How VPD pushed the (false) claim that antisemitism was rising faster than other hate crimes in 2023

Evidence links enforcement to harms, including overdose and death. We need to stop giving cover for it.

For the second election in a row, a senior crime analyst with the Vancouver Police Department has stepped away from her role to run in a partisan campaign—raising new questions about politicization wi...

For the second election in a row, a senior crime analyst with the Vancouver Police Department has stepped away from her role to run in a partisan campaign—raising new questions about politicization wi...

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

Compassion club co-founders Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum will avoid prison and Canada told to update its drug laws.

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

The Court argued that by criminalising DULF's community-led compassion club, which saved lives, reduced harms and did not affect public safety, the current legal framework violated fundamental rights.

Drug User Liberation Front (DULF) co-founders won’t go to jail as BC Supreme Court judge rules CSDA violates members’ “right to life and security”

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

Vancouver - never ceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ and other Coast Salish people

Vancouver - never ceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, səlilwətaɬ and other Coast Salish people

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

A public hearing into the beating death of Myles Gray by Vancouver police in a Burnaby backyard will resume Monday after a five-month delay.

There have been four drug alerts issued in northwestern Ontario in less than a week, including one linked to a surge of more than 60 drug poisonings in the Kenora area over two days. Here's what we kn...

He died of an accidental drug overdose. It changed how I perceive the world.

Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.

Background On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which remove...

The Vancouver Police Union says it won’t be endorsing a mayoral candidate in this year’s municipal election.

Drug-possession seizures, regardless of weight, dropped 76 per cent in Vancouver compared with the previous four-year average

A study released Wednesday by Simon Fraser University (SFU) found that police drug seizures increased during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project.

People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...

Background On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which remove...

On 31 January 2023, the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC) decriminalised personal possession of certain illegal drugs up to 2.5 g. By removing criminal sanctions, this policy shift aimed t...

People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...

On 31 January 2023, the Canadian Province of British Columbia (BC) decriminalised personal possession of certain illegal drugs up to 2.5 g. By removing criminal sanctions, this policy shift aimed t...

Drug-possession seizures, regardless of weight, dropped 76 per cent in Vancouver compared with the previous four-year average

Background On 31 January 2023, the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada implemented a three-year “Decriminalization Pilot” in response to a toxic drug supply public health emergency, which remove...

People in Vancouver experienced an increase in police drug seizures during the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization pilot project, according to a Simon Fraser University study. D...

Cops kill people. They hurt people. They sexually assault people. And when they do, there’s a whole system that’s supposed to hold them accountable, but it barely works. On Episode 58, Garth and Sam...

A veteran Vancouver police officer who also heads up a non-profit that aims to steer youth away from a life of crime has been charged with nine offences.