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Opening: Friday, June 3, 2016, 7pm - lOpm
SMAll ARTS GRANTS Gallery Hours: Wed - Sat, Ipm - 5pm
Vancouver Foundation and Carnegie Community Centre are proud to present the 2016 Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants Group Show. The show is free and runs from June 3 to 24 at the lnterurban Gallery. Curated by new media artist and designer Jen Castro, more than 45 grantees will showcase their art in a wide range of mediums including painting, mixed media, photography, literary arts, textile, video, and more. Many of the displayed items will be for sale and 100% of the sales will go to the artists. Participating Artists* :Adrienne Macallum, Alan Sayers, Anyuta Gusakova, Ben Poulton, Brad Hill, Cate Wikelund, Cathy Lau, David Ogilvie, Debra McNaught, Deirdre Keohane, Diane Wood, Don Chow, Douglas Carey, Dustin Von Petzinger, Eileen Clabburn "40", Ewan McNeil, Floyd Bernard, Gabriela Peana, Mimi Ama, Isaac Lewis, James Kemp, Janice aka Jujube Jacinto, Jeff Wilson, Jennifer Mitton, Jenny Hawkinson, Jim Sands, Jim Dewar, Jane, Jo McRobb, Katherine Soucie, Kathryn Alma-Nihte, Lance Lim, Laurie Goldsmith, Markp, Marj, Maria Gaudin, Leanne Armstrong, , Maryanne Danylchuk, Michael Edward Nardachioni, Norman James Hall, Rebecca Slattery, Ross Den Otter, Simone Richmond, Stella Castell, Teresa Pocock, Timothy Kirsch, Venus Soberanes, Zola ...•••••••••••••••••••••••••••
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Thank you for your interest in supporting Gallery Gachet through our online auction!
Open House at We'Press Saturday, June 18th, 2016 from 1 to 6 pm at WePress in Vancouver's Chinatown
Contribute by bidding on artworks from our IN THIS TOGETHER exhibition. To view the art and to place a bid visit: www.32auctions.com/gallerygachet.
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If you have any questions about the bidding process contact@gachet.org or 604 687 2468. To learn more about us and to support our fundraising efforts please visit 88 East Cordova in Vancouver and online: www.gachet.org. We welcome donations on the auction site or directly through our website or in person. Thank you for your in-kind gifts or volunteer time. We appreciate your help in circulating information about this fundraiserl
Featuring bookmaking with Karen Ward, letterpress demonstrations, the opening of an art installation by Cara Seccafien. Snacks provided. Everyone welcome! details at www.wepress.ca
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CARNEGIE BOARD ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY JUNE 2ND 2016 I~ THE CARNEGIE THEATRE @ 5:30 PM NOMINATIONS FOR THE BOARD WILL BE HELD ATTHE MAY 5TH MEETING
TO NOMINATE
SOMEONE, YOUR CARNEGIE CARD MUST BE DATED NO LATERTHAN APRIL 5TH.
TO RUN FOR THE BOARD A PERSON MUST; •
HAVE A MEMBERSHIP CARD DATED NO LATERTHAN APRIl3RD
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BE OVER 16
2016
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LIVE OR WORK (paid or unpaid) IN THE AREA
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BE AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CENTRE
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HAVE CONTRIBUTED 30 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK TO THE CARNEGIE CENTREOR THE ASSOCIATION IN THE YEAR PREVIOUS TO THE ELECTION
TO VOTE AT THE AGM ON JUNE 2ND YOUR MEMBERSHIP CARD SHOULD HAVE A DATE NO LATERTHAN MAY 2ND; 2016
CARNEGIE NEEDS PEOPLE LIKE YOU The Carnegie Board runs our Community and the way it functions.
Centre. We are a group of volunteers
who care about the Centre
There is one board meeting a month and seven committees oversee different aspects of the Centre. Board members make up the following committees: Volunteer - chooses those honoured at volunteer dinners and other volunteer matters Program - recommends events and activities Education/library - deals with issues from our library, one of the busiest VPL locations, and with the Learning Centre on the third floor Seniors -: Our seniors are active and this committee
is dedicated to them.
Community Relation' - hears from the community well as overseas CCAP staff and reports
about issues and events and requests for support, as
Oppenheimer Park - The park and its programs are a part of Carnegie. We just recently succeeded in getting a traffic light put in at Jackson and Powell Streets. Finance - All requests/recommendations are monitored here.
for money go here as well as grant requests.
Most Board members commit to three committees
Financial statements
a month.
We thank existing Board members for their hard work and are grateful for all those who have served-the Board in the past. And we look forward to working with those who will serve in the future. Respectfully submitted, Phoenix Winter and Lisa David
Candidates - in their own words
Phoenix Winter
Gilles Cyrenne
mentally unwell. She ended up at Carnegie and is grateful for the many opportunities here. She is a
Phoenix Winter came to the DTES homeless and I have been volunteering at the Carnegie Learning Centre for two years helping with ESL,access to
long-term
member of CCAP and has gratefully
services and support for upgrading. I am a member
served on the Carnegie Board for the last 5 years.
of the Thursday Writing Collective and I write with
She has been president for the last 2 years and there is still so much work to do ...
