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Tuesday, July 31
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – Anti-Olympics activists pushing for more social housing struck out this morning in their attempt to ‘evict’ MP David Emerson from his East Vancouver offices. APC members were met by security guards who had been hustled in to prevent any chaos. Earlier this year the offices [...]

November 08, 2006 – 9:37 pm
By: Katharine Kitts
Vancouver (NEWS1130) – Many of Vancouver’s homeless gathered with the Anti-Poverty Committee to protest a dinner and speech by Vancouver Mayor Sam Sullivan. More than a hundred protestors showed up to have their say.
Banners with messages demanding an end to homelessness in Vancouver rose above steaming bowls of [...]

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 | 1:05 PM PT CBC News
Two anti-poverty activists have been arrested by Vancouver police for taking blankets and water into a city-owned building being occupied by squatters, just down the street from city hall.
Kim Kerr of the Downtown Eastside Residents Association and a second person were arrested late Wednesday [...]

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 | 5:46 PM
CBC News
Vancouver police have moved in and ousted a small group of homeless activists from an abandoned hotel in the city’s Downtown Eastside.
Police read a final warning before 20 officers entered the vacant North Star hotel on Tuesday afternoon and removed the six squatters one by one.
There [...]