Amirul Anirban
Volunteers prevented from entering CRAB Park amidst street sweeps
July 8, 2024Content warning: description of police violence. According to local advocates, “The Vancouver Park Board is creating a daily exclusive ‘work-zone’ around the encampment at CRAB Park, preventing volunteers and media from entering.” The work zone has been established since the week of June 10, amidst ongoing street sweeps happening across Vancouver for years. Recent escalations have involved park rangers dismantling residents’ homes and seizing their belongings, following Park Board bylaws newly established in April. These bylaws say CRAB Park residents are permitted to shelter there overnight but must take down their shelters in the morning by 7:00 a.m. unless they’re…
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Protect Our Province BC holds briefing on COVID-19 infections in hospitals
June 26, 2024On May 30, Protect Our Province BC hosted an online event where a panel of healthcare researchers discussed the prevalence of COVID-19 in healthcare settings, the lack of protective measures against its spread through the air, and its impact on…
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BC’s decision to recriminalize drugs makes a bad problem worse
June 17, 2024Content warning: mentions of overdose and death. Since declaring the crisis eight years ago, BC has lost over 14,000 people to overdose, with Indigenous people making up nearly “six times the rate of other BC residents.” According to CBC, “toxic…
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BC increases ambulance services in 60 rural communities
June 12, 2024On April 1, BC Emergency Health Services (BCEHS) improved paramedic staffing models in 60 rural and remote communities in the Vancouver Coastal and Fraser Health regions for better 911 responsiveness and consistent out-of-hospital care. Previously, paramedics worked under the scheduled…
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UBC students establish encampment in solidarity with Palestine
June 5, 2024On Monday, April 29, members of the UBC community set up an encampment at their MacInnes Field to protest the university’s lack of action for Palestine. The camp amassed “about 100 people and 75 tents,” with signs posted around the…
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Moose Hide Campaign Day combats violence against Indigenous women and children
May 30, 2024Content warning: references to missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and residential schools. May 16 was Moose Hide Campaign Day, a day organized by the “BC-born Indigenous-led grassroots movement to engage men and boys in ending violence towards women…
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Exploring Vancouver’s Latin American culture
May 25, 2024Though Latin Americans make up roughly 3% of Canada’s population, we are here. Latin Americans have come to Canada since at least the 1950s, with an influx of Chileans migrating to Vancouver following the Chilean coup in the ‘70s. This…
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Results of SFSS election for 2024/2025 Council announced
March 19, 2024The 2024 Simon Fraser Student Society (SFSS) General Election results were announced on March 1. Seven students, out of the 27 in the running, were elected to executive positions to represent and advocate for undergraduate students at SFU. Students were…
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Displacing the unhoused population dehumanizes an entire community
February 10, 2024As temperatures in the greater Vancouver area drop to unprecedentedly low levels, the cold winter days become difficult to bear for even the most seasoned Canadians. Yet, an accessible shelter is a comfort that not all BC residents can rely…
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City of Vancouver partner with Good Night Out Vancouver for the #NotMe app
January 16, 2024Editor’s Note: This article was updated on January 19, 2024 to note that Good Night Out did not create the #NotMe app, but worked with app founders to implement it in the Vancouver scene. Content warning: mentions of sexual assault. …
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Simon Fraser University’s independent student newspaper since 1965.
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