Jen St. Denis is The Tyee's Downtown Eastside reporter. A Vancouver-based journalist who has covered housing, economics, business and politics; her work has appeared in Star Vancouver, the Toronto Star, Vancouver Sun, Business in Vancouver and Vancouver Courier.
This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative, a program funded by the Government of Canada. To learn more about the Local Journalism Initiative, go here.
Child and youth rep calls for immediate fixes and a massive overhaul of ministry supports.
Strict visitor limits have damaged residents’ lives. It’s time to change course, says seniors advocate.
Let’s build on success. Here’s how the new government can implement UNDRIP and move forward over the next six months.
One reason is the closure of various safe spaces. Government needs to respond, advocates say.
Costs exceed benefits say experts who tallied jobs, dollars and habitat destruction.
His politics of pipeline myopia, division and disinformation are exactly what’s not needed.
The president-elect aims to build 1.5 million green, affordable units. It’s a galvanizing idea. Second in a series.
Not so fast, warns Dr. Steve. This annus horribilis isn’t likely to end Dec. 31.
‘That trauma and loss is catastrophic for some women, and that puts them at a high risk of relapse.’
A Victoria firm is helping launch a new generation of autonomous vessels looking to catch illegal fishers in the act.
The Coroners Service routinely delays public hearings for years, and won’t provide reasons for its failure to provide timely answers.
There awaited family, the storm before the plague, and a glorious hotpot meal brimming with pathos.
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