Documents obtained by The Tyee paint a horrific picture of life in a government-owned single-room occupancy hotel that was sheltering vulnerable youth and people with severe mental illness. @jenstden reports. #SRO#DTES#VanPoli
The City of #Vancouver & #VancouverParkBoard staff have announced the second version of a draft plan to clean up parts of #CRABPark, raising concerns from park residents that they will be forced out.
At a news conference Tuesday morning, staff said the decision was made last December to make the area safer and cleaner for residents of the park's #TentCity.
3 local #FirstNations within #Vancouver have officially endorsed Mayor Ken Sim’s plan to #abolish the elected body of the Park Board.
In an open letter dated March 1, addressed to the #GovernmentOfBritishColumbia, the #Musqueam Indian Band, #Squamish Nation, and #TsleilWaututh Nation (MST) have jointly expressed their support to eliminate the separately elected body that governs Vancouver’s parks and recreation system.
DULF, the Vancouver compassion club providing tested drugs, was denied its day in court. But global rallies showed up to support. Michelle Gamage reports. #ToxicDrugCrisis#VanPoli#BCPoli
I have the option of taking #1 or #4 on the list to get to work 😅
Transit is actually pretty good in #Vancouver compared to a lot of North American cities. But yeah during busy times it can get pretty bad on those routes. Passed up by full bus after full bus, and so on. Skytrain extension that is currently under construction will be a big help. #vanpoli#PublicTransit https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/translink-complaints-2023
[In photos of the space, prospective tenants can see that a mattress and box spring sit on the floor of an area that appears to be part of an unfinished basement off a laundry room. While it's described as "private" there are no doors visible in the photos.]
Have to admit as someone who follows #vanpoli pretty closely I'm not quite sure how to interpret this. I mean, it is a fairly useless elected body that can't seem to solve any major problems but on the other hand I don't trust this ABC majority to act in the best interest of anyone but the wealthiest homeowners & businesspeople. https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-mayor-looking-to-eliminate-city-s-elected-park-board-1.6675860
When Phoenix Winter walks past two white apartment buildings on Cambie Street, she thinks of the people she knows who found stability there after being homeless.
Although the lights are still on inside, the units are now empty. @jenstden reports. #VanPoli
We really need more public washrooms especially downtown and along transit. Essentially no transit station in the entire metro network has an actually operating public bathroom except the seabus! Frankly it makes life miserable for the elderly, homeless, people with long transit commutes, workers on the road, etc.