I was struck by the news coverage of the deaths from Fentanyl. When people in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) overdose, there is barely any coverage, and we don't know people's names. But when a couple in North Vancouver died from a Fentanyl overdose in July, the media said, "They came from a good…
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At a meeting in early May, some MLAs from the NDP told a group of Vancouver activists that low welfare rates are a…
Mayor’s Meeting on Mental Health and Addictions
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The Stanza Project
The Stanza Project (Vancouver: Otter Press, 2013) is a DTES book of poems and writings, drawings and…