Nate Crompton
@natecrompton.bsky.social
Immense support for BC nurses in Vancouver today — they’ve given a 72-hr strike notice, set for Thurs if an improved offer is not made.
If anyone tries to tell you BC’s coffers are empty, remind them that Eby & BC NDP have still haven’t reversed Gordon Campbell’s corporate + income tax cuts. ✊🏼🌱
If anyone tries to tell you BC’s coffers are empty, remind them that Eby & BC NDP have still haven’t reversed Gordon Campbell’s corporate + income tax cuts. ✊🏼🌱
July 7, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Immense support for BC nurses in Vancouver today — they’ve given a 72-hr strike notice, set for Thurs if an improved offer is not made.
If anyone tries to tell you BC’s coffers are empty, remind them that Eby & BC NDP have still haven’t reversed Gordon Campbell’s corporate + income tax cuts. ✊🏼🌱
If anyone tries to tell you BC’s coffers are empty, remind them that Eby & BC NDP have still haven’t reversed Gordon Campbell’s corporate + income tax cuts. ✊🏼🌱
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I'm at the BC Nurses' Union picket line in front of Vancouver General Hospital. Nurses across the province are currently engaged in a work-to-rule strike, refusing overtime and non-nursing duties.
@pressprogress.ca
@pressprogress.ca
July 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
I'm at the BC Nurses' Union picket line in front of Vancouver General Hospital. Nurses across the province are currently engaged in a work-to-rule strike, refusing overtime and non-nursing duties.
@pressprogress.ca
@pressprogress.ca
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The World Cup has brought glitz and glamour to Vancouver, but as the city seeks to show its best side to the world it has also led to early-morning raids and more aggressive policing of people experiencing homelessness and drug problems in the city's Downtown Eastside, locals have told Reuters.
July 7, 2026 at 5:53 AM
The World Cup has brought glitz and glamour to Vancouver, but as the city seeks to show its best side to the world it has also led to early-morning raids and more aggressive policing of people experiencing homelessness and drug problems in the city's Downtown Eastside, locals have told Reuters.
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Anti-ABC parties must do more to support tenants in the struggle against mass displacement
New editorial from three members of @vancouvertenants.bsky.social
themainlander.com/2026/06/18/a... #vanpoli
New editorial from three members of @vancouvertenants.bsky.social
themainlander.com/2026/06/18/a... #vanpoli
Anti-ABC parties must do more to support tenants in the struggle against mass displacement
With October’s municipal election approaching, organizers with the Vancouver Tenants Union advocate for firmer opposition to displacement from progressive city councillors.
themainlander.com
June 19, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Anti-ABC parties must do more to support tenants in the struggle against mass displacement
New editorial from three members of @vancouvertenants.bsky.social
themainlander.com/2026/06/18/a... #vanpoli
New editorial from three members of @vancouvertenants.bsky.social
themainlander.com/2026/06/18/a... #vanpoli
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Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs: themainlander.com/2026/05/29/c...
"The Health Minister has capitulated to the ideology of criminalization and containment"
"The Health Minister has capitulated to the ideology of criminalization and containment"
Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs: Healthcare workers, legal advocates
Care Not Cops, Pivot Legal, BCCLA & BCNUSJ call for action on the 10-year long toxic drug supply emergency
themainlander.com
May 29, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Failure to ensure city centre overdose prevention site reflects BC NDP deadly abandonment of people who use drugs: themainlander.com/2026/05/29/c...
"The Health Minister has capitulated to the ideology of criminalization and containment"
"The Health Minister has capitulated to the ideology of criminalization and containment"
This is gold
They brought one of the robots into council and it malfunctioned and they had to drag it out
May 7, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This is gold
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This council: life saving overdose prevention? Nah.
Life saving cooling kits? Nah.
Food delivery robots flooding our sidewalks? Oh heck yeah dude
Life saving cooling kits? Nah.
Food delivery robots flooding our sidewalks? Oh heck yeah dude
May 7, 2026 at 2:01 AM
This council: life saving overdose prevention? Nah.
Life saving cooling kits? Nah.
Food delivery robots flooding our sidewalks? Oh heck yeah dude
Life saving cooling kits? Nah.
Food delivery robots flooding our sidewalks? Oh heck yeah dude
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"Vancouver never saw police budgets decrease after the increases associated with the 2010 Winter Olympics:"
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
FIFA 2026 is coming to Vancouver at a social and economic cost to our communities
The $600 million soccer games are already linked to increased policing and criminalization – and they haven't even started.
themainlander.com
April 30, 2026 at 2:06 PM
"Vancouver never saw police budgets decrease after the increases associated with the 2010 Winter Olympics:"
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
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sharing a short reflection I wrote about working in the toxic drug crisis—which was formally declared 10 years ago today in BC. see those who can make it at Oppenheimer this evening
themainlander.com/2026/04/14/e...
themainlander.com/2026/04/14/e...
