Hotel carries on with contentious evictions
A notorious Downtown Eastside residential hotel is continuing with what city officials describe as an illegal eviction, as part of a plan for a new condominium development. [more]
[The Globe and Mail, Sept 29, 2006]

City Notes: Whose fault is the housing crisis? New report warns of threats to affordable housing.
Most people have heard about Pivot Legal Society's excellent new report Cracks in the Foundation, warning of dire consequences if Vancouver City Council continues to allow the rapid decline of single room occupancy (SRO) rooms in downtown hotels. [more]
The Republic of East Vancouver, Sept 29, 2006]

People living in the American Hotel could still be kicked out
Residents of the American Hotel in the Downtown Eastside have won a legal fight to stay in their homes, but that could end up meaning nothing. [more]
[News 1130, Sept 29, 2006]

SURREY The number of homeless rising
By 2010, there could be at least double the number of homeless people living on Surrey streets, warns a city councillor.
Coun. Judy Villeneuve, who has championed the homeless and housing in this city for almost two decades, said a recent report in Vancouver mirrors what could happen here. [more]
[The Peace Arch News, Sept 26, 2006]

Homeless numbers to rise to 3,200 by 2010 Games
Think the homeless and street scene problem in Vancouver is bad now?A newly released study by the non-profit Pivot Legal Society claims that by the time the 2010 Olympics arrive, there will be 21/2 times the number of homeless people on our streets as there are today. [more]
[Vancouver Sun, Sept 22, 2006]

Homelessness on the rise
Vancouver's homeless numbers could almost triple by 2010 if current housing trends aren't stopped, warns a Downtown Eastside advocacy group. [more]
[24 Hours, Sept 22, 2006]

Vancouver homeless population may triple by 2010
Vancouver's homeless population is growing at such a fearsome rate that it could triple to 3,000 people by the time visitors arrive for the 2010 Olympic Games, says a report released by an advocacy group Thursday. [more - includes two TV news reports from the
CTV 6 p.m. news]
[CTV.ca, Sept 21, 2006]

Vancouver mayor calls looming homelessness crisis ‘national shame'
Visitors to Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics will be greeted with an “urban epidemic of poverty” in the city, unless immediate steps are taking to address homeless and housing problems, a report issued today warns. [more]
[Globe and Mail online, Sept 21, 2006]

Homelessness in Vancouver could triple by 2010: report
Vancouver faces an imminent low-income housing crisis unless all levels of government take urgent action, says a new report by a Downtown Eastside legal advocacy group. [more]
The Pivot Legal Society's report...
[CBC, Sept 21, 2006]

PIVOT predicts sky-high homeless rate by 2010
Vancouver isn't going to win a gold medal when it comes to looking after its homeless population according to a report prepared by the PIVOT Legal Society. The group is predicting a sky-high homeless rate by the time we host the 2010 Winter Olympics. [more]
[News 1130, Sept 21, 2006]

Non-profit research group says Vancouver headed for homelessness crisis
The very short notice that Lawrence Preeper got before he and everyone else in his building got booted out was bad enough — but the 10 days under the bridge was worse. [more]
[Vancouver Sun online, Sept 21, 2006]

Blind Man Assaulted by Skypigs Still Waiting for Outcome of Complaint
A blind man who claimed that he was assaulted by two SkyTrain police officers is asking what has happened to the complaint he filed. William Conway told the Georgia Straight that he last received an official update about his case on June 24...[more]
[Info'shop News, Sept 18, 2006]

Agreement struck, but benefits for Eastside minimal
It has been six years since the city of Vancouver, the province of British Columbia and the federal government announced a plan to improve the conditions of those living on the streets of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, but...[more]
[The Aboriginal Newspaper of British Columbia & Yukon, Sept 17, 2006]

Blind man claims cop abuse
A blind man who claimed that he was assaulted by two SkyTrain police officers is asking what has happened to the complaint he filed.[more]
[Georgia Straight, Sept 14, 2006]

Votes invited on Downtown Eastside photos
For the past four years, hundreds of people living in the Downtown Eastside have lined up to get a free disposable black and white camera so they can participate in the annual Hope in the Shadows photo contest and calendar... [more includes Global National TV link to
5-minute TV item]
[Vancouver Sun, Sept 13, 2006]

DTES locals get their say-Downtown Eastside photo contest
For the first time, Downtown Eastside residents will get their say in which photos make it into Pivot's annual Downtown Eastside calendar.[more]
[24 HOURS, Sept 11, 2006]

An Island Called Insite
"The most explosive outbreak of HIV infection in the Western world." That is how Dr. Thomas Kerr, a research scientist with the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, describes the 19 per cent...[more]
[TheTyee.ca, Sept 8, 2006]

Health Canada defers decision on Vancouver safe injection site
Health Canada has put off making a final decision on Vancouver's safe injection site... [more]
[News 1130, Sept 1, 2006]

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