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Social Housing Respect Aboriginal Rights Raise Welfare Rates Public Health Care Seniors Housing Treatment Centres Public Education (stop giving taxpayers' $ to private schools) Bring Back Legal Aid More $ in the Arts Mental Health Care Thank you. Priscillia (From Wetsuwet'en Territory)

Oppenbeinter Park Now open 7 day~ per week 9:15 am - 5:00 pm Join us for summer favourites

including bocce,

baseball, gardening, and more!

'PacifiC Spirit National 'ParK I

Woodpeckers staccato, pneumatic jackhammer beats Monarch Butterflies, float, and flutter with Royalty Newborn skunks scurry under hedges Spider webs, crisscross diagonally through the forest Of oak and maple like prisms of thread.

Eagles circle through the blue atmosphere above ..... ~ DrewN.

Jenny Kwan, MP Vancouver East NOP Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Critic 2752 E Hastings St Vancouver, BC V5K IZ3

T: 604-775-5800 ~: 604-775-5811 Jenny.Kwan@parl.gc.ca

Readers who can write That's most of us. Everyone has a unique take on life and how things - called 'issues' in conversation - affect each of us. Poverty, being broke-almost-all-thetime, mental health, artists surviving, racial discrimination, gentrification & public space, colonial effects, housing in the neighbourhood, homeless anywhere, tent cities to tenting on the street, indifferent displacement, making a case and being slandered or libelled in retaliation, raising a family in the face of any of these ..

And these are just the tip of many icebergs.

The Sandy Cameron Memorial Writing Contest is a way to encourage you to put thoughts, experiences and opinions out there for others; to inspire, cause controversy, to awaken in yourself & others the idea that putting words on paper is activism that endures.

In each issue there are both a simple entry form and the basic guidelines. You can enter more than one piece of writing. If often happens that, while writing one article on one subject or idea, another idea comes up that is "a whole different story!"

So go ahead.

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THE SANDY CAMERON MEMORIAL WRITING CONTEST 3 ENTRY FORM Please print as neatly as you are able to.

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Guidelines for Writing Contest 1. Writing must be original & not fiction (if plagiarism is recognised the work will be returned).

2. Entry forms, for contact information, are available both at the Community Centre's front desk (Main floor) and from the Newsletter office (2nd floor).

3. Essays are the focus of the event. This means writing in sentences, with grammar and structure attempted. Not inthe "free- form" of poetry.

4. Subject matter is open to the individual author. It can be about most anything relevant to readers. The only caveat is in this example: writing about having a pet while having a lowincome or living in a hotel/rooming house is fine; writing about nothing but what kind of food it eats 0 its colour(s) is mostly just boring. Good examples of essay-writing are most anything by Sandy Cameron, reprints of which are in April & May editions.

5. The length of the essay can be 250-700 words, basically what can be printed on 1 page in the Newsletter.

6. Help with form, sentence structure or grammar, length, flow, etc. can be obtained in various writing venues. There are the Carnegie Firewriters (meeting on Wednesday mornings on the 3rd floor), the Thursday Writing Collective (meeting in Oppenheimer Park) and from tutors & staff in the Carnegie Learning Centre.

7. Deadline for submissions is September 15, 2017. Results will be announced at a special event during the Heart of the City Festival in October.

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Marvin spent a lot of time on the corner across from Carnegie, where he would usually say he was up to no good, but he looked after the people there. There . was a memorial placed on the wall of Owl Drugs for him, and signed by many.

Cultural Sharing at Carnegie benefitted from his love of drumming and respect for the culture, while he helped Les Nelson, now Carnegie's Elder in Residence. We had visited Marvin in hospital a few times, and laughed and joked, but Marvin was struggling. His son would cook him food, and Marvin asked for wanton soup, and he got it. One time we were in Emergency with Marvin, and we were cracking jokes so much that the nurses barked at us and told us Emerge was a serious place. But that didn't stop Marvin.

He will be sorely missed by friends and family, but at least he is no longer in pain. And after a while, his trickster spirit may still be around.

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Marvin Dennis Sr., who passed away a couple of weeks ago, was a good friend to many,. He had been sick for many years. I remember being on a Carnegie camping trip with him years ago. He was lagging behind on a hike, and John, the security guy said, "We are just glad he's alive." This was at Cultus Lake, my first time camping, and his late cousin Norma Jean Baptiste told him to look out for me there.

For several years he was a dedicated member of the Harmony of Nations drum group, and would play for many events in the community. He'd share songs on out trips as well, and on the way to family visits in Smithers.

