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TRANSPARENCY The Provincial audit of the Mounties will be kept secret from the public MEMORY BUS Translink will lower its flags to half-staff in honour Jack Layton's massive contributions to public transit in BC BLUSH Come out and see the "We Demand": History/Sex/Activism in Canada conference this weekend HOMES There is...
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Block Rocking Beats: Victory Square Block Party Returns
Last year, Megaphone Magazine and Music Waste joined forces to revive the yearly Victory Square Block Party, much to the excitement of a park packed full of music and comedy lovers. This year, summer will once again go out with a bang as the Block Party returns with a...
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PICTURE PERFECT Photographer Joshua Hergesheimer has been travelling the developing world and splitting the profits of his images HOMES As the Lookout Shelter reaches its 40th anniversary, it notes that the average age of homeless people has dropped from 65 to 32. Meganews does not have the slightest inkling what a stat...
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Real to Reel: Vancouver’s self-proclaimed anti-film school is changing how non-profit organization raise awareness
Photo by Natasha Kanji. Filmmaker Steven Rosenberg was half a world away when he came up with the idea for an affordable film school for Vancouver. It was while working in India—where he taught students to create films and plays with little to no resources, but still have fun...
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LONG LUNCH The Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement have ceased their daily lunch and clothing service at Oppenheimer Park, which has run since 1926 HOMES A lesson some people who don't support transit should learn: property prices increase the closer they are to Skytrain BOOKS Kids these days and libraries: they dress...
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Stirring Argument: The densification debate in Vancouver heats up
In housing-obsessed Vancouver, the way new homes are planned and built reflects a host of civic issues more widespread than the simple construction of a new apartment building. It raises concerns about affordability, the balance of power at City Hall, the growth of the region and how the demographic...
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ERICKSON'S FOLLY Downtown businesses still want cars everywhere, even over Robson Square NEATO Photo of newly found old bakery sign on the old Dr Vigari gallery REPORTS City says it will listen to list of West End renter grievances ON THE BUSSES It has taken four years, but there is...
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Victory Square Block Party
Once again Megaphone is proud to co-present the Victory Square Block Party—a free community concert this Sunday, September 4th, at Victory Square Park. This fantastic event, happening yearly since 2004, focuses on forging and revitalizing connections between community members, artists, locals and visitors alike. It will also have some rockin'...
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LEGLESS Convicted drunk driver appointed as Canada's high commissioner to the UK THE MEDIA Meganews links to the solely because of the headline: Rock Snot is Vancouver Island's least-loved export HUMAN TRAFFICKING A day in the life of Vancouver slave labour HOMES Heritage Vancouver hearts the idea of laneway houses...
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HOMES BC Government continues to kick developmentally disabled people out of group homes HOMES 2 Tenants say that the market can't provide proper housing, landlords say it sure can, if government will give them buckets of money HOMES 3 Inside the squalid world of BC rental arbitration IT'S OKAY TO...
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GOOD NEIGHBOURS Pharmacist opens tiny West End pharmacy that specialises in people with HIV and AIDS and other chronic diseases. METHADONE CLINIC cry neighbours PIGEONS, ROOSTING First Nations have found that China is quite happy to treat them squarely NOT ENOUGH The Missing Women inquiry, after denying lawyers to several parties, has...
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HOMES Five neighbourhoods outside Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside will become priority destinations for homeless shelters and permanent units in the next three years as part of the city’s new housing plan BATTER UP Grandview-Woodland, Marpole and the West End are the next three areas to be gentrified up SLOPPY JOSEPHINE Yet another fire...
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HOMES Vancouverites tell City Council what they think afforadable housing is. Weirdly, million dollar flats in condo buildings with twee names are not on the iist. SHACKING UP Some Vancouverites think collective housing is the answer TCHOTKES Vancouver Heritage is having a clearout sale 生日快樂 Chinatown celebrates 125 years of awesomeness...
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Pull Focus: Vancouver film school provides community story-telling
Vancouver's Pull Focus is an "anti-film school" dedicated to giving students marketable media skills, while raising awareness about social justice issues by partnering with local non-profits to produce short films about their organizations. In Megaphone #84 we go inside the film school to see how its changing its students' lives and creating social change...
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Voices of the Street: James Witwicki
Last May Megaphone held a launch event at the Waldorf Hotel for our special literary issue, Voices of the Street. Leading off the night was Megaphone vendor James Witwicki, who wowed the crowd with his brilliant poetry. Every time I read or listen to James' work, I am...
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POUND FOOLISH BC Government cuts funds to the Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Thank goodness there is no more need for it. GREAT SAVINGS More on the wisdom of saving money on the Missing Women Inquiry GENTRIFICATION You know that the street meat trend is over when the corporations get...
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Sales expert gives Megaphone and Hope in Shadows vendors tips
Sales Talent Agency co-owner Jamie Scarborough leads a vendor training workshop at the Interurban Gallery. When selling Megaphone magazine or the Hope in Shadows calendar, vendors have a real challenge in trying to close a sale in the few seconds they often have to interact with passersby. in order to give...
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Poverty Predictions: B.C. not as poor as we think, says economics professor Krishna Pendakur
Photo by Ahmad Kavousian. Krishna Pendakur was this close to becoming a sociologist. The Simon Fraser University professor of economics had completed his bachelor of arts in sociology at the University of British Columbia, but after choosing a masters of arts degree in economics, he realized he would be...
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A QUESTION OF TIME People who were abused at Woodlands after August 1, 1974 can expect some compensation. People who were abused before 1974 can get stuffed. ALL AROUND THE TOWN Frances has a piece about the new telephone area code, but Meganews notices that, as a reporter, she liked...
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First of 14 supportive housing projects finally opens in Vancouver
More than a year behind schedule, the first of the 14 supportive housing projects on city land officially opened yesterday in the Downtown Eastside. Located at Pender and Abbott streets, Sorella—which means ‘sister’ in Italian—is a 10-storey building with 108 units for women, a garden patio, a...
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