Why did the NDP lose?
Adrian Dix and the NDP have been defeated in an election that was widely expected to yield a comfortable win for the centre-left party. Over the course of the month-long race, B.C. politics threw off...
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Creating cities that work for women and girls
May 30, 2013 - 8:30am Women Transforming Cities is hosting a national conference titled "Engaging Women, Transforming Cities: Designing an Ideal City for Women and Girls." CREATING CITIES THAT WORK FOR...
View ArticleTrickle-down affordability and the city's 'Rental 100' program
This week the city approved a subsidy exceeding 1 million dollars to a real estate corporation for a market housing development. The project, located in Vancouver’s Kitsilano neighborhood, will not be...
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Social spaces in Vancouver: Changing the conversation
Thursday, May 23, 2013 With Vancouver's condo-friendly landlords seeing dollar signs and not the public good, the fight for community venues seems much more like class war. It appears that since I've...
View ArticleRent: It's a racket
As every tenant knows, rent is a racket. Landlords charge occupants of their property not according to what improvements they have installed, but to what renters are willing to pay to have a roof over...
View ArticleRally on Wednesday Against Mining in Clayoquot Sound
May 29, 2013 - 1:00pm Opponents to confront mining company at Imperial Metals’ AGM. Rally on Wednesday Against Mining in Clayoquot SoundOpponents to confront mining company at Imperial Metals’...
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Women transforming cities: Vancouver conference highlights critical voices
Wednesday, May 29, 2013 Elected officials, unions, urban planners, academics and advocacy groups are coming together for the inaugural Engaging Women, Transforming Cities national conference on May 30....
View ArticleCanada Imposing Unethical Mining in Greece: Greek Delegation Speaks Out
May 31, 2013 - 12:00pm Activists will be meeting with press and Canadians in solidarity in front of Eldorado Gold Corporation’s Canadian office. I would like to invite you to attend a public...
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Playing with Fire: A night of music and poetry
June 7, 2013 - 8:00pm Playing with Fire is the creative culmination of a six poet, 12 composer collaboration. Hailing from across North America, the 18 artists will create a scintillating program of...
View ArticleVideo: Hundreds rally in Vancouver to show solidarity with Turkey's Occupy...
Is this show currently playing? June 4, 2013 Rallies were held over the weekend in a number of major cities in Canada. Here's video from a rally of hundreds in Vancouver. #occupygezi Vancouver-Turkey...
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Book launch and celebration: The Best of rabble.ca 2013 Edition
June 20, 2013 - 7:00pm Join rabble.ca for a book launch -- as we celebrate and look back on the big social movements of the past year. Book launch and celebration: The Best of rabble.ca 2013...
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Conservative NIMBYism and class warfare: Why safe injection facilities need...
Friday, June 14, 2013 The Canadian Conservative Party's top strategist, Jenni Byrne, does not believe those suffering with drug addiction deserve a second chance. Please support our coverage of...
View ArticleVideo: Activists challenge secret TPP negotiations held in Vancouver
Is this show currently playing? June 17, 2013 Negotiators from 12 Pacific Rim countries meet in secret in Vancouver over the weekend of June 15 -- 17th to set new investment rules within the proposed...
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Commemorate labour history: 75th anniversary of Vancouver's Bloody Sunday
June 19, 2013 - 5:30pm Join the BC Federation of Labour and the Vancouver and District Labour Council to commemorate the events that took place 75 years ago. BLOODY SUNDAY CommemorationJune 19,...
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Excess of luxury housing is suffocating Vancouver: An open letter to Donald...
Friday, June 21, 2013 The more you house the transnational très riche, the more you un-house Vancouver's poor and working-class residents. Dear Mr. Trump,It has come to my attention that you were in...
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Solidarity assemblies required: Ikea's union-busting lockout reaches two months
Wednesday, July 17, 2013 Ikea, that family-friendly darling of home decor and Swedish innocence is trying to break its union, Teamsters Local 213. Ikea, that family-friendly darling of home decor and...
View ArticleDemocracy and its Discontents
July 18, 2013 - 7:30pm Philip Resnick, UBC Professor of Political Science, reflects on a range of contemporary issues – from the ascent of the 1%, to protest movements like Occupy Wall Street and the...
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Helping seniors who live in South Granville food desert
South Granville street in Vancouver has lost almost all its grocery stores, as commercial rents skyrocket. This has left seniors without good food options. The West Side Mobile Market aims to fill the...
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Episode 147. Food for thought: The Vancouver Night Market, food deserts, and...
A cornucopia of great stories! In this episode we look at food security issues, the sounds and stories of the Vancouver Night Market, organizing against poverty in Toronto, and uncovering the Hidden...
View ArticleUNICORN BORN: Genderfest's East Van queer pride party!
August 4, 2013 - 9:00pm UNICORN BORN: FUTURE QUEER! 9pm - 2am 19+ event www.genderfest.ca Let your SASS, CLASS, ASS, & INNER-GLITTER SHINE at the East Van Queer Pride party for YOU, YOU and YOU!...
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