Vancouver Council’s Cruel Priorities: Developers Before the Poor
Vancouver Council’s Cruel Priorities: Developers Before the Poor Vancouver has long been at the epicenter of Canada’s housing crisis. Skyrocketing rents, record homelessness, and a […]
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Latest Homeless Count Highlights Urgency to Support Young People
Recently published on the Vancouver Sun website, written by Deb Lester, CEO of Covenant House Vancouver The recently released 2025 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count report […]
Number of homeless deaths tripled over four years
Over 450 homeless people died in B.C. in 2023, according to coroner. Since 2016, 1,940 homeless people have died in B.C., according to chief coroner […]
LETS MEET THERESA, A MOTHER OF 3 CHILDREN, HOMELESS ON THE STREETS OF HASTINGS
We meet a wonderful warm mother, Theresa, a 100 pound, 5 foot 2 inches, 52 year old mother of 3 children. Homeless on the streets […]
Annual H’Arts for the Homeless event on October 5th 2017
Each year Lookout Housing and Health Society hosts H’Arts for the Homeless, bridging art, circus, music, magic, storytelling and dance with Lookout’s mission. This event […]
Buy or Volunteer to sell Toques and Mittens on Toque Tuesday February 2nd
Buy or Volunteer to sell Toques and Mittens on Toque Tuesday February 2nd 2016 from 7:00 am – 5:30 pm For 17 years Lookout Society […]
Constant violent threat faced by the homeless
Tyler Dunlop says his moment of terror came after he passed out in the back parking lot of a building in Edson, Alta. The 30-year-old […]
Lookout Emergency Aid Society tour of its shelters in Vancouver and Surrey
Walking past Surrey’s Gateway 40-bed barrier free homeless shelter, it’s impossible to miss. After all, it’s on what’s nicknamed “the strip,” also known as 135A […]