Downtown Eastside
Opinions in Dialogue: Are local businesses good?
March 30, 2021Small and local businesses have been hit hard during this pandemic, increasing rally cries to support them. But are answering these calls the solution? Students Sara Wong and Meera Eragoda discuss the intricacies of this topic. Sara: To start off, buying local can be expensive. But if you have the budget to purchase a latte from Starbucks daily, I don’t see why you can’t support an independent coffee shop instead. This “support local” message can also be directed at people who spend a lot of money on beauty products, home accessories (like candles), and fast food items. Meera: There are…
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Spreading holiday cheer: A guide to volunteering this winter season
November 24, 2019As the great Michael Bublé sings, “It's that time of year I treasure, the time for giving, the best part of living.” This holiday season is one for giving, so The Peak has compiled this guide which provides an…
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Why are Vancouverites so afraid of homeless people?
August 1, 2018At the end of last year, the City of Vancouver faced backlash and protests when one of the locations for its temporary homeless housing project was claimed to be too close to an elementary school. The location in question was…
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Study finds bail ‘no-go’ zones block access to harm-reduction services
November 8, 2017A recent study shows that the bail conditions placed on alleged offenders — especially drug users — are preventing access to harm-reduction services in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. SFU geography professor Nicholas Blomley and master’s student William Damon recently…
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Gentrification: The Changing Demographic of the Downtown Eastside
July 1, 2012“Hey, do you like Earl’s?” asks a man with a ragged and unkempt appearance, offering me a $25 gift card to Earl’s that he had gotten while panhandling: he tells me how he had gone to an Earl’s restaurant to…
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Penny for your thoughts
January 23, 2012What to consider before giving change to the homeless in Vancouver “Panhandling isn’t a very lucrative career,” Thomas explained as we sipped warm coffees outside the entrance to Insite, the Downtown Eastside’s supervised injection site. “Well, for me it wasn’t…
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