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VANDU: As VPD budget spirals out of control, defunding police is our community alternative to drug war

A group of drug users wonders about the cost of diverting so much of the city's budget to law-enforcement in the midst of an overdose crisis.

Andy Kang-I Chen: Taiwan should have a seat at the UN climate talks

China is blocking the participation of Taiwan, even though it has no control over the island nation's environmental policies.

World AIDS Day: PrEP is making a difference in the lives of GBT2Q men in B.C., but are we leaving other groups behind?

The scale-up of PrEP among GBT2Q men is meeting the needs of many in the GBT2Q community and preventing the onward transmission of HIV, but more must be done.

Alex Boston: B.C. Ferries should focus on communities, carbon reduction, and clean tech, not cars and congestion

B.C. Ferries and the B.C. Government need to transform, rather than tinker with, a fundamentally flawed high-carbon, high-cost, high-congestion transportation system.

Forrest Berman-Hatch: Busted for the climate

A young B.C. environmental activist explains why he chose to be arrested on the Burrard Bridge as part of an Extinction Rebellion demonstration.

Eric Denhoff: Saving B.C.'s forestry towns—a Marshall Plan for the Interior of the province

A former senior civil servant offers a blueprint to provide hope to those living in resource-dependent communities.

Adrian Crook: Let's partner with housing providers to get serious about Vancouver's rental shortfall

This year, Vancouver will again fail to build enough rental homes this year to match immigration (from elsewhere in Canada and beyond).

Keeno Ahmed-Jones: Getting out of the psychedelic closet

If you are wondering what a psychedelic symposium is, you’re not alone.

Khalid Zaka: Historical perspective on India's crackdown in Kashmir

Two nuclear powers, India and Pakistan, have clashed over this area in the past—and new tensions have arisen after the Modi government revoked the enforcement of Article 370 in...

Eric Denhoff: Why are Albertans so damned angry?

A Calgary-raised former deputy minister in B.C. and Alberta offers a comprehensive response to this question.