Credit to Author: Cheryl Chan| Date: Wed, 07 Apr 2021 22:49:07 +0000
The Combined Overdose Response Team follows up with patients in the days after they’ve been revived from an overdose. Since its launch in August 2019, it has connected 151 people to services.
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:09:34 +0000
For Kennedy Stewart, harm reduction is about safe supply, supervised injection sites, free needles and is “a management tool, not a way to bring an end to addiction.”
Read moreCredit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:12:56 +0000
Analysis: Political parties and candidates adapt fundraising efforts in the age of both COVID-19 and new campaign finance restrictions.
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:00:20 +0000
Nearly two years ago, philanthropist and builder Peter Wall met with the newly elected mayor, Kennedy Stewart, and presented a plan to build close to 200 housing units in the heart of the Downtown Eastside, specifically for the most desperately in need. But the proposal was for much more than just a building. He offered […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 18:00:20 +0000
Nearly two years ago, philanthropist and builder Peter Wall met with the newly elected mayor, Kennedy Stewart, and presented a plan to build close to 200 housing units in the heart of the Downtown Eastside, specifically for the most desperately in need. But the proposal was for much more than just a building. He offered […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2021 00:55:32 +0000
In response, the NPA board sent a statement Thursday, a full week after reports first raised questions about racism, condemning “discrimination in all forms.”
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Credit to Author: Rachel Browne| Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 21:09:24 GMT
Health Canada is reviewing Vancouver’s request to decriminalize all drugs, just as Montreal has made an ask for national decriminalization.
Read moreCredit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2021 02:01:34 +0000
Analysis: Despite mayor’s opposition, Vancouver council votes to increase number of signatures required to run for office in 2022 election.
Read moreCredit to Author: Dan Fumano| Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2020 21:37:20 +0000
Opinion: The feds tout their commitment to housing investment in B.C., but detailed figures reveal the vast majority of funding — 97.5 per cent — is loans, not grants
Read moreCredit to Author: Daphne Bramham| Date: Tue, 29 Dec 2020 02:58:10 +0000
Analysis: Vancouver’s core is at risk of becoming like New York City’s in the 1970s — a place abandoned by everyone except for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged who have nowhere else to go
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