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Rally for a National Housing Plan

Andy K Bond — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:16:12 +0000

A rally calling on the Canadian Federal Government to create a National Housing Plan took place Feb.20th, 2010 on the north side of the Vancouver Art Gallery. Canada is the Only G8 nation without a National Housing Plan, and the UN now calls Canada's housing crisis 'a national emergency'.

Olympic Tent Village

Andy K Bond — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:21:27 +0000

Over 200 people gathered at noon today in Pigeon Park, located in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to rally for more social housing. The crowd marched to a nearby vacant lot and set up the "Olympic Tent Village".

Insite Protestors Block Harper Visit

Andy K Bond — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:32:32 +0000

On Wednesday, Feb. 10th, over 150 supporters of Insite, North America's only supervised-injection site, surrounded the Chinese Cultural Centre, and wrapped it with caution tape, forcing Stephen Harper to postpone a scheduled visit. The public education event was a response to the Conservative governments decision to appeal the recent ruling of the B.C.