the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
COVID-19 has impacted everyone — Elders, parents, youth, and children — in different ways. For some families who divide their time between communities, closures and lockdowns have made connecting difficult. However many have inspiring resilience. The Atleo family is one of them.
Continue reading COVID’s impact on an Indigenous family[Editorial by Bill Dougan, reprinted with permission and some editing; this article first appeared in Tideline on Jan 15, 2021]
As long as I have resided on Cortes Island, housing has been an issue. In my earlier days many folks had housing most of the year, but would move out to allow the owners to enjoy their property during the summer months. This was not an ideal situation but it now appears, in hindsight, the Good Ol’ Days.
This year we have 18 families residing on the Gorge Harbour Marina Resort property; most of these people are here because they cannot find a place to live. Some of these people have lived on Cortes Island for years, built a life here, have friends and children here… but now find themselves with no place to stay on a permanent basis .
Continue reading Who WIll Be Left? Cortes Island Housing crisisBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It’s been used for a tent city twice, a community garden, a street market and informal overdose prevention site, and for an emergency medical unit during the early days of Vancouver’s overdose crisis. Now construction of badly-needed social housing for the Downtown Eastside, promised in 2016, is set to start at 58 W. Hastings St.
Continue reading From tent city to affordable housing – 58 W Hastings Street in VancouverPeople have either moved, or are moving, into all four new units at the Cortes Island Seniors Village.
Continue reading Moving into the Seniors Village“The Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Affordable housing is within reach for British Columbians with a manageable amount of government investment, says a housing expert.
Continue reading Affordable housing is within reach for British Columbians
