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YVR posted signs July 5 separating international arrivals into ‘fully vaccinated’ and ‘unvaccinated’ lines.
“We want to open our doors to indigenous peoples and welcome them to the early music scene both on and off the stage,” Suzie LeBlanc, EMV’s artistic director and executive, said in the statement. “We are committed to connecting more deeply with indigenous communities through action and removing barriers that inhibit sharing our cultures.”
Advocates for a safe supply of drugs handed out heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine outside the Vancouver Police Department Wednesday (July 14) afternoon.
It’s said to be the most Asian city outside Asia. Where a quarter of residents speak a Chinese language and the char siu rivals what’s served in Hong Kong barbecue shops. Where a Sikh gurdwara, a Tibetan monastery, and a Chinese evangelical church coexist in harmony along a 3-kilometer stretch of road dubbed the Highway to Heaven. The kind of place that should be immune to a rise in pandemic-fueled racism.
Everyone’s version of essential workers is different when it comes to vaccinating the population. Some think health workers should be at the front of the line, others think teachers.
In Vancouver, sex workers are now getting priority treatment.
The City of Vancouver will have a $1.6-billion operating budget next year, a five per cent average property tax increase — and a police budget that stays the same.
Those were the biggest decisions made by city council as it passed its 2021 budget on Tuesday, following weeks of consultations and meetings on how to deal with competing priorities during the pandemic.
