Occupy Vancouver prepared for potential police violence: Medics
Volunteer medics at Occupy Vancouver are preparing for the worst as political rhetoric over the encampment escalates
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Occupy Vancouver: Drug Den or Harm Reduction Haven?
One death, one near-fatal overdose. How deep goes drug culture at the tent village?
Occupy Vancouver camper wins Last Candidate Standing election debate
Light sabres. Pineapples. Saxophones. Bribery. Not your usual election props…
Occupy Vancouver reflects on day after death of 23-year old: photo essay
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
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
Occupy Vancouver in shock after suspected overdose death
A candle-light vigil was held in front of the art gallery, as Occupy Vancouver protestors mourn the death of a woman in her 20s who died of a suspected drug overdose Saturday at the camp
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
Occupy Vancouver will remain despite police crackdown in U.S.
Undaunted by rain or reports of police violence at other Occupy sites, Vancouver protesters vow to stay the course
Occupy Vancouver protesters target financial institutions with ‘run on the banks’
Demonstrators — buoyed by David Suzuki’s support for the Occupy movement — march against Canadian financial institutions, culminating in a boisterous take-over of a bank
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