Fire Writers. My poetry deals with community and personal recovery.
political concerns
Being on the Carnegie Board is an opportunity
to
Adrienne MacAllum Adrienne came to the Carnegie as a volunteer
to
the learning centre in 2002 and became a board
help the Centre continue its great contribution life in the Downtown
Eastside. I have extensive ex-
perience in community
in
member in 2007. She has been Corresponding Secretary on the Board for almost 10 years and looks
governance boards and
have lived in the DTESfor sixteen years.
forward to continuing in this position. She is an artist and digital storyteller and does a lot of yoga. She
James Pau
loves everything the Carnegie does for this com
A retired healthcare professional puncture and Traditional
in nursing, acu-
munity and participates
in many of its programs.
Chinese Medicine. He op-
erated a Wellness Centre in the DTESfrom 1997 to
Usa David
2005 to provide free, unlimited
Lisa David was born & raised in Vancouver, and has lived in the Downtown Eastside for 21 years. She
treatment
to com-
munity members. Since his arrival in Canada in 1975 he has been volunteering in the community,
active in various issues
including HIV/AIDS, IDU, homelessness, seniors, poverty and other fields of endeavour.
has served on the Carnegie Community Centre As-
a
sociation Board for number of years. Her main • areas of concern for the DTESare affordable housing for people with low incomes, the need for
He serves and continues to serve the neighbour-
higher welfare rates, & better-quality
hood with enthusiasm, generosity of spirit, time
for people who have mental health issues.
and energy to help our community
Mike Tapp Mike Tapp was born and raised in Vancouver. He
improve the lives of disadvantaged
members and to residents.
care/support
Joanne Shaw
served 15 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and
My name is Joanne Shaw and I am running for the Carnegie Board. I have been going to Carnegie for
has been volunteering
has had three terms on Carnegie's Board ('99-'00,
over 2 decades and currently volunteer
'03-'04, '15-'16) and is chairperson of the Seniors
several
at Carnegie since 1997. He
hours per week at CCAP. I have been an antipov-
Committee.
erty activist and human rights activist for 25 years.
Priscillia M Tait
I live in the Downtown
I am a devoted mother from the wetsuwet'en territory in northern B.C. who has been actively in-
Eastside of Vancouver.
I am
a writer and singer, songwriter. I have won international awards for my song lyrics and have written a novel which I am seeking publication
for. It would
be my pleasure to serve on the board at Carnegie and I would like to count on your vote June 2.
volved with the D.T.E.S. community
Stay Beautiful (a~Heart
since 2007.
Pat McSherry Dear Carnegie Community
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Centre Association
members, I would be pleased and honoured to serve another year on the Board. Please come to our Annual General Meeting on June 2nd and vote. Wilson Liang We help to keep Carnegie as a welcoming
place to
our low income community members. As a board member in the past two years, I am passionate in helping people by actively participating
in local iss-
ues and advocating for our people. Margaret Teng I am Margaret Teng. I have had experience volunteering at Carnegie for 5 years now, first as 2nd floor Receptionist, and then as Tutor for the Learning Centre. Carnegie is like a second home to me and while I am able, I would like to make some contributions
in running for the Board.
Debra McNaught Born and raised here in Vancouver, I love the DTES and am proud to live and work and play here. There are many challenges facing our community
and we
need strong voices to fight for the rights of those of us who live here. It would be an honour to serve a second term on the Board of the Carnegie Association and hope I may have the privilege of doing so. Fraser Stuart I have been active in the DTESfor many years with the Carnegie Community Action Project. I have been on the Carnegie Board for the past three years and look forward to serving again in these changing times. Gary Moore I'm running again as a board member because I've been asked to by the people. They seem to think I should be heard for some crazy reason.
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From the Library Big congratulations to the recipients of the DTES Small Arts Grant! Your creativity and passion is an inspiration. Have a great time at the launch on June 3rd at the lnterurban Gallery. If you are a burgeoning artist consider some of these new titles at the library to help maintain the artistic flow. The Artist's Compass: The complete guide to building a life and a living in the performing arts (2016) by Rachel Moore. To survive as an artist often means that one must be an entrepreneur. Moore recognizes the challenges of the industry, and provides realistic business advice to sustain a career. Create With Artists.An art activity book for everyone (2016) by Rixt Pol. This book contains advice and workshop ideas from 23 of the world's renowned artists and designers to spark the creative spirit in everybody. The artistic mediums include painting, sculpture, video, design, graffiti, and photography. Hope, Make, Heal: 20 crafts to mend the heart (2016) by Maya Donenfeld. When faced with tragedy, people often need time alone to grieve and process thoughts. Donenfeld recognizes the power of artistic creations to channel one's energy and quiet the mind. This is a beautiful book full of inspiration and hopeful words. Make Your Mark: The new urban artists (2016) by Tristan Manco. The book states that "students, artists, and anyone interested in art will be inspired by the integrity and grit of these unconventional creators on the rise." There are 35 urban artists featured, ranging from tattoo art, poster design, comic drawing and more from around the world. Storytelling with Collage: Techniques for layering color and texture (2016) by Roxanne Stout. Tell your story and capture your poetic thoughts by collecting and compiling paper, fabric, stitching and found objects. Stout guides the reader into new creative realms. Your librarian, Natalie
