On Tuesday May 1st, members of Our Homes Can't Wait (OHCW) coalition staged a public protest by blocking entrances to City Hall and interrupting business operations for the day.
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What’s the use in staying in housing if I can’t have the person I love there?
Mama Bear was a founder of Maple Ridge’s last tent city across the bypass from Anita Place on Cliff Avenue, which…
Killing Time – Addressing the Use of Segregation in Canadian Prisons
Prisons are built to deprive people of their humanity in order to punish them.
Low-income residents and community groups turned out in force to oppose 105 Keefer…
The last week of May 2017 will be remembered as another “freeway fight” in Chinatown’s history. Many speakers who…
We would rather have a vacant lot than another condo development
We join Chinatown residents and groups in united opposition against Beedie Living’s proposed condo tower at the…
Building confidence and power in low-income elder women’s Chinatown
I’m going to address issues raised on the first day of the hearing and earlier today.
One point is cleaning…
Beedie’s 105 Keefer condo tower threatens the existence of Chinatown’s most…
Good evening, mayor and council, I would like to thank you for allowing me to speak tonight. I would also like…
Culture is a collective product of people and relationships, not a commodity
My name is Yuly Chan, and I’m here to oppose the rezoning application for 105 Keefer. I’m a community organizer…
Don’t condemn Chinatown to the same fate suffered by Vancouver’s Pauerugai
Good evening, Mayor and Council. First, I’d like to acknowledge that we are on the Unceded Coast Salish…
Do not tell us the City cares about people more than profits – show us!
Before going further, I wish to acknowledge the unceded, traditional, and ancestral Coast Salish territories of…