Downtown Eastside tenants in ‘crisis,' advocacy group says
The Carnegie Community Action Project’s latest housing report shows 2017 was the worst year for renters in the area since 2008, as rates rise and rooms close.
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Happy 10th birthday, Megaphone!
Non-profit organization has been working to ease the pain of poverty for a decade.
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Connection is the root of our power
Director's Corner: For 10 years, Megaphone has advocated for policy changes to the systems that entrench poverty and has put more than $500,000 directly into the pockets of homeless and low-income people.
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Remembering Sang Hussain
Warm, charming and determined to meet life’s challenges, Victoria vendor was a genuine pleasure to be around.
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Looking at controversy
2018 DOXA Documentary Film Festival features flicks about local rabble-rouser Harry Rankin and iconic photographer of North America’s Indigenous people, Edward Curtis.
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Finding Play
Arts Profile: Victoria’s popular interactive art display and party, Urbanite, is coming up this month
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Spreading the love
Cover Story: From Grand Chief Stewart Phillip to other folks deserving of extra celebration
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Is it goodbye forever for the Cobalt?
Cobalt Cabaret operator says “I think that’s it” for beloved bar.
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Undeniable electricity
Arts Preview: Vancouver Opera partners with The Kettle Society to produce a chamber musical about homelessness
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Putting a face to homelessness
Heartbeats: Connecting through storytelling and lived experience, Victoria’s Speakers Bureau is ready to be heard
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Ladies of Comedy
Feature: Just For Laughs NorthWest returns to the West Coast, with many women lighting up the stage.
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A lesson learned
Vendor Voices: Vancouver vendor Peter Thompson talks favourite food and the proper way to smoke fish
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Indigenous lives: Finally time to listen
Director's Corner: The truth is, to understand the realities of racism, the voices we need to listen to are those of the people most affected by it.
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Q&A: My father struggled with drug use
Vancouver journalist Trevor Jang shares what it was like growing up after losing a father to a drug overdose
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Meet Victoria’s Artist in Residence
Arts Profile: Victoria’s Artist in Residence gets an extension to share more of his social, environmental, and politically inspired work
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Coffee Cup Revolution
Viewpoints: Megaphone Vendor Hendrik Beune reflects on the Binners’ Project’s latest social innovation
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You got us there. We reached our stretch goal in under 48 hours!
We did it! You got us there. Way past there, even. Thank you.48 hours 80 backers 2 crowdfunding goals left in the dust. $6,560 raised to cover moving costs to Megaphone's new office.Thank you.
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We did it!! So we are upping the ante
Holy smokes! You guys really like label makers. You blew away all our expectations. We hit our goal of $4,000 in less than 5 hours!?! We’ve got the basics covered for our move, but we want to make the new vendor hub a great home base for our vendors. If...
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