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You Just Need To Listen Sirens sting the day's crisp air A fire engine blows by, lights flashing Hiss Hiss Hiss as the bus pulls up And lingers to a stop As the doors creek open The herds head off Others trade places "Let us in" "let us out" Honk Honk Honk Boom Boom As a crane reverses "Was that a tuba?" Delivery man slams down a rear door And the latch slaps shut Tic Tic Tic. Tic Tic Tic A bicycle speeds by with an uptown rider Dressed out in his fancy tights And shining helmet
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A little red rusty beater lays on his horn As the pitter patter of jaywalkers saunter past Clip Clop clip Clip Clop clip An old woman drags a 3wheeled suitcase As she crosses the bumpy road Unaffected by the absentee 4th wheel Ting Ting TingTing .... As the coins drop One after another Into the never ending Parking meters. Clang Click. Clang Click as a tow-truck driver slows He looks left and right Tap ...Tap ...Tap ...Tap Echoes from the a man limping With his bent wooden cane Probably older than dirt Foreign languages are a constant background murmur Then another Siren stings the day's crisp air We are all conductors Of the Downtown Orchestra .. Jackie Humber
NO HOMES >
NO PEACE
I have been evicted; worse than that renovicted. Where do I go? Where do I turn!? After being used & abused by the slumlord that supposedly runs this dumpy rathole, infested with vermin - too many to list - along with mold, cracked paint falling to the floor.. all lit up glaringly by a single stark nakedly dangling lightbulb. The corrupt owners of this c~sspool are paying 'managers' to go door-to-door (If you are fortunate enough to have one that closes (locks)) bribing the tenants with cold, hard cash (counterfeit?) to get lost & vacate the premises immediately ~ to swim with the sharks in the inadequate, overpriced rental housing market that is lacking in quality as much as in quantity. It's a pressure cooker that has quickly evolved into a shell game with the stark possibility that anything different could be bulldozed by tomorrow. From the rubble, as fast as possible, will be the staggeringly expensive cookie-cutter highrise condo's - that have gotten blanket approval throughout the Downtown Eastside via rubber stamp permits via City Hall. There is little or no consultation with long-term residents of our neighbourhood including Chinatown, Strathcona and acidly encroaching on the Commercial Drive area. It's a frighteningly sinister encroachment and proceeds like a juggernaut despite the FACT of a vast majority of residents being loudly & clearly opposed. This opposition is noted, heard & ignored by all levels of uncaring governments. Thh consider the multitudes of citizens relentlessly protesting to be subhuman nobodys; under their system of governance there is no transparency for each period of four year dictatorships. Under this guise it's their way or the highway 10 matter what the circumstances Fairness or benevolence be damned! We say they've got another thing coming because we are relentless, immovable & united in thought, deed and a strong, forceful opposition to all they throw up trying to obscure what is rea\1~ going on ~o decimate our community. Our unswerving mantra IS
Give us your naked, your poor, and'1r those bereft of clothing ... ! News Flash: The Poor do not own clothing! It's true! At least that appears to be the thinking behind one notorious new condominium development here in the DTES because the units constructed and set aside for the 'deserving' poor have no closet space. You read that right; in other words, no place to warehouse your clothes. (Well hey they're poor people and everyone knows the poor don't take care of anything so tossing their gear on the floor or into a corrugated box is good enough for them). But wait --- it gets worse! Along with actively discouraging the poor from accumulating clothing to begin with, there are no laundry facilities available on "the poor floor," or anywhere else in the building for that matter, since all the socially superior Rich have their own in-suite laundry facilities? Just a wild guess but do ya think some greedy developer, all PO'd because he was forced to adhere to City Hall's nebulous "social mix housing" definition and exempt a handful of suites he could be charging nose-bleed pricing for, eliminated the laundry option out of spite? Because his ability to maximize the obscene profits from hightend rentals and sales to dumb hipsters has been interfered with? Do ya think maybe this was deliberate? Inquiring minds want to know. By Joey A
OPENING SOON!
NO HOMES NO PEACE. We will have safe, secure, affordable & decent homes and shelter for all who want & need this. This kind of housing is our right, everyone deserves it and recognition of this is long overdue. ROBYN LlVINGSTONE.
WERE RENOVATING EYHYlH1NG!
