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Vancouver: May 1st International Workers Day
Fri, May 1, 2015 On May 1, International Workers' Day, come out for an anti-capitalist, anti-authoritative party to celebrate this city's grassroots resistance to gentrification, capitalism, and...
View ArticleChris Hedges should speak with sex workers, not for them
A walk through Vancouver's Downtown Eastside can be an overwhelming experience for anyone unfamiliar with the neighbourhood or the myriad social issues that intersect in this community. The poverty and...
View Article#FierceVoices launches in Vancouver
On Wednesday, March 25, women and allies gathered despite the rain, at Heartwood Community Café, to hear speakers chat about women's representation in media, and create media engagement tools. This was...
View ArticleA view from Burnaby Mountain: Naomi Klein's 'This Changes Everything'
"The call came to protestors assembled at borehole 2 on Burnaby Mountain: 'Kinder Morgan has arrived! Get your asses down here.' I ran to the motorcycle and hurried down to Drummond Walk. A few...
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Putting a gender lens on municipal issues
rey-2014-11-05b.mp3City councils need to consider the particularities of women's lives, according to Ellen Woodsworth of Women Transforming Cities. Housing, transit, emergency preparedness all need a...
View ArticleVancouver election offers chance to be bold, not bored
A few weeks ago a number of mainstream journalists were calling the Vancouver municipal elections "Ho hum.""This was the most boring, uneventful city election campaign in recent memory," wrote Gary...
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Vancouver municipal election today. Here are some things you need to know.
To dispel the myth that city politics don't matter, new blogger Kaity Cooper does your homework for you and highlights four issues you should care about in this civic election.Four things you need to...
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Solving Vancouver's homelessness problem through public health care
Monday, April 27, 2015 With a federal election approaching, attention should be less on affordable housing and more on getting federal politicians talking about public health care. Behind Vancouver's...
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From private lawn to urban farm
rey-2015-05-04a.mp3Homeowners throughout Vancouver have allowed a local farming collective to rip up their front lawns and plant vegetables. In the process, they discover that sustainable living is...
View ArticleWhy the Metro Vancouver living wage is not enough for single parents and how...
The living wage calculation is based on the needs of two-parent families with young children, but the idea behind it is that this wage would also support different types of families throughout the life...
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Access to transit improves health
rey-2015-05-05b.mp3In Metro Vancouver, some communities have a lot of transportation options, others are primarily designed for cars. A new survey shows a clear link between health and access to public...
View ArticleVancouver upset that it might really be boring after all
It was the most tepid of pot shots -- a throwaway line in an article really about New York City: "Vienna, Vancouver and Geneva always seemed to do well" in livability surveys, chirps pseudonymous...
View ArticleLet us remember, and teach, labour history in schools
There were some grim remembrances last week for those dwindling few of us who consider the past travails of unions and workers worth preserving as part of our collective heritage. Their struggles and...
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Knock-knock. Who's there? Global warming! This week's blogs round up
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.B.C.'s drought conditions have prompted new water restrictions. And rampant wildfires in southwest B.C. have swamped Vancouver's skies with thick smoke. Peter...
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Photo essay: #UnistotenHeals rally to protect Unist'ot'en land
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.Hundreds gathered together on the corner of Georgia and Hamilton, Vancouver, for the #UnistotenHeals rally this Thursday, July 30. The event was held in...
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#UnistotenHeals action rallies to protect Unist'ot'en land
The #UnistotenHeals rally was held on July 30, in protest of recent attempts by RCMP to force their way into unceded Unist'ot'en territory and the murder of James Daniel McIntyre.Photo essay:...
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The Globe and Mail suggests 'hacking' Vancouver housing crisis by living in...
Chip in to keep stories like these coming.If you met a young man who couldn't afford rent in Vancouver so he purchased an old Chevy campervan, parked in a different part of the city every week to avoid...
View ArticleIs criticizing Israel anti-semitic? Why is minimum wage expensive? Find out...
This week on rabble.ca blogs, Kyla Jamieson discusses rape culture at universities. Jamieson recounts her experience in the Explore program at Université du Québec à Trois Rivières where program staff...
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Naomi Klein to Trudeau: Welcome, now let's 'Leap' to work on the climate
Friday, November 6, 2015 Thousands gather in Vancouver to say that Naomi Klein and her Leap Manifesto have no time to wait on the new Liberal government for climate action. Chip in to keep stories like...
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Crossing the digital divide with free Wi-Fi in Vancouver's DTES
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 Residents in low-income neighbourhoods often have limited access to much-needed Internet services. One team in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is seeking to address this...
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