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The Cost of Leaving a Bike in Vancouver
A stolen bicycle can take a commute with it. Vancouver’s falling theft count leaves a practical problem unresolved: where riders can leave their bikes and still expect to get home on them.
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Vancouver’s Drug Vote Demands an Answer
Vancouver elected a new council while backing stronger public drug-use laws and a request for secure care. For the Downtown Eastside, the question is how the new government will act on both results.
Introducing the Downtown Eastside Help Guide
Find food, shelter, showers, health care and practical support in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Our new Help Guide puts service contacts and access information in one place, for people seeking help and anyone helping someone else.
B.C.’s Drug Policy Fight Leaves the Treatment Timetable Unclear
B.C.’s parties offer competing routes out of the overdose crisis. Their treatment promises come with different budgets and timelines, leaving a gap between the changes voters are being offered and the care people can actually get.
B.C.’s Community Counselling Has Outgrown One-Time Funding
CMHA B.C. warns that short funding cycles can make it harder to keep experienced counsellors. B.C. already has a proposal for multi-year funding with annual scrutiny.
Vancouver Can Lift Its Housing Pause. The Backlog Will Still Be There.
Several housing projects already had an exemption from Vancouver’s pause. Their long delivery schedules expose what the next council still has to resolve after repeal: approvals and the money to build and operate homes.
When Anti-Violence Work Hurts Its Workers
A bigger budget could help pay for a safer shift. But it leaves another question unanswered: how do organizations respond when their own workers need help?
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