I was not able to attend the rally for a national housing plan last Saturday, but by all accounts it was a success. It was well attend and so peaceful and well run that there is not even one media account about it. Here is a report of the rally on theWERAwebsite. Before the rally […]
At 11 am this morning Vancouver City Councilor Ellen Woodsworth started a 7 day hunger fast as part of the 2010 Homelessness Hunger Strike Relay. Councilor Woodsworth took over from Myria Dumont who finish her 7 day hunger strike this morning. Each week new volunteers take on the Wooden Spoon and participate in a week […]
Every year the Courier has a “news maker of the year” edition where they ask various people in the city to nominate worthy candidates for the title. Below is my nomination for this year in the unedited version that I submitted. Am Johal for news maker of 2009 The key issue that the city of […]