The release of a BC Coroner’s report
Connecting the Dots Hello Johnny, The release of a BC Coroner’s report shows no matter how many shelters Vancouver puts up, people without stable housing […]
Articles by John Zakharia Vancouver
January 18 Megaphone Magazine issue
Idle No More Hello Johnny, After almost two months of protests, Idle No More shows no sign of slowing down. In the new issue of Megaphone […]
Vancouver to move 100 residents from aging downtown building to newly purchased hotel
Vancouver is about to launch one of its most ambitious social-housing moves in decades – shifting almost 100 people from the crumbling downtown structure they […]
MegaPhone Magazine January
The New Year is here and the new issue of Megaphone out today kicks off 2013 by going inside a housing program that has left its mark […]
Canada Homelessness: Housing Homeless Is Cheaper Than Patchwork Services, Study Says
OTTAWA – A new study suggests it’s far cheaper to give a homeless person a place to live than to provide a patchwork of emergency […]
Reduction in Vancouver shelter beds puts homeless at risk in winter weather, advocacy group says
Ken Rafuse carries a Christmas tree to his home as a homeless man sleeps on the sidewalk outside a downtown business in Vancouver, on Monday […]
Extreme Weather Alert update
The Extreme Weather Alert (EWA) for 19 December called by the Vancouver Extreme Weather Response Team has now been cancelled. EWAs are issued under section 2(2)(b) […]
Pivot Legal Society : Laws affecting homeless need updating
Opinion: Laws affecting homeless need updating A compassionate society should not allow laws to marginalize the rights of vulnerable people Everyone wants to see the […]
Homeless Man gets interviewed by CBC radio regarding throwing the first pitch in baseball
Homeless Man gets interviewed by CBC radio regarding throwing the first pitch in baseball A Great Pitch Megaphone Street Paper vendor Kris Cronk on […]
Alberni shelter-neighbour pact in works
The society overseeing construction of a new shelter on Eighth Avenue is reaching out to neighbours who are opposed to the plan by drafting a […]