tent city
CRAB Park Tent City organizes online winter fundraiser
Peak Web January 13, 2023By: Aditi Dwivedi, News Writer CRAB Park tent city “Ayx Village,” is the only encampment deemed legal by the BC Supreme Court. This year they organized a fundraiser to support residents throughout the winter. Fiona York, a volunteer and advocate of Ayx Village, sat down for an interview with The Peak. York hopes to receive continued support from the community and appeals to the provincial government to take concrete steps towards solving the housing crisis in BC. According to York, the Tent City in Vancouver is “a landmark of the whole country because it’s the first time there has ever…
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We need safer homeless shelters, not just more of them
Peak Web May 8, 2017Right now, there are cities springing up within cities. The walls in these spaces are made of nylon and canvas rather than anything like brick, but in some ways, they’re stronger shelters than anything their predecessors have given to their…
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