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- Vancouver council accused of trying to muzzle activists
  Posted by Shemuses from CBC
  A social worker with the Downtown Eastside Residents Association accuses Vancouver city council of trying to silence its critics by pulling the funding for his position. Syd Tan worked with elderly Chinese people in the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown, but earlier this week, city council voted not to renew the $31,000-a-year funding for his position. Tan told CBC Radio Thursday he suspects it's because of DERA's participation in anti-Olympic and housing protests.
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- Housing money not enough: Vancouver activists
  Posted by Shemuses from CBC
  A Vancouver activist group vows to continue its protests in its ongoing battle with the city and the province over homelessness leading up to the 2010 Olympics, despite the province's promise of $80 million for affordable housing
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- $80M pledged to target homelessness in B.C.
  Posted by Shemuses from CBC
  The B.C. government has announced it will spend $80 million to buy 11 single room occupancy (SRO) hotels in Vancouver and Victoria, and to fund more supportive housing units in the Lower Mainland. Ten of the hotels are in Vancouver, most of them in the city's troubled Downtown Eastside. Government ownership means tenants of the hotels won't be evicted by developers moving into the hard-pressed neighbourhood.
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- America Gone Wrong: A Slashed Safety Net Turns Libraries into Homeless Shelters
  Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
  A dirty little secret about America is that public libraries have become de facto daytime shelters for the nation's street people while librarians are increasingly our unofficial social workers for the homeless and mentally disturbed.
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- Homeless Papers Go Global
  Posted by Shemuses from The Tyee
  Vancouver to Montreal, NYC and London, street papers fill pockets.
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- Surge in homeless hits New Orleans
  Posted by Jeff from Christian Science Monitor
  Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans faces a major crisis with homelessness. Already taxed to the breaking point on many fronts, the city has a homeless population that is now approximately double what existed before the storm – in a city half its previous size. Facing a severe shortage of affordable housing, displaced residents returning to the city along with an influx of construction trade workers are being forced to sleep in everything from cars to flooded-out houses...
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- Will 'Green' Building Be the Future of New Orleans?
  Posted by Shemuses from Alternet
  There is no shortage of "green" plans for rebuilding New Orleans. But what does sustainability mean to people without a roof over their heads?
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skye60 comments on:
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You can use it but please use the email address. Thanks, J. Kristiansen

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5:34 am 7/03/07
skye60 comments on:
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Sorry but I’ve quit using Outlook Express.

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8:25 am 6/14/07

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Shemuses
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Jodie lives, plays, and blogs in Vancouver, BC. Her day job at ONE/Northwest puts her talents to work supporting social change strategies for greening our world.
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