Downtown Eastside News Digest mid-April 2008

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Expose Canada's perfidy, too - The Kingston Whig-Standard

The Kingston Whig-Standard, Canada

Further, Vancouver's rundown Downtown Eastside neighbourhood is being gentrified, and police intimidation of the homeless population is intensifying as the ...


Restoring a landmark, reviving a neighbourhood - Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail, Canada

VANCOUVER -- On a troubled block of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, where bars cover doors and windows and drugs are injected openly, members of the ...


An Eastside love story - Metro Canada - Vancouver

Metro Canada - Vancouver, Canada

That idea of two contrasting groups existing in one city, and the misperceptions they have of each other, is the basis of A Downtown Eastside Romeo and ...
Romeo and Juliet turned rom-com

Three plays to go see this week


Harm reduction champion calls for more housing - Vancouver Courier

Vancouver Courier,  Canada

Abrahams, who on April 24 will receive an award for his longstanding harm reduction work among Downtown Eastside mothers and their children, says the Lower ...
The full set of reports on Vancouver's supervised injection site ...

Drug study is being 'shamelessly distorted' by health professionals


THEATRE: NOW PLAYING - Globe and Mail

Globe and Mail, Canada

In Long's vision of Vancouver, year 2012, the Olympic Games have been cancelled and drug-addicted outsiders, having been shooed from the Downtown Eastside ...
Strange tale a must-see


New arts spaces in the Downtown Eastside may be part of the ... - Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Sun,  Canada

But here's a copy of the mayor's original request to the province, which talks about also using it for all kinds of arts projects in the Downtown Eastside, ...


Vancouver shelter for street youth gets $5 M - CBC.ca


CBC.ca


CBC.ca, Canada

The problems of homelessness and inadequate social housing can be seen in most areas in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. "When you see them on the street, ...
VANOC Antes up for Shelter

Youth emergency shelter to expand

Homeless advocates laud millions for youth shelter, but say much ...


Where bigger means better - Vancouver Sun


Vancouver Sun


Vancouver Sun,  Canada

Vancouver's unique Downtown Eastside recycling depot -- started and run by binners -- is looking for a new location so it can expand what has become one of ...


Opposing signs on downtown Eastside - Vancouver Sun

Vancouver Sun,  Canada

So are the signs of poverty, especially on the Downtown Eastside, with its legions of homeless, mentally ill, and addicted. So how does one measure the ...

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