One of his favourite sayings when there was a lineup was, "First Nations coming through, First Nations coming through." People would make way, and sometimes, they would move aside and then say, "Hey, we are First Nations." Marvin had a great sense of humour, and loved playing pool downstairs in the Carnegie, and playing tricks.

He loved women, and when he saw a female cop mounted on a horse in the DTES, he would yell out, "Hey, will you have my babies?" Some took it well, others not so well. I met Marvin for the first time at the Aboriginal Front Door, where he tried to sit on my lap. His cousin Norma Jean had to get him off

Steve Edwards passed away peacefully at Cottage Hospice on the morning of July 4th with his sister by his side.

Thank you, Steve, for your many years of supporting local musicians and the Carnegie Centre and sharing your outstanding musicianship with the Downtown Eastside. You will be greatly missed.

Steve Edwards December 18, 1953 - July 4, 2017 Tribute to Steve will be held in the Carnegie Theatre on Tuesday, July 25th, 7:00 - 9:45 PM

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Some of my me'mories of Steve Edwards

By Mike Richter One Friday afternoon, even before Steve had started running the jams, we wee asked to fill in for the band that was supposed to do the Dance that night. On such short notice we figured that a night of Beatles tunes'd be the most practical solution.Steve & Dean Obrol had the guitar parts so well-covered that I was free to focus on vocals, occasionally glancing at the lyrics book on hand ifI wasn't sure what the next verse was.

Another time we shared our mutual enjoyment of the music of the Fab Four was when Steve, Mark Oakley & I did a version of their song "Birthday." It's a tricky • tune and even though we had only one chance to practice it together, we gave it a pretty good shot.

On that same occasion (I think it was a Carnegie Anniversary celebration) Steve did guitar solos on my UFO-themed song "The Stranger." I had run into Steve at a talk being given at The Roundhouse on the subject ofUFOs. I had no idea he was going to be there but in hindsight it seemed natural. Steve had lots of amazing stories about strange things he had experienced in the course of living life.

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Steve and I bot enjoyed doing The New York Times crosswords which the Carnegie Library so kindly makes available to all. It was fun to have someone available to chat with about the playful twists that get thrown into them, especially on Thursdays. I didn't really like having him looking over my shoulder while I was in the process of doing one of those crosswords, though. He was very quick, and far too likely to start blurting out answers to clues I hadn't even had a chance to read yet.

I remember the recording session with Carnegie TV (hosted by Sam Snobelen shortly before he left us), for which I diligently practiced a couple of pieces over & over again until I had something I could perform. Steve, on the other hand, had the

chutzpah to improvise through his entire session!

Even though his health was far from optimal, he rose to the occasion and the result was excellent.

Steve loved to play the electric guitar and he liked to play it loud. For some people it was too loud, and that's fair enough, but he wasn't doing it just for the sake of being loud. It was that certain sound he was after, that sound that could sweep your soul out of its slumber, that sound we first started to hear when the electric guitar came into its own in the last half of the sixties, that sound that reached its pinnacle in the music of Jimi Hendrix.

Steve Edwards developed his own guitar style and could faithfully reproduce the music of more than one guitar virtuoso. But it was also clear when listening to him play that he had dedicated many hours (over weeks & months & years & decades) to learning how to play like that.

There was one very enjoyable occasion at the Carnegie Cabaret when Steve & I shared the stage and traded guitar solos as we created a version of the beautiful Jimi Hendrix composition Little Wing. The song's lyrics may come close to describing what Steve was reaching for when he plugged in his guitar and started to play: Well she's walkin' through the clouds With circus mind that's runnin' wild Butterflies and zebras Moonbeams and fairy tales That's all she ever thinks about Ridin' with the wind. - Jimi Hendrix

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There wasn't much point looking over Steve's shoulder when he was doing a crossword puzzle. He had developed his own unique way of writing the letters of the alphabet which involved making the minimum number of marks on the page that would still distinguish each letter from any other possibility. This was yet another expression of Steve's highly original, creative self. That part of a person is forever alive, like a snake that sheds its skin and continues along its merry way, or an eternal arrow which is launched again & again until one fine day perhaps its trajectory miraculously transcends spacetime itself.

Woman and child Man and wife The best love to have Is the love of life Keep on straight ahead. - Jimi Hendrix

To our late Carnegie members: Marvin Dennis & Steve Edwards Marvin, who was our long time seniors coffee server and a sharp pool player. He sure had a heck of sense of humour. At camp he made us laugh and I didn't know he was from the same territory as me, wet suwet'en.

Steve who ran the music jam and played awesome riffs on the guitar and loved the Tragically Hip band, who attended last year with a bunch of us in 2016 at the Stanley Theatre. Blessings to family and friends ' of our beloved former Carnegie members. And may they have a safe journey to the spirit world.

