Monday is the start of International Vendor Week and in the new issue of Megaphone out today we mark the occasion by introducing you to our sister paper, Norway’s Megafon.
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Song of Norway: Six years after becoming our namesake street paper, Megaphoneteams up with Norway’s Megafon to show how low-income people face similar problems around housing and addictions worldwide.
Vendor Validation: Over 28,000 vendors sell more than 120 different street papers around the world, and we look at how the world’s biggest social enterprise puts money into the pockets of low-income people.
Street Fight: Running out of bylaws to keep the homeless out of public view, the City of Abbotsford asks residents on whether a low-barrier housing project has a place in their downtown core.
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Funding Fracas: B.C.’s Ministry of Child and Family Development cuts funding for projects that Aboriginal leaders say are necessary for keeping their kids out of foster care.
Plus: Megaphone vendor Stephen Scott faces life—and near death—with a warm smile; another survey calls Vancouver one of the least affordable cities in the world, poetry from our writing workshops; and more!
Megaphone: $2 every 2 weeks. Find your vendor.
Thank you for your support,
Sean Condon
Executive Director