Reply to “BC VIEWS: Urban drug ghettos don’t work”
After reading Tom Fletcher’s piece of hostile article in the Surrey Leader we had to reply. Tom Fletcher or FLETCH states that taxpayers are supporting crime. However he does not […]
Injustice
Updated list of places to eat for free or low-cost
Here is an updated list of free food and low-cost food and places to eat in Vancouver, BC https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4rJWDEzoXV6QjZDbFZrbUVneTg4SVpVLVFObjRCWklJdmRR/view?usp=sharing Posted by Johnny Zakharia Vancouver
Vancouver executives Sleep Out to help tackle youth homelessness
Vancouver’s plummeting temperatures and rainy nights are hard enough when you have a dry home and a warm bed to go to. But imagine how […]
Watch a video tour of the Vancouver Housing Crisis
Vancouver housing crisis: $10 tours of DTES show desperate need Tour part of Heart of the City Festival Housing advocates in Vancouver offered, for $10 to […]
A homeless shelter shakes up a neighbourhood.
There are 235,000 people experiencing homelessness in Canada. It’s time to stop ignoring the issue. It’s time to stop saying “It’s not my problem”. It’s […]
WHAT IS POVERTY COSTING US IN BC?
Think we can’t afford to end poverty? Actually, we can’t afford not to.
Salvation Army in Vancouver again is caught charging 40 dollars for shoes
Salvation Army Thrift Store in Vancouver does it again. In May 2015 we wrote about them charging 25 dollars for donated used shoes. However, instead […]
LGBT homeless youth find shelter with RainCity Housing
Research shows that LGBT teens are more likely to end up homeless than their heterosexual peers LGBT teenagers face a number of challenges, but they […]
Victoria’s Topaz Park may become permanent homeless camp
Supreme Court ruling from 2009 allows homeless right to stay in park if no other shelter available Homeless people in Victoria could have a more […]
Vancouver mayor’s homelessness pledge fails as count stays unchanged
There are about as many homeless people in Vancouver as there were a year ago, making it clear Mayor Gregor Robertson has failed to meet […]