Will Transit changes hurt low-income peoples’ right to move?
There are big changes in the works for Vancouver’s transit system this fall, and they could make it harder for…
Health care services near, but still too far
By Byron Cruz, Sanctuary Health
It was 2:00 am, the first week of the spring. The phone rang at home. We knew it…
Life in the Downtown Eastside
By Joan Morelli, DTES Power of Women group
Life in the Downtown Eastside is very often tinged with violence from…
“The Hotel Study” – bad scholarship that could further…
A UBC psychiatry department report about SRO hotel residents was released in early August. This shocking report,…
Sex workers challenge the law – Interview with Kerry Porth about the Bedford…
This is a special, longer, web-only version of the interview. A shorter version appeared in the print edition of…
BORDERLINES – An interview with Pierre Leichner
Pierre Leichner curated the BORDERLINES art exhibition at the Gallery Gachet on Cordova St. from June 14 – July 28,…
Emerging (Mis)Directions – Proposals for DTES Plan fails low-income…
850 homeless people. Four thousand living in crummy SROs. Over 400 rooms lost last year to rent increases at $425…
Housing in the neighbourhood – a view from the street
I’ve been in the DTES since 1995. I lived at Heritage House Hotel. It’s called the Lotus now. It was renting for…
QUEST – Putting your money where your mouth is
Quest isn’t a food bank; it sells food and household items at reduced prices. It’s specifically for the low-income…