"The manager bullied me and said “sign or you leave,” Humberto Macias-Carracas told people at a news conference in front of the Ross House on Alexander St. on New Year's day. "I can’t see, I don’t even know what I am signing. I have nowhere to go, I am going blind, I don’t know what to do.…
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Go ahead displace me, you’re going to have to kill me to get me to stop fighting
Well to be quite honest I only recently came to know what DISPLACEMENT means. Being displaced is first of all…
Tent City Residents Displaced from 58 W Hastings Move to New Site
Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories
This evening, residents of the 58 W. Hastings tent city were ordered…
The shifting sands of Foundation funding for social housing
An interview with King-mong Chan and Beverly Ho from the Downtown Eastside Our Homes Can’t Wait campaign for…
Vision Vancouver fights for the power to remove homeless people from downtown…
Why is Vancouver’s Vision dominated city council going to court to defend an attack on homeless people started…
Vancouver police violence at peaceful Imperial Metals protest
On Tuesday August 9, 2016, I joined the Secwepemc Womens Warriors Society, Ancestral Pride,…
Small victory for welfare rate housing in Vancouver
No one is holding their breath, but after ten years of struggle, including two tent cities, numerous trips to…
“We’re not going home and we’re not giving up” – 58…
On Saturday July 9th we set up a tent city at 58 W. Hastings in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. I'm one of…
Homeless Counts for What?
Every year since 2010 the City of Vancouver has counted its homeless residents. Around four hundred…
Strathcona sexual assault reveals the safety of some women is worth more than…
On Thursday March 26th, a woman in Strathcona, Vancouver, was attacked and sexually assaulted by a stranger in her…