Delisle sells Megaphone in the City of Victoria. Find Delisle on Douglas St at the Southwest corner of Douglas and Yates, near the Shopper's Drug Mart.    

Ted sells in the City of Victoria, outside the Yates St entrance to the Market on Yates.  

Craig sells in the City of Victoria, outside the London Drugs on Yates St, between Quadra and Vancouver St.  

Richard sells in the City of Victoria, outside The Bay Centre, on the bench to the left of the main Douglas St entrance, between Fort and View St.  

Evelyn sells in the City of Victoria in Cook St Village, at the corner of Cook St and Oxford St.  

John sells Megaphone in Victoria. Find him outside the Bay Centre near the main Douglas St entrance, between Fort and View St.  

   “I first started out working as a street paper vendor around 1993—that was when the street paper in Victoria was called The Redzone. I heard about The Redzone through the community and I thought, well, I want to join in.    

“There’s a church on East Hastings that street people call the hot dog church. I used to work there years ago—in those days, we were serving 200, 300 hot dogs a night.

On Friday, June 6 of all nights, I wanted to go home and try to get in some early sleep. I knew it was going to be a busy day the next day, not only for me, but for a lot of people: the people from the Downtown Eastside. 

With a wide, warm smile and a contagious positive energy, Stephen Scott is a joy to be around, which makes him a natural for the cover of this issue. But the gregarious Megaphone and Hope in Shadows vendor has had more than a few setbacks in his life.