And The Roof Comes Off! As part of the City of Vancouver's Capital Maintenance Plan, the Carnegie Centre's roof will be replaced, including the flashings. At the same time one of the HVAC units will be removed & replaced. This project will commence as early as next week (still to be confirmed) and should be completed within 2 months. We can definitely expect disruptions on Main Street, Hastings Street & the alley way. There will also be considerable noise which will be audible throughout the building during those times when the current roofing materials are being removed. Additionally, we can expect building odors such as sealants & tar when the new roofing is applied. The ventilation system will be turned off during these times to eliminate as much of the odors as possible & I have asked the Project Manager to provide advance notice when this work is being done. I will be posting signs throughout the building to notify our patrons. The contractors involved are Advanced Systems Roofing & Waterproofing Ltd. & Just Mechanical (sub-contractor) for HVAC replacement. The scope of the work is as follows: Scope of Work: Remove & dispose existing south roof system; Deliver & install new roof system with a 2% slope to properly drain water offthe roof; New perimeter flashing; New guardrails south of the roof hatch; Adjust all roof penetrations to suit new roof system Project Schedule: Proposed construction schedule: May 24 to July 29
Scaffolding - week of May 24; Adjust all roof penetrations - week of May 30; Re-roofing - 3 to 4 weeks; FlashinglMetal work - 2 to 3 weeks; Guardrail - 1 week NOTE: construction schedule may change as work starts, but I'll notify everyone of any changes; NOTE: temporary ventilation fans will be provided to Carnegie Centre on days the rooftop units are disconnected; NOTE: Advanced and Just Mechanical to advise the City of Vancouver, with notice, as to when the units are being disconnected, reconnected, and when the HVAC and AC units are being replaced. Work Plan & Staging:
An elevated scaffolding with hoist will be at the southeast corner of the building above the fire exit All contractors are on their own to find parking Parking at the northwest corner of the building will NOT be permitted for anyone involved with the project Advanced will NOT be using a crane for materials to and from the roof Advanced will use a company truck to load and unload materials and will use a portion of the sidewalk Advanced to board up south aluminum fencing in the east patio and a portion of the scaffolding will be boarded up and wrapped up for security and safety purposes. Advanced to provide portable toilet for their own use which will be located in the enclosed southeast corner area A key set will be given to Advanced Project Lead Hours of Work: Monday to Friday weather permitting - if 30% chance of rain, no roofing work will be done
Start as early as 7am and will work as late as 7pm I will do my best to update everyone as the project moves along. Let's hope for good weather, so that it gets done as quickly as possible. Though we may be inconvenienced, this project is long overdue & will hopefully resolve our many Centre's leaks. If you have any questions or concerns now or during the project, please do not hesitate to let me know. Sharon Belli, Assistant Director, Carnegie Community Centre, 401 Main Street, Vancouver, BC V6A 2T7 Tel. (604) 665 3545 Fax (604) 606 2736 Carnegie Community Centre: www.carnegiecentre.ca
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Murder This happened long ago. I knew this man & woman. They had a son who was tall and blond. He lived in the Washington Hotel. A few years ago they changed the name to the Maple Hotel. This young guy took a bath but the lock was broken. While he was in the bath this man walked in with a rope and strangled him to death with it. So people living there should always lock the door. The police never did apprehend that person and no one knows who he was. By Marlene Wuttunee PS If you live there now make sure you lock the door
Zero vacancy rate Landlords giggle all the way to golf Low income seniors people on handicap pensions welfare recipients and early CPP collectors anticipate moving to cardboard boxes in high end restaurants' durnpster infested alleys City's new definition of low income Shifts upward with every rising tide New social housing in the now cool neighbourhood becomes temporary landing pads for apprentic~ yuppies and oh so cool bourgeois bohemian boo boo hipsters In spaces among the grit and determination damaged people struggle to reclaim humanity a thousand artists work create a better world The damaged and the artist often the same are staking a claim here for real affordability for ability to remain in this neighbourhood in this community we call home Our housing can't wait It's our creativity our street scene that makes it all so cool to now live here but now upscaling and gentrification works at turning it all into yet just another classy cool pretentious enclave . where locals are just another bother to get rid of All this a product of a market fundamentalist juggernaut that steam roles over whatever's not making instant cash for the next quarter's profit and loss statement Whatever happened to asking How does this affect the next seven generations
Determination All my life I drank beer and wine. I used to live at a Lodge on W Pender St where I drank whiskey once a week. I lived there for five years then moved to Native Housing where I drank beer. My doctor, Dr. Batt, told me one of the worst ways to die was from cirrhosis of the liver. I went for a checkup & my liver was okay, no cirrhosis. I'm very lucky after all the alcohol I consumed through my life. One day I decided to quit drinking altogether. I did not go to AA or to a treatment center. I used my mind By Marlene Wuttunee
People made homeless lose their children Homeless people die twenty years younger Valuable lives lost Parentless children in turn are lost to the street's dark side while corporate greed bathes in its billions laughing all the way to its yacht . bought with converting a low cost community into high end eateries cool unaffordable shops and boo boo client digs Gilles Cyrenne
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We need more social housing at welfare & pension rents and we need it at 58 W. Hastings. That was the message from about 200 Downtown Eastside residents and friends at a Paint-in held on May 21 at the community garden across from Army Navy on Hastings St.
Community rejects the city's plan for 58 West Hastings, paints their own vision
Our Homes Can't Wait organized the community paint-in, which featured Chinese steam buns and bannock, music by the Camival band and speeches by local residents who painted the wall of the Portland Hotel which faces the garden.
Gilles Cyreene of the CCAP explained that we have virtually a "zero vacancy rate and landlords giggling all the way to the golf course" while low income people "anticipate moving to cardboard boxes."
"Social housing here, now," one person painted. "End violence against women in Sahota Hotels," and "House the homeless first" were some of the other messages on the wall. "Are they [the government] going to meet the eeds of the community or not," asked Wilson Liang, a DTES resident and one of the speakers. "They know what the needs are."
The Paint -ln was part of the Our Homes Can't Wait campaign, which has already been endorsed by groups representing over 100,000 people. The Campaign calls for governments to build 100% welfare/pension rate housing on 10 city owned sites in the DTES, a rent freeze, preserving and improving the SROs until needed social housing is built, and putting the community vision for housing at 58 W. Hastings in place.
"Government owns this land," said Martin Steward of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). "We need affordable housing for everybody, housing to support people who have low incomes."
Thanks to the Carnival Band, Culture Saves Lives (for letting us use the wall), and to ev- . eryone who came out to send the message that we need more social housing at shelter '. rate!
