My name is Wanda and I live in Surrey on the strip (135A Street). I’ve been on the strip for 2 years now. I lost my home over two years ago, and it’s been a struggle.
Everybody has their own reasons for being here, everybody has their own issues. I don’t know them all, I can only speak for…
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Grassroots “Demovictions” Report Warns of Metrotown’s Collision Course with Mass…
By the end of the decade, every old low-rise apartment building on the square block around Dunblane Ave in Burnaby…
Guaranteed Annual Income – the good, the bad, and the ugly
Imagine you’re a person with disabilities living on the BC welfare rate of $610 a month, paying $500 for rent.…
Access Without Fear: By Byron Cruz
Recently members of Sanctuary Health and their allies attended a council meeting at Vancouver City Hall where the…
Protecting and Growing Unist’ot’en: An Interview with Freda Huson
Interview with Freda Huson by Annie Banks
Freda Huson: I’m the Unist’ot’en spokesperson appointed by our…
Indigenous women want Federal Inquiry to consult with feminist groups as well as…
Indigenous women who have been organizing to end violence for decades want the federal inquiry into…
The Federal Inquiry must address Canada’s colonial legacy and Harper’s sex work…
By Sex Workers United Against Violence (SWUAV)
In December 2015, a huge sigh of relief went up across the…
Solutions to the housing crisis may be found in alliance between homeless and…
In mid January, resettlement agencies in Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto and Halifax asked the federal…
DTES Street Sweeps are Social Cleansing
It’s eerie.
In November, as everyone in the community knows, the City of Vancouver acted on its decision…
Social Mix is Exclusion
I’ve lived in Vancouver for thirteen years, in SROs for seven, I was homeless for about eight months, and now I…