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With Pender Street closed due to construction I had to catch my usual bus, the # 19 Metrotown, at the corner of Main and Hastings, a very busy little market place where people bought and sold cigarettes, street drugs, stolen goods with price tags still on.

One particular day, while waiting for a bus, I watched one young woman nearby. Judging from the unkempt appearance and twitching of her arms I guess that she is among the dual diagnosed, having both a mental illness & a drug addiction. It brought back memories.

Almost 40 years ago I went off my psychiatric medicine and roamed the streets of Prince Rupert begging for food, cigarettes, money. I was mentally ill at the time though I did not have any substance addiction (except for 3 packs of cigarettes a day) according to the traditional defipition of not including nicotine addiction as being addicted to drugs.

Eventually I left Prince Rupert and hitch-hiked to the Lower Mainland, asking my last driver to drop me off at the corner of Hastings and Main, naively thinking I could just wander around and get cigarettes and food.

However, the driver dropped me off at my grandparents. Welfare then paid my grandmother to look after me. Eventually my grandfather died and my grandmother moved to an apartment. At the same time, my parents had me involuntarily committed to the psychi- , atric ward of Royal Columbia Hospital. Sanity returned (though not for very long) and I went to live in ; a psychiatric halfway house.

I would like to say I went out and did something great

with my life. I didn't. I went back to UBC, almost finished a Diploma in Financial Management from BCIT and worked (though a bit sporadically & mostly parttime). My illness went into remission almost 17 years ago. I started to take writing and art classes.

Looking at that young woman reminds me of how close I almost came to becoming a permanent resident of that corner of Main and Hastings, addled by drugs and selling my body to feed my addiction.

What if.. the man who picked me up on the highway did not drop me off at my grandparents but at the corner of Main and Hastings, what if I had not been involuntarily committed to Royal Columbia Hospital and then go to live in a psychiatric halfway house, bypassing the cheap rents of the Downtown Eastside?

Which brings me back to the girl at the corner of Main and Hastings. What if someone someway has her involuntarily committed to a hospital, what would her future be?

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Notification came via email that the Federal government has an advisory committee on homelessness with 13 members and Karen O'Shannacery has been appointed to it. Karen is certainly qualified after more than 40 years of working with the ever-increasing homeless population in this area. There is a lot of info on federal programs, structures and what these people are or hope to do. Then again it's government. Google Homeless Partnering Strategy Karen O'Shannacery Vancouver, British Columbia Former Executive Director, Lookout Emergency Aid Society Karen O'Shannacery has dedicated herself to addressing homelessness in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for 45 years. After experiencing episodic homelessness as a teenager, Karen helped to establish the Lookout Emergency Aid Society in 1971. In her early career, Karen was a frontline worker at Lookout Society, a minimal-barrier shelter for the homeless. As Ex~ ecutive Director of the Lookout Society, Karen recognized that providing emergency shelter was not enough to address homelessness and led Lookout to develop transitional and permanent housing and support services. Karen has been honoured with the Gastown Lions Club Meritorious Service Medal; Canada 125 Medal; Canadian Housing and Renewal Association's Graham Emslie Award for contributions to building a community in the Downtown Eastside;

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Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is rolling out an alert warning system that aims to bring drug overdose and, contamination information to drug users faster.

The eight-month pilot program will crowdsource information from the drug users and relay it to their peers via harm- . reduction service providers in the community.

Health providers currently post warnings whenever authorities receive word from police about a particularly dangerous batch of drugs or when service providers notice a spike in overdoses, but that information often comes a week or two after the fact, said Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, 'medial health officer at VCH.

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A Clarion Call for Our Country's Pillars to Demand Justice

By Ralph Nader

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Step up, business people - large and small. Some of you. are enlightened and motivated enough to stand tall agamst. the cruel, monetized minds that are harming low-paid workers, cheating consumers, denying insur~nce to patients, avoiding or evading taxes, swindling mvestors and undermining communities across the coul~try. You have good examples from history, includmg those business leaders who recently quit the US Ch~mber of Commerce over the necessity to confront climate change or the 150 business leaders who issued strong support for the successful Legal Services Corporation for low-income Americans that Trump's budget would eliminate entirely.