Another gentriflying monster coming to Downtown Eastside Westbanks' vision for 33 W Cordova
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Henriquez Partners Architects have applied to the city to build an 11 story tower at 33 W. Cordova to replace the Stanley New Fountain Hotel. Currently the site hosts 70 shelter beds, 78 SRO rooms as well as low income spaces like the Sacred Circle Society. The new building would have 134 market rental units on the top floors, 80 social housing units on the 2-4th floors, commercial on the ground floor and a cabaret underground. The social housing units will rent at welfare shelter rate. The development is part of a plan to "revitalize" Blood Alley. The development application says that the New Fountain Shelter will
The current location of the Stanley Hotel and the New Fountain Shelter
be moved to another location but doesn't say where or when. There is no mention of where services that are in the building now will go or if they will be able to afford to move back into the new building. The new building will create new zones of exclusion for low-income people and push up rents.
New St. Paul's hospital in the Downtown Eastside threatens to displace low-income residents Last year the BC government announced that it will be going ahead with its $1 .2 billion relocation of the St. Paul's Hospital, only two years after promising to renovate the old location. The 700 bed hospital-campus is set to be built on a 18.5 hectare piece of land on Station Street in the southern part of the Downtown Eastside. A few years ago when the "super-hospital" McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) in Montreal vyas being built adjacent to the low-income neighbourhood of St. Henri, land values skyrocketed, speculation went rampant and gentrification accelerated. What will happen when a mega-hospital is built in the Downtown Eastside in close proximity to several hundred SRO rooms on Main Street and in Chinatown? The new hospital site will be up to three times the size of the current hospital. The hospital currently has 452 beds and last year the hospital had 383,000 total patient encounters with approximately 60% of the patients corninq from outside of Vancouver. With expanded facilities, it is likely that the number of out of town patients will drastically increase, and with it, the demand for new accommodation. While there are over a dozen hotels within a 1km radius of the current Burrard Street site, there is only one hotel (the Patricia Hotel) and one backpackers hostel (C & N-
Backpackers Hostel) in a 1km radius of the new site on Station Street. The False Creek flats are zoned industrial, which means that most of the new accommodation will have to be provided in the Downtown Eastside in new developments or through the redevelopment of already existing housing. When the Woodward's development was built, property values, taxes and rents increased and about 400 affordable SROs were lost to low-income residents in a one block radius of Woodward's. Some of the hotels are now renting SRO rooms for over a $1000 a month and listed on Airbnb for $1 OO/night. Without measures to regulate renovations and evictions of low-income tenants, it is likely that the new St. Paul's â&#x20AC;˘ hospital will repeat this pattern. The new St. Paul's hospital is close to the highest concentration of low-income housing in the City. Nearly 500 SRO rooms are in the vicinity of the new hospital on E Georgia, Keefer, Prior, Union and Main Streets. Owners of these hotels and others could find excuses to evict or buy out current residents and rent at higher prices to patients, hospital workers and workers in businesses that will serve the new hospital. Unless the City takes immediate measures now to protect low-income SRO hotels in the Downtown Eastside, we are going to see effects similar to those experienced in St. Henri.
How will the new hospital affect rents?
Where are all the out of town patients going to stay?
. What will happen to land values in the area?
How will the new hospital affect my shopping?
How will the new hospital impact my health care?
These are some of the questions we will discuss at CCAP's:
NEW ST PAUL'S HOSPITAL TOWN HAll - Be part of this attempt to identify the social impacts of this site. Will St. Pauls have the same effect on the low income neighbourhood as Woodwards? Learn about the probable impact of St. Pauls and tell s about your concerns, fears and what needs to be done to address them.
Only 5% of new social housing units built since 2012 guaranteed to rent at shelter rate (S375) In their annual Housing and Homelessness Report Card, the City of Vancouver reports that 1,683 units of new social housing are in development or have been built since 2012 (this number does not include new supportive housing built since 2012).
The lack of social housing units for people on welfare, can partly be explained by the fact that in 2014 the Vision Vancouver City Council passed by-laws to strike the old definition of "low-cost housing" and replace it with a new definition of social housing. According to a city report, the old definition of low-cost housing which guaranteed housing for people on income assistance and old age pension was "outdated." The new definition means that not a single unit of "social housing" outside the DTES will be required to rent at the welfare shelter rate. Worse still, according to the City's definition, the majority of units do not even have to be affordable to low-income people.
The new definition stipulates that social housing is any project that is all rental, is owned and operated by a nonprofit or government agency, and rents at least 30% of the units to people below BC Housing Income Limits (HILs). HILs represent the income required to pay the average market rent for an appropriately sized unit in the private market if no more than 30% of a household's income is devoted to rent. To afford the average market rate for a studio ($962.50) in Vancouver, you need to be making $38,500/year. So for a studio $38,500 is the BC Housing Income Limit. This means that a large proportion of the new social housing is even out of reach for the 51,000 renter households who make below $30,000 j!)er year and who are experiencing the brunt of the housing crisis. These rental rates are essentially market rates and change with the market conditions. For example, in 2014, the HILs rate for a bachelor was $875 and two years later it was almost $100 more. So to recap, under the new definition of social housing, 30% of units in any given social housing project have to rent just below market rents, while the other seventy per cent of units can be rented for much higher. All of these units are counted in the City's tally of 1,683 units of new social housing.
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DO YOU BUY FOOD? Come to a CCAP Town Hall to talk about what makes a store or a service low-income friendly.