Emergency decade
One worker's reflections between the city and the toxic drug supply crisis.
themainlander.com
April 14, 2026 at 1:55 PM
sharing a short reflection I wrote about working in the toxic drug crisis—which was formally declared 10 years ago today in BC. see those who can make it at Oppenheimer this evening
themainlander.com/2026/04/14/e...
themainlander.com/2026/04/14/e...
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New on The Mainlander
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
"We do not need a police super-complex in the heart of our neighbourhood."
themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v... #vanpoli
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
"We do not need a police super-complex in the heart of our neighbourhood."
themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v... #vanpoli
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
themainlander.com
April 20, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New on The Mainlander
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
"We do not need a police super-complex in the heart of our neighbourhood."
themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v... #vanpoli
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
"We do not need a police super-complex in the heart of our neighbourhood."
themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v... #vanpoli
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No cop city anywhere - from atlanta to vancouver, cities are being militarized against their inhabitants. themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v...
Academy at Woodward's marks "tactical escalation" by Vancouver police, writes drug user education group
themainlander.com
April 20, 2026 at 7:13 PM
No cop city anywhere - from atlanta to vancouver, cities are being militarized against their inhabitants. themainlander.com/2026/04/20/v...
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BC NDP’s alarming proposal to weaken tenant rights in supportive housing
Interview with Paul (@policeoversight.ca) & Matt (Our Streets) on Bill 11:
themainlander.com/2026/04/13/i...
Interview with Paul (@policeoversight.ca) & Matt (Our Streets) on Bill 11:
themainlander.com/2026/04/13/i...
INTERVIEW | Inside the BC NDP’s alarming proposal to weaken tenant rights in supportive housing
The Mainlander sits down with Matt Tarasoff (Our Streets) and Paul Henry (P.O.W.E.R., Our Homes Can’t Wait) to talk about the BC NDP’s Bill 11 – the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act (2026). The Bill,...
themainlander.com
April 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
BC NDP’s alarming proposal to weaken tenant rights in supportive housing
Interview with Paul (@policeoversight.ca) & Matt (Our Streets) on Bill 11:
themainlander.com/2026/04/13/i...
Interview with Paul (@policeoversight.ca) & Matt (Our Streets) on Bill 11:
themainlander.com/2026/04/13/i...
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Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s via @themainlander.bsky.social
"It was not a surprise when London Drugs left Woodward’s in February, but rather the finale of a prolonged panic-fueled campaign"
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w...
"It was not a surprise when London Drugs left Woodward’s in February, but rather the finale of a prolonged panic-fueled campaign"
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w...
Editorial | Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s
There are urgently needed alternatives to turning the building into training grounds for cops.
themainlander.com
April 5, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s via @themainlander.bsky.social
"It was not a surprise when London Drugs left Woodward’s in February, but rather the finale of a prolonged panic-fueled campaign"
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w...
"It was not a surprise when London Drugs left Woodward’s in February, but rather the finale of a prolonged panic-fueled campaign"
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w...
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New from The Mainlander Editorial Collective:
Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for the Woodward’s development
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w... #vanpoli
Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for the Woodward’s development
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w... #vanpoli
Editorial | Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for Woodward’s
There are urgently needed alternatives to turning the building into training grounds for cops.
themainlander.com
April 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
New from The Mainlander Editorial Collective:
Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for the Woodward’s development
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w... #vanpoli
Police training facility is an affront to people’s vision for the Woodward’s development
themainlander.com/2026/04/05/w... #vanpoli
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New in The Mainlander: Tenants on East Broadway stand against Fastmark
themainlander.com/2026/04/01/t... @vancouvertenants.bsky.social #vanpoli
themainlander.com/2026/04/01/t... @vancouvertenants.bsky.social #vanpoli
“This community has been a refuge against developer greed:” Tenants on East Broadway stand against Fastmark
“We learned about the redevelopment through a notice in the mail, it was devastating,” shares Nikki, a tenant living with her family in the Broadway Plan area.
themainlander.com
April 2, 2026 at 3:58 AM
New in The Mainlander: Tenants on East Broadway stand against Fastmark
themainlander.com/2026/04/01/t... @vancouvertenants.bsky.social #vanpoli
themainlander.com/2026/04/01/t... @vancouvertenants.bsky.social #vanpoli
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NEW: Analysis from Marilou Gagnon on Health Canada's rejection of compassion club models in the context of the DULF case
themainlander.com/2026/03/09/c... #drugsky
themainlander.com/2026/03/09/c... #drugsky
Health Canada’s rebuff of compassion clubs predates DULF: Here’s why it matters.
