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People in Vancouver gather in solidarity for New Delhi arrests of protesters
November 2, 2026Content warning: mentions of police brutality. On October 11, people gathered on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery to draw attention to the protests in New Delhi the days before. All over India, protesters have been calling for the removal of the chief election commissioner Gyanesh Kumar after a nationwide review of voter lists reportedly removed about 130 million names from electoral rolls, according to CBC News. The electoral rolls, the database of people eligible to vote in a country, have been under Special Intensive Revision to remove duplicate or null entries since June 2025. However, protestors allege that…
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ABC and mayor Sim add poll on drug use and involuntary care to municipal election
September 26, 2026On August 14, the City of Vancouver announced that two non-binding plebiscites, or polling questions, will be added to the ballot of the 2026 Vancouver municipal election, which will take place on October 17. They ask whether the City of…
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“Not at all” represented: Unhoused residents respond to Hastings decampment report
March 20, 2026In February, BC’s human rights commissioner Kasari Govender released a report on “the exclusion of media from the April 2023 Hastings decampment.” This two-day decampment was significant in scale, with 94 tents removed and residents forcibly displaced. Despite the City…
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Calls emerge for increased program funding for BC sex workers
January 5, 2026On December 16, 2025, 10 organizations — including sex worker-led groups, feminist organizations, and First Nations groups — released a statement marking the International Day to End Violence against Sex Workers. In their statement, the groups called for the provincial…
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Students express frustration over Canvas outage during finals season
January 5, 2026From 11:00 p.m. on December 14 to 4:00 a.m. on December 15, 2025, SFU Canvas experienced a service outage that left students unable to upload assignments or access course materials. Students took to the r/simonfraser subreddit to express their frustration…
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Burnaby apologizes for historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent
December 20, 2025On November 15, community members gathered at the Hilton Vancouver Metrotown as the City of Burnaby offered a formal apology for its historic discrimination against people of Chinese descent. This included policies that deprived them of employment and business opportunities.…
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Environmental concerns lead Burnaby to reject off-campus student residence
December 20, 2025Securing housing can be a serious struggle for university students, and those at SFU are no exception. SFU recently broke ground on a new residence building, with the additional 445 beds increasing the university’s housing capacity to around 8% of…
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First Nations Health Authority reports on phase one of “Indigenizing Harm Reduction” study
December 20, 2025Content warning: mentions of substance use and death. Across Canada, the toxic drug crisis persists as a social issue faced by thousands of citizens each year. In BC alone, over 14,500 people have died from toxic drug use since 2016.…
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Indigenous-led restoration project uses beaver dam structures to restore waterways
December 18, 2025Delaney Hall, wildlife technician at the Okanagan Nation Alliance and member of the Osoyoos Indian Band, is spearheading a project to rebuild beaver dams in the traditional syilx Okanagan Territory. This project, in partnership with the BC Wildlife Federation, restores…
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Freshet News flows through community
December 18, 2025When snow begins to melt and gives way to spring, rivers in BC rise and rush in response. This high water phenomenon is known as a freshet. Now, in the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas, a new paper bears the same…
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