We will also be voting for ~he best, most affordable and friendliest stores in the Downtown Eastside. Come decide which store will win the best low-income retail store!
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Called by some as the heart of Chintown, the 105 Keefer site must be developed appropriately for the community. The 25 social housing units for seniors • in the proposed development at 105 Keefer is simply not good enough for such an important site. We want to see 100% social housing units that are truly affordable to the community developed at that site.
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TOI QUI VIE Avec la beaute dans les yeux Tu voie comme la vie est belle Et la partout ou tu vas la chaleur du monde qui t'antoure Te facillite la vie et la tentation que tu recherche Mais Ne te donne pas le temps que tu as a Coeur Malgre I'effort de tout les donateurs que tu crolse sur ton chemin 11 te parle d'avoir plus de discipline et de regarde pour un refuge Avant que la pluie ne vienne et que tu ne voie pas la riviere Et Que la beaute de vie que tu aimerais avoir se change en problem Et que finallement tu te sens prisonnier de cette vie Que tu as choisis de vivre plus intencement Mais que tu realise que tu est morte as I'interieur Car cette vie que tu voiais si belle c'est changer en chaumare Roger Brouillette
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YOU WHO LIVES . With the beauty in your eyes You see the treasures in life And everywhere you go the human warmth is all around They help you live and temptation you see But you don't make time your heart to say stop With effort from all people that cross your path They tell you to have more discipline and to fi d a refuge Before the rain come you can't see the river The life you love can bring of problems Finally you feel yourself in prison The way you feel becomes even more intense But you don't realis that you fire death inside Life you could have had would have been a nightmare Roger Brouillette
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To you who I give my respect You the one I love and the one I Honour I'm here to write these words a bit abstract All that you give me is happiness YOU MY FATHER I'm writing these words and I will tell you All that you have done make to me And to tell you how I miss you What 1 feel when I walk with vou ' For you who I feel so proud To have you by my side In helping me doing my first mark in my life Prove you how that I love you You are there every day to help me To go over the journey of life and to love it all with you forever because you will be my big love For me you will be with me forever YOU MY FATHER FOREVER You will be in my heart
A To' que je doit tout man respect A toi que Jaime et a qui je fais honneur Je sills la a eenr ces mots un peu abstrait Tout ce que tu ma donne avec bonneur A Tal MaN PERE ..... J'eeris et veux te dire Tout ce que tu as fais pour moi Et te dire combien tu me manque Ce que je ressent quand je marche avec toi Toi pour qui je me sens fier Davoir eu a mes cotes Pour m'aide a faire mes premieres marques Et te prouve tout man amour Toi qui est la tout aux tour Et qui m'aide jour apres jour De surmonte les manques de la vie et l'aime Seul avec toi pour toujours Tu resteras ma plus grande amour Car pour moi tu seras toujours la TO! MaN PERE A TaU JOURS Tu resteras dans man coeur
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Our Home
So folks, here we are All in the same boat again Close to the edge of the flattened earth This mesa between mountain tops The weird we know The werd we knew However the tone of time cometh Hard on Werd's heels Bumping us, nudging us, elbowing us Into the grave Changing commonplace to irony Changiong "How de do" to "f--- you too" 'Have a nice stay!' Ye hav veys to make you obey authorite Do not complain
On On Oh We
Sunday we learn the lesson Monday we forget Canada, our home 0 Native land? human beings, homo sapiens are like a raging virus And our host is in its death throesTo failing hands we throw the torch: Fitter sharks, cockroaches, rats & paramecium Abandon Hope all ye who enter here Wilhelmina
Miles
*It Was the Poetry What Done Me In See these grey' airs? Know what I bin doin' To earn a few bucks? Putting up posters! I ask you - at my time of life!
*The Philosophy of War I started at Woodward's Where the only staff attention I could get Came from a talking Christmas tree Who asked me what my name was. Being a boycotter of XMAS, I ignored the Question and went to an underground Mall Where window-shopping is considered a Serious offense against the Capitalist system.
I could a been a bleedin stockbroker Or a corporate whatsit by now. It was the poetry what done me in. Shoulda never bin exposed to it A t a tender age. Sent me off, it did, on a wild goose chase After Truth and Beauty Quite forgot about money
Gripping my wallet tightly I raised my hands in surrender And walked into a pharmacy that was Disguised as an over-evolved Canadian Tire store.
So, 'ere I am Sticking up ruddy posters Instead of follering me muse Disentitled from UI Because I listed me trade On the formPOET. "I am seeking work as a poet."
Within minutes found a whole stack of Raid roach traps, and with a small urge To sing the American National anthem I purchased one. I walked home with my weapons And laid them on the-battlefield; Wiping out a new generation of roaches Within days.
