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Fighting Renovictions in Vancouver

December 19, 2018Simon Schweitzer

Vanessa Wirth, from Berkeley Tower, was interviewed by Simon Schweitzer of Socialist Alternative Vancouver Berkeley Tower, overlooking English Bay in Vancouver, when it opened in 1959 was one of West End’s first high-rise apartments. Vanessa has lived in Berkeley Tower for five years and is active in the campaign to resist renoviction from the new […]

Vancouver Tenants Rally to Ban Renovictions

November 13, 2018Simon Schweitzer

“This is not a property management company, these are thugs!” exclaimed Carol Anne, a tenant living on Yew Street. Carol Anne was one of several tenants speaking at a rally on November 9 in downtown Vancouver. The Vancouver Tenants Union (VTU) called the rally, drawing over 150 people to protest the renovictions that have contributed […]