After a rally against the gentrification of Whalley on Saturday, a group of homeless community members displaced two years ago from the 135A Strip set up their tents on a city-owned lot, at approximately 10716 135A Street, and proclaimed that they were not leaving.
Wanda Stopa, a leader of that…
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2020
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…
Surrey renter faces eviction through BC’s state of emergency “health and safety”…
Evicted During COVID-19
Michelle Leggeh called us at the end of April, after her husband brought home our…
Evicted during COVID-19: Modular housing tenant barricades herself in her room to…
Update: On May 18, Kristina received a notice from Lookout Health and Housing Society, stating that her eviction…
The story of Cloud City and the problem with BC’s $300 welfare bonus
Once there existed two societies in a place called Cloud City: Upper and Lower. Upper was “enlightened”: learned…
“I believe in the future”: A Black Indigenous woman’s struggle for home, family,…
Karen Juanita Lane is a long-time activist and resident of the DTES who reached out to Red Braid in March to ask…
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…
Squat 2 Survive Bulletin, Number 2
Including articles: Bailouts for consumers, starvation for the poor; Poor women respond to Trudeau’s $40 million…
Kyaw Din’s family brings their demands for justice to the office of…
On February 20th, the family of Kyaw Din held a news conference and delivered a petition calling for “Justice for…
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…