For an explanation of complex care and involuntary detainment, read VTAG’s short article here, and see the original posting of this article on the VTAG website here.
On April 27, 2021 Julian Daly, CEO of Our Place Society, published an op-ed praising the Province of BC’s efforts toward…
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Vancouver RV camp refuses to obey City-ordered eviction
For two years, roughly twenty people living in RVs and other vehicles have called the "East Van RV City" home. But…
Surrey’s Ceremony for Stolen Lives remembers the dead with a pledge to fight for…
On Wednesday April 28th the Surrey Street Council held a “ceremony of stolen lives” for friends, family, and…
Warehousing Is Not Housing
VTAG in Solidarity with Unhoused People against Displacement and Warehousing
In May 2020, the City of Victoria…
A tale of two slumlords
Last Tuesday, I spent the afternoon walking around Whalley, a low-income neighbourhood in downtown Surrey,…
RTB orders ‘intimi-victions’ landlord to apologize, stop intimidating tenant
Last year, investor-landlords Bill Mitsui and Tyler Zhang purchased a low-rise apartment building in Maple Ridge…
Supportive housing tenants win important gains after forming a tenant action group
In February, tenants of a supportive building in the Lower Mainland run by Elizabeth Fry Society, started to meet…
RainCity uses dubious ‘transitional housing’ claim to evict tenant…
Shane's eviction, similar to the evictions of residents of RainCity's shelter side, was arbitrary. At the…
Homeless victims of street sweeps start fightback against the City of Surrey
On Monday, March 1st, Shiloh Cheyanna Ghostkeeper had her belongings seized by bylaw officers, including the tent,…
Guardian angels or status for all? Fighting Canada’s tiered immigration system…
On November 30th the Canadian Border Services Agency announced they would resume deportations of migrants and…