WOMEN’S HOUSING NOW!
* New time and location *
Please come rally at 5pm out front of the DTES Women’s Center (302 Colombia) that is currently being occupied by women demanding that it be open 24 hours to provide safe shelter.
We will march from there to the Library and [...]

The Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre Elders Council, the women at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre, and supporters are currently maintaining the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre as a 24-hour space for women’s housing. The women, predominantly indigenous women, are demanding that the city respond to the crisis in women’s housing and provide housing for women immediately.
The [...]

Sunday Nov. 19th @ 5pm
DTES Women’s Centre
(302 Columbia St.)
Hey folks,
The Elders Council and the women at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Center are calling on allies and supporters to come down and support the occupation for the right to women’s housing. The center will be occupied [...]

OCAP Squats a Building in the Mayor of Toronto’s Neighbourhood.
Read an account of the action on the OCAP website –>
Watch a video of the action on Homelessnation.org –>
Victoria’s Ad Hoc Committee on Homelessness Forces the City to take Action on Housing
Read a news article on Victoria’s homelessness strategy –>

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 [...]

From: Ad-Hoc Committee to End Homelessness
To: City of Victoria: Mayor, Councillors and Staff

Provide $190,000 Operating Funds to Open 50 Overnight Shelter Beds at Our Place, 713 Johnson St., for Winter 2006/2007 (until March 31/07)
Purchase/lease one of the following vacant buildings and convert to [...]

DINNER WITH THE MAYOR!
2 W. Hastings (corner of Carrall)
Wednesday Nov. 8th 5:30
Join the Sam Sullivan soup line and demand social housing, rent control, squatters rights and the end of policing homelessness. As mayor and chair of the police board Sam can do these things, but only if we make him!

At 5:00pm the Vancouver Police Department sent 40 officers in full riot gear, equipped with tear gas canisters and rubber-bullet guns, into the Women’s City Hall Housing Takeover at 2530 Cambie Street.
Barricaded into the second floor of the building, the eight remaining protesters sat together repeating, ‘there are eight of us here, we are not [...]

The Anti-Poverty Committee is still occupying a building at 2530 Cambie Street (latest call-out with details is attached below).
At 2pm, a third supporter was arrested as he attempted to send a sleeping bag to the people inside. People inside the building and out shouted their anger as police arrested and removed another supporter.
A press [...]

Wednesday, November 1, 2006
5:00pm (earlier for those who are able)
Support Rally
2530 Cambie Street (near Cambie & Broadway)

This morning, Kim Kerr and Thomas Malenfant were arrested and charged with obstruction while attempting to get essential supplies inside the occupied building. Since the building was surrounded by police yesterday afternoon, they have not allowed anything or anyone [...]