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Vancouver City Council has approved nearly $1.4 million in funding for four projects supporting capital upgrades and life-safety improvements in existing non-market and private single-room occupancy (SRO) buildings in the Downtown Eastside. The

Mining is promoted by the Yukon government as a cornerstone of territorial economic development. This working paper tests those claims by auditing the economic performance of major Yukon mines approved through the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board (YESAB) process since 2005.

SRO hotel residents in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and Downtown Core are at high risk of suffering heat-related illness and death in their homes, and are living on the frontlines of the intersecting climate and housing crises. Read a report from CCJ's Housing Research Project team.