Wanda Stopa was a founding member of Sanctuary Tent City, a camp in a wooded area off of King George Boulevard in Surrey. Sanctuary Tent City survived for almost a year, until the City of Surrey bulldozed the camp at the end of November 2019.
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Nanaimo “Wesley Warriors” fight back against the police displacement of their long…
On Thursday December 3rd, a fire broke out in the long standing unhoused people’s encampment along both sidewalks!-->…
Sanctuary Tent City isn’t gone, it’s layered in the earth
Mel Forster was a founding member of Sanctuary Tent City, a camp in a wooded area off of King George Boulevard in!-->…
Bowing to protest, Coast Mental Health drops its unlawful guest ban in Maple Ridge…
On Wednesday December 2nd, a group of residents of Coast Mental Health-run supportive housing buildings held a!-->…
Lying cops, abusive staff, and needed housing: Life in and out of Surrey’s…
BC Housing is planning to close down 46 units of low-income housing this week, as COVID-19 rates surge and!-->…
“We’re taking back the Strip!” Surrey’s newest tent city…
After a rally against the gentrification of Whalley on Saturday, a group of homeless community members displaced!-->…
Injunction hearing against Crab Park tent city begins, threatening 100 homeless…
The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority (VFPA) has filed an injunction against a tent city set up in CRAB Park by!-->…
Poor women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside respond to Trudeau’s $40…
On April 4th, 2020, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a $207 million COVID-19 aid package for homeless!-->…
Inside the Hothouse Squat
It was a small walk from our meeting point to the squat, and we all walked in small groups to respect the COVID-19!-->…
RCMP evict Surrey’s Hothouse Squat but cannot stop the #Squat2Survive…
On April 1st 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, dozens of poor and homeless people and supporters took!-->…