'Living on the EIDGE' is a brand new VANDU Zine produced by and for illicit drinkers! (1/3)

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“The day after I found out my dad died from an accidental drug overdose, I picked up my camera and loaded it with film. Photography is how I process my experience of the world.”

Jackie Dives on what her dad taught her about grief, art and what makes a life.

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When I presented before the parliamentary committee on MAiD I gave a Canadian example of this. I testified about my my urine-saturated wheelchair cushion & what it was going to take to replace it.

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The govt has failed to deliver the right to housing but is yielding to pressure.

Let them know you won't settle for half-measures by joining calls for social housing.

Campaign 1: action.caeh.ca/budget24

Campaign 2: womenshomelessness.ca/housingagendal…

Campaign 3: moresocialhousing.ca/federal-budget…

Today’s Conservatives are not the kind of people you want leading in an emergency. They are a death cult.

If you have friends, family & colleagues musing voting Conservative, feel free to share this piece about who this guy really is.
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My latest column…

Today’s Conservatives not fit to lead in an emergency.

In the face of an existential threat, Pierre Poilievre is running interference for the climate arsonists: nationalobserver.com/2024/04/19/opi…

All 10 of #Canada 's provinces have now committed to ending their immigration detention deals with #CBSA , a major victory for refugee rights. It's time Justin Trudeau takes meaningful steps to end immigration detention across the country. #WelcomeToCanada hrw.org/welcometocanada

10 provinces have now cancelled their immigration detention agreements. Instead of community-based alternatives, the federal government is doubling down on its harmful, rights-violating immigration detention system.

Please take action 👇hrw.org/welcometocanada #WelcomeToCanada

.Marc Miller ᐅᑭᒫᐃᐧᐅᓃᐸᐄᐧᐤᐃᔨᐣ describing immigration detainees as 'high-risk' is scaremongering & false, most are held on flight risk. That they have 'severe mental health problems' is ableist & cruel: detention harms mental health.

This is a shameful change in policy. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

Here’s another problem I have with the single-solution theory of a “recovery-oriented system of care.”

It means you’re waiting until someone has an “addiction”before you help them.

There are double that number (or more) of people who are at risk of injury or death from fentanyl

Cops understand this but it seems to elude much of the media and politicians

30+ residents evicted in March. 4 have been housed, and 14 allowed to move back into the designated area. What about everyone else? #vanpoli #CRABpark

On The Coast with Gloria Macarenko - April 15, 2024: @MomsStopTheHarm co-founder Leslie E McBain on the eighth anniversary of B.C. toxic-drug emergency cbc.ca/listen/live-ra…

Turns out the Pathways Alliance - the 6 major oilsands companies - has purchased 100s of google keyword searches to direct those curious about climate change to their garbage misinformation content.

Oilsands disinformation is worse than you think nationalobserver.com/2024/04/12/opi…

HEY KIDS‼️

This one’s for you.

While the parents (politicians) fight over strategies for addressing the toxic drug crisis, eg:
➡️ Tough love or keeping you alive?
➡️ Are there actual harms from Rx safer supply drugs or is that a story made up by an opinion writer?
➡️ Should

#PlaceDetective 🔎: In downtown Vancouver, the Del Mar Hotel still bears the marks of an epic fight against gentrification.

The case of the building that couldn’t be bought. Jen St. Denis reports.

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Burnaby's excellent mayor Mike Hurley:

'When senior levels of govt keep throwing out that the more houses we build, the cheaper they'll get, I think they've been listening to developers too much. I haven't seen anywhere in the world where that's actually true.' #bcpoli #cdnpoli

🆘We cannot prevent homelessness with status quo policy.

From '18 - '23, the CRHC added 129 non-market homes per yr. It forecasts 155 annually to '28.

Policy is 20% of non-market homes affordable to low-income.

253 low-income homes added & thousands lost to rent increases.🆘

This is terrible

#BREAKING : BC drug deaths down in February

The monthly report from the BC Coroners Service on February’s illicit drug toxicity deaths is out today.

FIRST, A REMINDER: we are extremely fortunate in BC to have a coroners service that places importance on expedited toxicology