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Assaulted

August 10th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Friday evening at around midnight, I was walking home, minding my own business, messaging on my iPhone, when I was assaulted.  As I was looking down at my phone, I noticed someone approach me out of the corner of my eye, with a direct line towards me.  As she passed, she gave me a hard [...]

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Tags: DTES · assaulted · downtown eastside · gastown · iPhone · resident

365 Days From Today

February 12th, 2009 · No Comments

The city will be visited by over 2.3 million people. Visitors will see the Vancouver streets as we have never seen them before. The over 1500 homeless residents (2008 statistic) of the Vancouver streets will be removed to present a sanitary facade for visitors to the city during the Olympic Games. The [...]

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Tags: 2010 · downtown eastside · gastown · homeless · olympic · vancouver