Disentitled To a pittance of recompense By prosy people
To Nature, whom I consider the Master Landlord, I say: "It's either me or the cockroaches %0 will exist in this cubicle." Therein lies the philosophy of War. , Skid Row John
For the complaint forms will be lost, stolen or just stray
W110 Like Plato Want no Poets In their Ideal Republic. 1/1/89
David Bouvier 1/9/89
FINGERS o~ a Keyboard There is this almost-arrogant assumption that you (as in you, the reader ... ) are not here for the first time. Not so much an allusion to reincarnation, though for a vast majority of gentle readers that's certainly true, but that the Carnegie Newsletter has been in your hot little hands more than once. There is SO MUCH vying for attention that what's important to each of 11sgets harder to focus on;to distract our attention seems to be the unspoken purpose. Philosophy says "Everything is equally unimportant" yet social is always used as a dirty word by the people who claim 'enlightened self-interest' as a nice way of saying "I'll get untilI've gotten mine and screw you!" The Newsletter began with expressions of clash over injustice. It's just too flip to permit one's self being unfair by saying "life's unfair." That attitude permits any perpetuation of injustice, any action, any theft of anything. Injustice boils down to stealing from someone - material things like land, space, property; immaterial things like serenity, peaceful enjoyment and spiritual progress. Over the years the scope of input has linked all these through articles, poetry, art & energy expended bringing focus to poverty & ways to alleviate same, housing & homelessness & workable solutions, substance use & abuse & the varying means of perspective from treatment to users' resources to & for harm reduction, gentrification that diminishes community by dispersing the long-term in favour of short-term grubby gain, violence against the vulnerable becoming the worsecase scenarios of missing & murdered women as the tip of the iceberg - vulnerability is shared by anyone exploited - the economics of illness fuels senior abuse but then everyone says "I've got my own problems to deal with ... !" It's the ways that we deal with our perspective that needs energy only found inside - reflections from others be damned. Hence the perpetuity of Carnegie Newsletter fans & contributors ... Energy expense is a not-so-subtle reference to funds necessary to perpetuate the paper. Poets are broke. * The annual cost is about $11,000. Of this the only semi-guaranteed amount is $4000 permitted by the BC Gaming Commission, leaving at least $7000 to raise (more when Help in the Downtown Eastside is due for revision & updating).
As the 30-year mark approaches there will be an ongoing appeal for financial assistance, along with a request for submissions on if or how the Carnegie Newsletter has had any effect on you & yours. This could and will be interesting! By PAULR TAYLOR Everyone has the blues; Everyone feels sad sometimes; We need to have the courage to get Through the hardship of losing a loved One who has brought you much happiness Love and memories that will last a lifetime. Maria Teixeira An Ode to Your
Heart
I'm sure that you notice it all the time People dismiss you as not being worth their energy Because of your funny way of walking, talking Society dictates, "Be kind to the disabled if you must interact with them but ignoring them is best." Those of us who truly care about you Know what they are missing .. A friend who listens; A philosopher &writer with compassion for humanity A ready sense of humour; A smile that can brighten your day; A man who does whatever he can for his community. You fall down more often than most, Sometimes you fall hard. You have a lot of practice Picking yourself up, Checking for damage, And carrying on. Broken bones heal faster Than a broken heart Or damaged self-esteem. You teach us to heal ourselves With your living example. Continuing with dignity Ignoring the pity in strangers' eyes. It is easier with practice Dust off the bruised pride And find the courage To wear your heart openly once more Lisa David
FloorWalkers A million immigrants in Germany - Angela you have. the heart of a lion but could die like Cecil did last year In America 26 states want them out after they've built that wall. In the DTES drug addicts are deemed subhuman as humane ways to kill them off have become a contest - no ID required. My mass paranoia tells me every word I've thought is recorded as the Punk Rock skateboard herd is thinned out those under 12 thousand $ will die 1 am so tired, like a retired hero stuck in a crisis or someone with nothing to lose no money no vices every word 1 say to myself is amplified for public humiliation & abuse they hear it all Where any groups congregate is where good gossip is spread thick then sm~ll minds spread it thin I am a window being told to catch this brick will I hit maximum velocity when I am made to shatter? It's been like this since I stopped doing the crawl everyone staring at my pale skin -compare my fate with leprosy I cannot be the only one ... From my shape to my atrocious hair my breath is not molecules of toxic fumes I continuously tap my fingers it's just a reflex I'm not looney tunes when I write my insane sanity I know what they're thinking: there's another fucked up screwed down guy who's come undone, the bible tells us that death is the last enemy yet cultures like Japan's tell us death is an honour.. hey good people explain when someone you love or your own life is falling apart are we just to consume the pain do we come to terms or does termination come to thee? I know I'm being judged & I'm as sober as the pope does he pop pills for anxiety I need my medication so many phobias & just as many ills - many others like me trespassers until they're at deaths' door do the get absolution does he truly set them free? You can take that tiny piece of strength & add it to someone else it is my burden hanging like an innocent man from One of your wondrous trees like a planet for all that are blind its surface is very similar to the universe's largest chunk of Swiss cheez The Routine Fare Evasion Check the cops are checking more than just fares anyone not in compliance could die I was only thinking that a few minutes ago & it's actually happening right over there(!) Problems but no solutions why was I handed this mind-undermatter disease? Every grapevine has heard it thru me I am the satellite dish that launched a hundred thousand brain tumours & every syllable has been recorded for
\ authenticity & of course posterity as 8 billion sets of eyes crack jokes how.can they not resist you know that Helen Keller line I've used eleventeen times "This is the cross I can no longer bear; my soul is empty but my conscience can at last rest in peace." j
By ROBERT
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"No matter what, there always seems to be something clouding my existence. Nothing is ever clear." -Emilyann Girder Sharing your talents whatever they may be Brings enrichment and inspiration to others Around you so we are able to grow as individuals And bring warm thoughts to a cloudy day and make The world a little nicer. Maria Teixeira 1
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Curious about uannabis news? Don't know where to start? Concerned about dispensaries? We want to hearfrom you!
