Archive - Community Newsletter

The familiar rise of anti-Indian racism in Canada

The country has a history of blaming vulnerable minorities for longstanding problems.

Aug 12

July 2025

‘Recriminalization’ is part of a deathly policy maze designed to kill people who use drugs: P.O.W.E.R.

Hearings for the legal challenge against recriminalization are open to the public from July 21st through July 23rd

Jul 17 •

P.O.W.E.R. DISPATCH #5

Bimonthly update on community-based reporting at P.O.W.E.R.

Jul 3 •

May 2025

Jeremy Omand of the Gastown Residents Association appears to grab, force person to the ground in video

Omand, whose actions are described by one resident as 'vigilantism,' is on the advisory committee for the forthcoming Gastown community policing centre

May 27

Atira is suing two residents for tragic Winters Hotel fire

Legal challenge indicative of competing interests within Vancouver’s nonprofit housing industry

May 20

P.O.W.E.R. DISPATCH #4

Bimonthly update on community-based reporting at P.O.W.E.R.

May 4 •

April 2025

Support for Trey Helten’s partner and kids. Ashtrey forever.

Trey is recognized as a beloved community member.

Apr 28 •

Unredacted email from alleged anonymous VPD officer

Email from "confidentialrevpd@proton.me" to Office of the Police Complaints Commissioner was made public by Vancouver Police Board with heavy redactions

Apr 23 •

Transcript: Students call out extractive research practices on ninth anniversary of toxic drug emergency

Members from the local chapter of Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy spoke at Victory Square rally on April 14, 2025

Apr 16 •

CSSDP Vancouver

Kelowna or Hastings, decampments are a death sentence

Police Oversight with Evidence and Research (P.O.W.E.R.) and Stop the Sweeps condemn Kelowna OS4 decampment

Apr 4 •

BC overdose response being defunded by the same law enforcement organizations whose practices drive the crisis

On April 14th, we grieve, gather, and demand better.

Apr 2 •

March 2025

#JusticeForJared and supporters launch People's Tribunal on Police Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in BC

Canadian policing is violent and unaccountable. In the absence of provincial and federal leadership, communities to continue their own accountability…

Mar 15

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