Compassion clubs have resurfaced in recent years as a response to the toxic unregulated drug crisis in British Columbia (BC), and more specifically the need for community-based safer supply programs a...
themainlander.com
March 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
NEW: Analysis from Marilou Gagnon on Health Canada's rejection of compassion club models in the context of the DULF case
themainlander.com/2026/03/09/c... #drugsky
themainlander.com/2026/03/09/c... #drugsky
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ThE OnLy dEmOcRaCy iN ThE MiDdLe eAsT 🤡
March 9, 2026 at 4:34 AM
ThE OnLy dEmOcRaCy iN ThE MiDdLe eAsT 🤡
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Too many people think that the current aggressions of US-Israel is a conspiracy to "distract from Epstein files."
Waging sadistic wars is actually proof of - not a distraction from - Epstein files. Imperial violence is inseperable from sexual violence: organized, systemic crimes against humanity.
Waging sadistic wars is actually proof of - not a distraction from - Epstein files. Imperial violence is inseperable from sexual violence: organized, systemic crimes against humanity.
March 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Too many people think that the current aggressions of US-Israel is a conspiracy to "distract from Epstein files."
Waging sadistic wars is actually proof of - not a distraction from - Epstein files. Imperial violence is inseperable from sexual violence: organized, systemic crimes against humanity.
Waging sadistic wars is actually proof of - not a distraction from - Epstein files. Imperial violence is inseperable from sexual violence: organized, systemic crimes against humanity.
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Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.
Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.
Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.
These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?
Does anyone really believe that?
Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.
Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.
These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?
Does anyone really believe that?
March 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
Israel & Saudi Arabia pushed the U.S. to attack Iran.
Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.
Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.
These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?
Does anyone really believe that?
Netanyahu killed 72,000 people in Gaza, mostly women & children.
Saudi Arabia is a brutal dictatorship that allows no opposition.
These are the leaders who want to bring “freedom” to Iran?
Does anyone really believe that?
I love how incredibly specific this lie is
I'm trying to picture them in the writing room and riffing until they landed on this one 🎄❄️🎅
I'm trying to picture them in the writing room and riffing until they landed on this one 🎄❄️🎅
featured in the article is this outrageous clip from our chief civic embarrassment
February 27, 2026 at 7:07 AM
I love how incredibly specific this lie is
I'm trying to picture them in the writing room and riffing until they landed on this one 🎄❄️🎅
I'm trying to picture them in the writing room and riffing until they landed on this one 🎄❄️🎅
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The Province has still not approve this training facility. Westbank was there but didn't take interviews. Chief Rai tapped Westbank founder Ian Gillespie on the shoulder and said, "Thanks for working with us."
VPD forges ahead with training academy despite lack of provincial approval
VPD forges ahead with training academy despite lack of provincial approval
The Vancouver Police Department has announced it will be opening a designated training academy in the Woodward’s building in Gastown.
bit.ly
February 27, 2026 at 4:19 AM
The Province has still not approve this training facility. Westbank was there but didn't take interviews. Chief Rai tapped Westbank founder Ian Gillespie on the shoulder and said, "Thanks for working with us."
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NEW: Read an explainer on the projected impacts of FIFA 2026 on Vancouver
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
FIFA 2026 is coming to Vancouver at a social and economic cost to our communities
The $600 million soccer games are already linked to increased policing and criminalization – and they haven't even started.
themainlander.com
February 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
NEW: Read an explainer on the projected impacts of FIFA 2026 on Vancouver
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
themainlander.com/2026/02/24/a...
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Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
Premier Eby hazardously misrepresents Sublocade while endorsing forced treatment of youth
Extended release buprenorphine is not
themainlander.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Last week, BC NDP Premier Eby made misleading claims about Sublocade.
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
A decade into BC's toxic drug emergency, there is a heightened risk when government leaders promote this type of disinformation. It should not be acceptable.
Read in more detail: themainlander.com/2025/12/10/v...
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Hundreds of Academics Sign Letter Against City’s ‘Uplifting the DTES’ Plan
themainlander.com/2025/12/08/h...
themainlander.com/2025/12/08/h...
Hundreds of Academics Sign Letter Against City’s ‘Uplifting the DTES’ Plan
Academics:
themainlander.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Hundreds of Academics Sign Letter Against City’s ‘Uplifting the DTES’ Plan
themainlander.com/2025/12/08/h...
themainlander.com/2025/12/08/h...
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there's a certain type of guy — Julian Somers, Daniel Vigo, David Eby — whose work starts off at least somewhat on the right side of history before cynically turning to politics of moral panic the minute they get some semblance of power
NEW analysis in The Mainlander:
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com/2025/12/05/b...
BC NDP Aims to side-step another legal challenge to broaden the criminalization of mental health, substance use
The politics of the Mental Health Act amendments in Bill 32 reflect a trend of the BC NDP circumventing court rulings under Premier Eby’s leadership.
themainlander.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
there's a certain type of guy — Julian Somers, Daniel Vigo, David Eby — whose work starts off at least somewhat on the right side of history before cynically turning to politics of moral panic the minute they get some semblance of power