Occupy Vancouver: Drug Den or Harm Reduction Haven?
One death, one near-fatal overdose. How deep goes drug culture at the tent village?
Tag Archives: Municipal Politics
Occupy Vancouver camper wins Last Candidate Standing election debate
Light sabres. Pineapples. Saxophones. Bribery. Not your usual election props…
What are Occupy Vancouver’s demands?
With many issues on display, one of the struggles for observers is understanding Occupy Vancouver’s actual demands. In fact, there are none — and some don’t see that as a problem
Activism bred in the bone: Ellen Woodsworth COPEs with the election campaign
Wanna know Councillor Ellen Woodsworth’s fundamental political position? People matter
#VanElxn: Overcoming the left’s ambivalent relationship with power
In this third instalment of The Left Coast Post, Occupy Vancouver becomes a leading election issue, the mayor is interrupted by lobsters, and we talk with Vision councillor Andrea Reimer
‘Special interest groups’ shouldn’t drive policy: Parents’s Voice
Anti-homophobia Policy 5.45 dominates Burnaby school board debate
#VanElxn: Occupy City Hall, decolonize Vancouver
In week two of The Left Coast Post’s election coverage, we interview the only City Council candidate camping at #OccupyVancouver
#VanElxn: Do developers control city hall?
In the first of The Left Coast Post’s eight-part series on the November 19 Vancouver civic elections, we meet journalist Tristan Markle
Build housing now, say downtown squatters
Following a wave of similar housing squats across Canada, from Toronto to Vancouver, activists occupied a Victoria building and hung a banner from the roof that read, “Build Housing Now”
David P Ball 