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Vancouver council aims to activate empty storefronts in DTES

Vancouver council aims to activate empty storefronts in DTES, with Mike Klassen saying "this is not a gentrification process as much as a revitalization.”

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Vancouver council aims to activate empty storefronts in DTES

Vancouver council aims to activate empty storefronts in DTES, with Mike Klassen saying "this is not a gentrification process as much as a revitalization.”

17 days ago

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Why There Is a Street in Canada Whose Name No One Can Pronounce

A street name that no one can pronounce? What sounds like a silly joke has a very serious background and has been implemented in Vancouver, Canada.

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Vancouver’s Housing Freeze Draws Fire from Indigenous rights advocates. - Alberta Native News

By John Wirth (ANNews) – In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), Indigenous people make up a disproportionate share of the unhoused population – a direct result of colonial dispossession, poverty, and systemic neglect. Now, a new policy from Mayor Ken Sim’s municipal government threatens to deepen this crisis. In February, Vancouver city council voted to freeze the construction of new supportive housing. The decision, led by Sim and his ABC Van…

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