Tag: Downtown Eastside

Vancouver Cop Watch: The Head Is Wagging And The Tail Is Barking… (Feat. David Eby!)

I had a long phone call with Jennifer Allan on Thursday. I like Jennifer, she seems like a genuinely good person who is in the middle of something rather sinister. She self-describes as a Christian who, in a previous life spent over seven years as a prisoner’s rights advocate. Jenn tells me her motivation is, …

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Is BC Housing The New Riverview Hospital?

I’ve been doing some research for a story on the effects of the government closing down Riverview, and other mental health facilities- and how it helped turn Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside into the mess that it is. I found these very interesting videos interviewing a former employee/resident of Raincity housing.Notice how he mentions BC Housing has become …

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Letter to The CEO Of Vancouver Coastal Health About Cop Watch’s Attacks On Me

Trying to keep up-to-date on the shenanigans of Vancouver Cop Watch (VCW), I checked out their Facebook a couple of hours ago- and, wow, was I ever surprised to see what they had posted! It seems that I found evidence of a crime- an employee of Aldergrove Neighborhood Services made an illegal criminal record check …

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Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside: The Status Quo Is An Act Of Murder…

  SILENCE = DEATHOne of the reasons I’m so passionate about what is happening in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) is because of how horrified I was to see it when I moved back to Vancouver six years ago. The city has always had its problems- but, they weren’t nearly as bad when I left back …

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A Letter To Penny Ballem About Problems With Ivan Drury, Wendy Pederson & the DNC..

It seems that I’m not the only person who thinks that Ivan Drury and his crowd are a problem for Vancouver. Just have a look at what Ruth Meta wrote to City Manager Penny Ballem!

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