@maddidellplain.bsky.social
East Van reporter @ Vancity Lookout
Former editor & health reporter @healthydebate.bsky.social
//writing on civic issues, health, disability & drug policy//
@maddidellplain.bsky.social“Even if you don’t understand what people are going through, if you’re a fiscal conservative, you should love us."
I sat down with @phscss.bsky.social to discuss what it takes to get someone housed - and what service providers are currently up against.
@maddidellplain.bsky.social"You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause, and it's something that most people wouldn't do,” Justice Murray said in court.
"You should be very proud of yourselves. It’s people like you who make a difference - and it has.”
@michellegamage.bsky.socialReposted by @maddidellplain.bsky.socialAbout 50 people crammed into the court room to hear the decision, which took Murray 10 minutes to deliver. Applause broke out as she stood, with people openly crying from relief, from happiness, from feeling like someone in power understood the urgency of the crisis.
@tsk.bsky.socialReposted by @maddidellplain.bsky.socialwe have lost so many people while police & politicians created a spectacle, raided DULF, stopped the expansion of an alt to the toxic supply, and put its co-founders through the needless consequences of this process that took years. DULF saves lives
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@godfrey.workReposted by @maddidellplain.bsky.socialBREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."
@defactomedia.caReposted by @maddidellplain.bsky.socialA Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them.
2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes.
@maddidellplain.bsky.socialAn East Vancouver mushroom shop seems to be in dicey legal waters (yet again) following an attempted eviction by its landlord.
@maddidellplain.bsky.socialSome key insight into what the people of the Vancouver Landlord's subreddit want to see from the next provincial government:
@maddidellplain.bsky.socialTransLink may control the routes, but in most cases, the city is responsible for infrastructure at the stops.
With South Van bus stops desperately in need, a group of volunteers took matters into their own hands. @movementyvr.bsky.social
@jenstden.bsky.socialReposted by @maddidellplain.bsky.socialKerry-Lynne Findlay has resigned as leader of the BC Conservatives #bcpoli
@maddidellplain.bsky.socialWith nearly 8,000 rooms approved by this council, I asked experts if the rapid response to Vancouver's “hotel supply crisis” is justified.
@maddidellplain.bsky.socialThe neighbourhood of Mount Pleasant has undergone many changes over the last century. Laura's Coffee Shop has borne witness to nearly all of them.