Q: What does 'THe percentage' mean? A: Lab testing of flower is becoming a more comm~n practice in dispensaries. Labs will test for cannabinoid potency, terpene levels, microbial analysis and residual solvent detection. The percentage that is displayed next to strains refers to the THe potency. A verage potency is around 18% with a very strong strain . being upward of 25%.
Q: Why do cannabis strains smell so different? A: Terpenes are a set of relatively simple organic molecules that are present in all living organisms most of the flavors and aromas of plants corne >. from terpenes. If a bud smells piney. earthy, fruity or floral, you are experiencing its unique terpene composition. SUBMIT
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If you live and work in Canada, chances are you're connected to Canadian mining companies whether you know it or not - through your savings, taxes, Canada Pension Plan contributions, RRSPs and other investments. In We Call Them Intruders (previously titled Plenty's Paradox), two Vancouver-based filmmakers trace their savings to Canadian mines in Eastern and Southern Africa, unearthing the stories behind some of the continent's largest Canadian-owned mining projects. The film brings viewers on a journey, taking a hard look at why communities, governments & corporations are so often pitted against each other in an explosive battle over extracting the earth's riches.
Film showing and Q & A with eo-director Tamara Herman
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Food is an Enigmatic Companion by Barbara Morrison
after Francisco X. Alarcon Food is a state of mind
Food is layers
Food creates community
reveals secrets of our inner self
of interiors to be explored
a welcoming home
joins us together
of textures to be discovered
Food questions
tears us apart
of sounds enveloping us
our notions about soul
heals us in difficult times
of acceptance to be loved
mirrors our anxieties
of words to be swallowed
Food is powerful
brings together poets and politicians
of bribes to do better
speaks in political terms
at food banks debating humanity
Food is a gift
of "haves" and "have-nots"
at kitchen tables paying reverence
embracing a broken heart
dares us to dream food equality
honouring cooks and farmers
offering friendship
becomes universal for all peoples
sepa rates us â&#x20AC;˘ from machines
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corporate rights
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Corporations will hove the right to sue governments for changes in policies that threaten profit.
Corporations are accorded privileged legal righls not given to citizens or slates.
Restrictions imposed on Crown corporations will not give them "preferential" freafment.
food insecurity
risks
Corporale lowsuits ore oflen used to challenge policies that protect the environment. in these dispules, corporoiions almosl always win. ..,+.
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Foreign companies havelhe same rights os local cornponies to government contracts, erasing any buy local programs,
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Pharmaceutical patents Corporations benefit will be extended, which from new riohts while workers in o'YI countriesA"""'" means that some ch cper generic drugs will see lower wages /.".,;! and job losses. r . will be lessavailable.
who benefits? studies show that trade deals like the TPPand their corporate lawsuits benefit very Jarge corporations and wealfhy individuals. Experts ore now saying thal the TPPwill result in job lossesend only minimal economic growth in Canada. For more information about the Council of Canadians' campaign to slop the TPP www.conodions.orgiTPP
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PETITION TO tHE HOUSE OF COMMONS We the undersigned citizens (or residents) of Canada draw the attention WHEREAS Vancouver-East community
of the House to the following:
members fought long and hard, including a 75-day occupation of
Crown land in 1984, for the creation of the community's
only waterfront
public green space - CRAB Park
beach in 1987; AND WHEREAS The Port of Vancouver plans an expansion of the Centerm container terminal harbor with rocks and dirt infilling seven acres toward downtown class view of the central waterfront
by infilling the
Vancouver destroying the current world-
of Vancouver, the ocean, and the North Shore Mountains
and replacing
it with heavy industry; AND WHEREAS There are serious concerns of this proposal around the impact to water quality and circulation
in the area of the park; the increased level of heavy traffic, as well as the construction
of a 5th
rail track, to an area where it can already be difficult to access the park; AND WHEREAS On March 4, 2015, the people of East Vancouver were caught in the smoke of a chemical fire from the Centerm container terminal that required an evacuation of the waterfront,
the shutdown of
public transport and a police action to keep citizens indoors in surrounding areas. Had the wind shifted, the emergency area would have included downtown Vancouver and to date, residents and businesses in the area have yet to hear a response from the Port of Vancouver or Centerm regarding their safety concerns and this proposed westward
expansion brings the risk of a Lac Megantic-type
disaster closer to downtown
Vancouver and closer to a densely populated residential neighbourhood; , AND WHEREAS Regulation changes made by the Harper government which poses a serious threat to legal protection environmental
grant the Port sweeping powers,
from and public oversight of Port activities, including
threats, the right to override local land use plans, and the Port's assessment and approval of
its own projects; THEREFOREBE IT RESOLVED THAT your petitioners
â&#x20AC;˘ call upon Parliament to conduct a full review of the
Port; that Port activities respect indigenous rights consistent with the Government's nation to nation relationship;
that public accountability
(sign your name; do
ADDRESSES ot print)
to a new
is restored; and that vigorous, independent
environmental assessment processes for proposed projects is re-established; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Minister of Transport exercise his authority expansion of the Port of Vancouver's Centerm container terminal. SIGNATURES
commitment
(give full home address, or city and province)
to stop the westward
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committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, ,it is the only thing that ever has." -Margaret Meade
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