On Saturday July 9, the Stop Demovictions Burnaby Campaign and Alliance Against Displacement began an occupation at 5025 Imperial Street in Burnaby’s Metrotown neighbourhood. The occupation began to draw attention to the more than 5,000 rental units in the area expected to undergo “demoviction”…
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