co/uVo2yPc8iB

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Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs:

https://t.co/2ZzxKrlODm #vanpoli via @pivotlegal @bccla

[The Mainlander @MainlanderNews]

Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs:

https://t.co/2ZzxKrlODm #vanpoli via @pivotlegal @bccla

[John Clarke @JohnClke]

'This concentration of force is a direct attack on the neighbourhood, turning our streets into training grounds for #police tactics.'
https://t.co/hunXHLxeve

[Robyn Maynard @policingblack]

No cop city anywhere - from atlanta to vancouver, cities are being militarized against their inhabitants. https://t.co/9ydeUtPgNg

[Impasta @EstelSpaghetti]

Nonprofit landlords are being given enormous power to determine who stays and who goes – that’s not a good scenario. You might not be the favourite in the building, but you still have rights.

[Sex Work Law Reform @CDNSWAlliance]

REPORT: "(PACE's closure) was the consequence of a system that prioritizes investments in policing as a main approach to “community safety” in place of sustained investments in social infrastructure, support and reciprocal care. https://t.co/I20kfyuITs @PaceSociety #sexwork

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The VPD budget now costs the city half a billion dollars per year

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READ: New report looks at impacts of PACE Society’s closure

https://t.co/nexUEwF2XO

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One worker's reflections between the city and the 10-year toxic drug supply crisis:

https://t.co/7EDYfzqCyF

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Inside the BC NDP’s alarming proposal to weaken tenant rights in supportive housing

Update: Bill 11 has now passed into law.

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“This community has been a refuge against developer greed"

https://t.co/uVo2yPc8iB

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The Vancouver Tenants Union Wants To Teach Landlords a Lesson

Local landlord Andrzej Kowalski is attempting to sue the @YVRTenantsUnion for $35,000:

https://t.co/8ZlABvxigP

[The Breakdown @TheBreakdownAB]

Rick Wilson claims he’s seen multiple people collapse and die inside of Supervised Consumption Sites.

Even though no one has died in an SCS.

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

[The Mainlander @MainlanderNews]

"We do not need a police super-complex in the heart of our neighbourhood"

Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group:

https://t.co/lGFqnNMmuO

[The Vancouver Sun @VancouverSun]

World Cup games to have largest police deployment in Vancouver's history https://t.co/YbEo5vlGuZ

[The Mainlander @MainlanderNews]

"We do not need a police super-complex in the heart of our neighbourhood"

Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group:

https://t.co/lGFqnNMmuO

[Zakir @HearTellLearn]

Suzie Mah is currently trying to get @victoriajungvan to allow discussion of a Living Wage in our schools. Jung has spent the last four years putting cops back in schools, shutting out parents, and selling off public land. Running with @vanliberals but somehow worse than ABC.

[The Mainlander @MainlanderNews]

NEW: Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police

"the City is creating a triple-layered police presence that effectively turns what could be a community beacon into an epicentre of surveillance"

https://t.co/lGFqnNMmuO #vanpoli

[Anne Roberts @anne_roberts_bc]

https://t.co/gXciBCEEvd

[The Mainlander @MainlanderNews]

NEW: Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police

"the City is creating a triple-layered police presence that effectively turns what could be a community beacon into an epicentre of surveillance"

https://t.co/lGFqnNMmuO #vanpoli