Meet Delisle D
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.
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Meet Ted H
Ted sells in the City of Victoria, outside the Yates St entrance to the Market on Yates.
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Meet Craig B
Craig sells in the City of Victoria, outside the London Drugs on Yates St, between Quadra and Vancouver St.
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Meet Richard G
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.
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Meet Evelyn B
Evelyn sells in the City of Victoria in Cook St Village, at the corner of Cook St and Oxford St.
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Meet John Chomyn
John sells Megaphone in Victoria. Find him outside the Bay Centre near the main Douglas St entrance, between Fort and View St.
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"Selling the paper is our livelihood" - Delisle Doucet, Victoria
“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.
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Where You'll Find Me - for Dan Decoste, a Hot Dog Church on East Hastings
“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.
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Vendor Voices: For Peter Thompson, The Hope in Shadows photo contest is an annual celebration of community
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.
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Meet Stephen Scott
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.
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