Super InTent City (SIC) is a leader in the movement against displacement and for housing justice. SIC has exposed a local housing crisis, and shed light on problems in current shelter and supportive housing, and bylaws that unfairly target homeless people (e.g., the 7-7 camping bylaw).
Since…
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Yearly Archives
2016
August 7 – August 13, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
August 10th is Prisoners' Justice Day, 41 years and counting
By Abby Rolston
“We Are People” - Collective…
Vancouver police violence at peaceful Imperial Metals protest
On Tuesday August 9, 2016, I joined the Secwepemc Womens Warriors Society, Ancestral Pride,…
Challenging the Canadian race/national assumptions under BC’s “foreign investor”…
On Tuesday August 2nd the government of British Columbia placed a new tax on “foreign” investment in housing. The…
Massive port expansion threatens the Downtown Eastside’s only green space &…
A huge multinational company owned by the Government of Dubai is threatening CRAB Park.
Dubai Ports World,…
BC Liberals Pick-Pocket the Poor and Provoke Outrage
This spring the BC government showed its mean-spiritedness in its treatment of people with disabilities (PWD).…
August 1 – August 6, 2016 Volcano Newsletter
Small victory for welfare rate housing in Vancouver
By Jean Swanson
BC Liberals Pick-Pocket the Poor and…
Small victory for welfare rate housing in Vancouver
No one is holding their breath, but after ten years of struggle, including two tent cities, numerous trips to…
BC’s Public Health Emergency Update: By the Editors
Fentanyl continues to dominate the street drug market across the country, which led to BC declaring a public…
The Journey for Joey English
Joey English was full of love, and laughter. Her dreams, her aspirations and her desire to seek treatment for…