GREGOR'S SHELTERS RAISING HEAT - Oldtown News

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Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCGREGOR'S SHELTERS RAISING HEATBack in December 2008 when Vancouver's new Mayor embarked on a hastily put together plan to open 3 temporary shelters which were actually run-down shacks. I took it upon myself to visit these places and wrote about the potential problems within them.Mayor Robertson called them low-barrier shelters which is a code word for flophouse. The guests of the shelters were given free reign to do as they wished. There was no rules or regulations. Ther...

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Downtown Eastsider Don Jackson celebrates his birthday, between cigarettes....

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Shifting Gears II – Walking

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Rodney Tolley at UBC Robson Square, Monday June 8, 2009Rodney Tolley is the Director of WALK 21 and Honorary Research Fellow, Staffordshire University, UK, who was at the end of a cross Canada program of workshops masterclasses looking at t...

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Standing Up for Community: Readings and presentations by Shirley Chan, Hayne Wai and Larry Wong for Eastside Stories

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Eastside Stories is an offshoot of the Heart of the City Festival, 3 community leaders will speak at Carnegie Centre June 21st at 3pm. Shirley Chan, Hayne Wai and Larry WongEvent 3. Standing up for Community with Shirley Chan, Hayne Wai and Larry Wo...

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