The scene at Burnaby City Hall was a predictable one. More than two-dozen people rallied in the lobby outside council chambers with banners and signs reading “stop demovictions,” “homes not condos,” and “stop displacement.” They waited while council heard speakers on other rezoning…
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Hell no we won’t go! Refuse the laws that demovict us
We are here today because we don't want our homes demolished. The city says it's not its responsibility…
The City of Burnaby can demovict the plan! By Erika S, resident facing demoviction…
Here we are - in the epicenter of the ‘mass slaughtering’ of a viable neighbourhood, Burnaby’s Metrotown Rental…
Report back: Burnaby Metrotown community’s mass mobilization against…
On November 12, 2016, Metrotown residents rallied and marched with the Stop Demovictions Burnaby campaign against…
Policies inconvenient for developers have been cut from the proposed Metrotown…
I want to once again acknowledge that we are standing on the unceded, shared territory of our neighbors, the…
Chinatown not Coffeetown! An interview with Mrs. Kong from the Chinatown Concern…
Translation by Beverly Ho, Chinatown Concern Group
Mrs. Kong, who goes by 鄺太 (or Kong Tai), has lived in…
Emergency call to action to save 3,000 units of rental housing in Metrotown
This Saturday November 12th marchers will take the streets around Metrotown to protest against the city…
Nowhere to go – City of Vancouver files for an injunction to displace…
On Tuesday, October 25th, the City of Vancouver issued a notice of trespass to the residents remaining at the 58 W…
We Are All Persons and We Belong! Homes for All! Decolonization Not…
This supplement to the Fall 2016 Volcano newspaper collects discussions and lessons from the “Together
Against…
Portraits of Regions in Struggle
Abbotsford—Dignity Village
Nick, one of the attendees from Abbotsford, explained how “Multi-family crime-free…