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.
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