The Mainlander is a Metro Vancouver online publication dedicated to the coverage of municipal politics, housing and homelessness, policing, arts and culture and more.

The Mainlander aims to:

• provide historical context for breaking news.
• unpack politicians’ spin, and provide background information needed to hold them accountable.
• dig up facts that may be of use to social movements and other seekers of truth and justice.
• translate complex, and often misleading, municipal documents and policies into language that layfolks will appreciate.