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

No cop city anywhere - from atlanta to vancouver, cities are being militarized against their inhabitants. themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v...

New report looks at impacts of PACE Society’s closure After 30 years of operating as a community organization by and for sex workers, PACE closed its services in 2025.

“I’m not giving up – like a dandelion that can grow anywhere, even in the concrete. We still have a chance to fight to keep this open,” reflects long-time PACE member Mama Rosa in a new report on the 2025 closure of the organization’s drop-in space. themainlander.com/2026/04/17/p...

David Eby’s Abandonment of Human Rights Betrays His Own Government | The Tyee Dropping DRIPA is a political calculation that will leave the province worse off.

We echo and stand with the First Nations Leadership Council. @davidebybc.bsky.social built his career on the backs of people that he now abandons and systematically dispossesses.

Vancouver friends! I'll be reading from a couple pieces I wrote for Briarpatch and talking about how the labour disputes I profiled have evolved since publishing those stories. Come out and support independent journalism!

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New report looks at impacts of PACE Society’s closure After 30 years of operating as a community organization by and for sex workers, PACE closed its services in 2025.

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

"...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"
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SUPPORT FUND - Sex Workers Interrupting Criminalization Vancouver Support our initiative by/for sex workers to reduce harm from FIFA policing.

Hello! We are collecting funds to support SWers who will be impacted by FIFA taking over the DTES.

As always, happy to trade nudes for donations of $50 and above, and I’ll be adding this fundraiser as one of the ways I accept deposits.

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Emergency decade One worker's reflections between the city and the toxic drug supply crisis.

sharing a short reflection I wrote about working in the toxic drug crisis—which was formally declared 10 years ago today in BC. see those who can make it at Oppenheimer this evening

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his legacy will be cruelty toward the community and people he stepped on the backs of to build a personal brand

David Eby’s Abandonment of Human Rights Betrays His Own Government | The Tyee Dropping DRIPA is a political calculation that will leave the province worse off.

"In a short time, we have seen the premier abandon his party’s commitments to address the toxic drug crisis, climate action, affordable housing, access to justice — and now the human rights of the Indigenous Peoples" via @thetyee.ca:

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Call for clothing contributions for s*x workers in the DTES!!

As we brace for the upcoming FIFA games in Vancouver, now is the time to start preparing support for our neighbors most impacted by policing and displacement.

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Editorial | Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s There are urgently needed alternatives to turning the building into training grounds for cops.

Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s via @themainlander.bsky.social

"It was not a surprise when London Drugs left Woodward’s in February, but rather the finale of a prolonged panic-fueled campaign"

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Premier Eby says changing DRIPA is 'non-negotiable' and will be pushed into law B.C. Premier David Eby says that changing the Declaration on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Act is "non-negotiable" and it will be pushed into law.

“For Premier Eby to suddenly say changing DRIPA is ‘non-negotiable’ and will pass this session is an absolute betrayal of everything DRIPA and of our evolving relationship with the NDP over the last decade” Grand Chief Stewart Phillip #bcpoli cheknews.ca/premier-eby-...

people use drugs. five people die from the toxic drug supply per day in BC, and many more people experience a range of nonfatal overdose and poisonings. we are in a time and place where saying we shouldn't set people up to die is 'advocacy'
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The RCMP, the spy and the betrayal of national chief George Manuel | CBC News A declassified copy of the RCMP Security Service's dossier on the precursor to the Assembly of First Nations reveals the use of spies, infiltration and physical and electronic surveillance targeting o...

State surveillance is part of a wider retaliatory scheme meant to silence. In my case the govt tracked my movements, social media infringements, etc b/c we filed a human rights case v the feds to help children. www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/rcmp-security-infiltration-george-manuel-9.7145083

‘Systemic’ probe into B.C. police sexual misconduct announced by commissioner Complaints of sexualized conduct in municipal police departments in British Columbia have been frequent enough for police complaint commissioner Prabhu Rajan to launch his office’s first ever systemic...

"Complaints of sexualized conduct in British Columbia’s municipal police departments have been frequent enough for the province’s policing watchdog to launch its first systemic investigation into how forces deal with the problem."

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How RCMP spies infiltrated the 1970s Indigenous rights movement | CBC News A CBC Indigenous investigation has found the Cold War-era RCMP Security Service had a widespread and intrusive surveillance operation targeting at least 30 legitimate Indigenous political organization...

A look into how the RCMP set up a spy operation on Indigenous organizations in the 1970s by CBC's Brett Forester

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Our crises are shared: Doug Ford’s government to defund safe consumption sites, drive toxic drug crisis death toll Supervised consumption sites save lives

Our crises are shared: Doug Ford’s government to defund safe consumption sites, drive toxic drug crisis death toll via @sudubc.bsky.social @policeoversight.ca @carenotcops.bsky.social
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"The introduction of community police was described by one officer as “a public relations job” meant to “sell the department” to the public:"

read @policingblack.bsky.social's look at history of community policing: briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
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Excerpt from the new chapter in Policing Black Lives, “Against the Romance of Police Reform” out in Briarpatch: “Community Policing: Expanding the Carceral Web”. briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...

Centre of Recovery Excellence using health information of people who use drugs to undermine their safety The Alberta government's Crown corporation has published its first study using personal health numbers of people accessing supervised consumption sites. While its findings fail to hold up, it offers ...

Dr Lorian Hardcastle told me the way the Alberta government is using personal data for ‘research’ on people who use drugs could cause real harm:

“We're potentially targeting people for criminalization or involuntary treatment. The consequences are significant."
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BC's Auditor General identified barriers to implementing life-saving overdose prevention sites. BC's Office of the Human Rights Commissioner has taken the position that the govt's response to date is a human rights violation [2/2]
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from 2023 - 2025, the BCNDP rejected expanding access to a regulated supply - the primary recommendation by the BC Chief Coroner's Death Review Panel; the Office of the Public Health Officer & a Health Canada Excerpt Task Force on the crisis [1/2]
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paramedic-attended overdose events, all BC January 2026: 2,389

2,389 paramedic-attended overdose events in january 2026 is the second highest number of such events attended ever.

New BC daily record of nearly 300 overdose calls reported, 20 in Nanaimo NANAIMO - While fewer people died from toxic drugs in the province last year, there's been a troubling surge o...

As drug deaths decline, non-fatal overdoses/poisonings are shattering records, a decade into the crisis.

In 2025, B.C. paramedics responded to avg 108 drug OD/poisoning events per day.

Nov 19: 222
Jan 21: 256
Feb 25: 284

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Human Rights Commission to review RCMP investigation of John Furlong - APTN News "This complaint involves serious allegations of failure..."

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the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has found that the RCMP discriminated during their investigation into abuse by John Furlong, a former day school 'teacher' in Burns Lake, and CEO of the Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee

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