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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 themainlander.com/2025/09/02/dis…

Here is a factsheet about the death of Rachel Corrie—and also an interview I did with her mother Cindy Corrie in 2006 imeu.org/resources/reso…

Health Canada’s rebuff of compassion clubs predates DULF: Here’s why it matters. themainlander.com/2026/03/09/com…

Ken Sim Ran on Manufactured Panic themainlander.com/2025/01/27/ken…

Interesting FIFA. Not sure Vancouver recovered from the Olympic clean up.

Toronto Shelter and Housing just released q4 data for homelessness service settings . There has been an 80% increase in paramedic calls for ODs since last quarter. Or 136% increase since the first Urgent Public Health Need Site (SCS) in shelters started shutting down in April.

FIFA 2026 is coming to Vancouver in April at a social and economic cost to our communities: themainlander.com/2026/02/24/ant…

Mayor Sim spoke with the media for 3 and a half minutes at a non related event. In a scrum of reporters who were asking about his accusations about Sean Orr on February 6th... He said the word apology 20 times and answered every question the same. Full story below ⬇️⬇️⬇️

@PeterMeiszner @FIFAWorldCup @WeAre2026 @downtownvan FIFA 2026 is coming to Vancouver at a social and economic cost to our communities themainlander.com/2026/02/24/ant…

We finally spoke to Mayor Ken Sim, following his comments to Chinese media where he said Coun. Sean Orr was handing out drugs on Christmas Day.

#FIFA2026: we have not been consulted, we have not been engaged, and we do not trust your Plan to mitigate FIFA-related harms. Read our joint press release with @bccla and @PovReductionBC pivotlegal.org/press_release_…

Great article by Chantelle.

Nice to see the new wraps for @FIFAWorldCup on the Hudson’s Bay building as excitement builds for this summer’s games in Vancouver.

Quick question, @LennyNanZhou: Is this you using your ‘strong, progressive’ voice that you’ve been telling us about for years?

ANALYSIS | FIFA 2026 is coming to Vancouver at a social and economic cost to our communities themainlander.com/2026/02/24/ant…

Listen to the full episode here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hom…

The drug war has been used as a pretense to advance the interests of imperialism and global capitalism weavingourworlds.ca/wow-statement-…

Calling for the US to respect the rule of law *after* bombing a sovereign nation and seizing their head of state, is a crazy thing to say if you expect to be taken seriously.

Full of inaccuracies and fear mongering, but then again Frum’s war criminal career is defined by twisting evidence and pumping out persuasive propaganda as a weapon of mass distraction designed, like this article, to protect the capitalist/imperialist status quo.