[This was written for the United States, but every time Step up, academic professors & teachers, & protect it says "American" I read (to use a word coined by the your students from politicians intent on undermining Perth County Conspiracy) Americanadian. We've just the public school system and turning its budgets into come through 10 years of Stephen Harper, heading a cash cows for commercial vendors. You can help the government every bit as toxic as Trump & his cronies. cause by demanding that practical civic skills and exHarper slashed & burned; Trudeau is about appeaseperience become part of the curriculum. You can dement while Trump's billionaire bulldozers are relentmand that Trump's increasingly bloated war budget less in making Canadian resources theirs. The clarion not be funded at the expense of our children's educacall in this piece is for our ears as well. - Ed.] tion & deteriorating physical facilities. You can point It is time for an urgent clarion call. out waste and administrative bureaucracy to strengthGiven the retrograde pits inhabited by our ruling polien this already compelling idea. University professors ticia~nd the avaricious over-reach of myopic bigcan establish active brain trusts to educate the public business bosses, the self-described pillars of our soci& rebut the avalanche offake news & political insults. ety must step up to reverse the decline of our country.

Step up, doctors and nurses, in whose trust is placed Here is my advice to each pillar: the lives of millions of people. Polls show over half of Step up, lawyers and judges of America. You have you want full Medicare for all with free choice of phyno less to lose than our Constitutional observances and sician and hospital. This should come as no surprise equal justice under law. A few years ago, brave Paki- ' since it is much more efficient, eliminating much of stani lawyers marched in the streets in open protest t~le bookkeeping and lengthy billings that drain your against dictatorial strictures. As you witness affronts tune away from practicing healthcare. Above all,Medto justice such as entrenched secrecy, legal procedures icare for all saves lives & prevents trauma and disease used to obstruct judicial justice, repeal of health and when people can afford early diagnoses and treatment. safety protections and the curtailment of civil liberties .Already prominent economists, business magnates and access to legal aid, you must become vigorous like Warren Buffett and over 60 percent of Americans first responders and exclaim: Stop! A just society must want single payer. Your strong voices together can sobe defended by the courts and the officers of the court ber up those politicians in Congress hell-bent on pull_ the attorney backs that will make the present situation even worse Step up, religious leaders, who see yourselves as cus todians of spiritual and compassionate values. Recall your heroic forebears who led non-violent civil disobedience during the repression of civil rights in the Nineteen Sixties - as with the leadership of the late greats Martin Luther King Jr. & William Sloane Cof- I' fin. Champion the Golden Rule for those who don't believe that 'he who has the gold, rules.' l

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and more perilous. Imagine our elected well-insured representatives pushing a huge tax cut for the rich, at' the expense of hospitals and clinics and big time reductions in Medicaid.

Step up, public relations professionals, whocan take an active role in facilitating a public conversation on the need for important social services and reforms that improve their implementation.

-Step up, veterans, including high-ranking military,

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national security and diplomatic retirees, who can advocate for waging peace instead of reckless wars of aggression and other armed force violations of US and international law. Some people incorrectly think that veterans monolithically support all military interventions. But no one knows the horror of war better than those soldiers who have fought them (A large majority of soldiers in Iraq wanted us to get out of that disastrous quagmire in a January 2005 poll).

Over 300 retired generals, admirals and national security officials openly opposed Bush/Cheney's criminal invasion of Iraq in 2003. Veterans For Peace makes eloquent arguments for waging peace. Now is the time to learn from their experience, stand for smart diplomacy and avoid succumbing to provocations and the boomeranging impacts of Empire.

Step up ,members of the media, both corporate and public. Give voice to the vast civil society and citizen groups that are vital to our democracy. They have long been practicing and strengthening democratic practices. Allow their voice of reason, sanity & evidencebased proposals to reach millions of Americans.

Step up, scientists & technologists. You must strong.ly organize against the corrosive effect of medieval il2:l!'thsabout the n~.!:I_ral world a~d habitat-destroying toxins pouring from unaccountable industry. Champion the necessity of science for the people, not for militarism and a global arms race.

Urge the restoration of the acclaimed, non-partisan Congressional Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) in Congress that Newt Gingrich and his Republicans terminated in 1995, plunging Congress into

ignorant darkness and costly, wrongful budgeting: _ Step up, students. Show the country your earnest ide-' alism, supported by knowledge and your hope for a brighter future. Fight for tuition-free education, reform of student debt gouging and for an ecologically-benign economy that will work for you and the planet.

Really get out the vote for next year!

Step up, leaders of the vast number of charity and service clubs. Without a sense of justice, there will be less charitable resources for ever-increasing needs.

Many of you have the moral authority to speak truth to the power of the one percent, and resist attempts to diminish support to those vulnerable members of our society who most need it.

In times of crisis, routines must be replaced with urgent awakenings, bringing out the better angels and wisdom from these underachieving pillars of the American community. A few leaders can take the firststeps and many more will follow your example. Stand tall in support of justice in these trying times.

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Ralph Nader is-a consumer advocate, lawyer, and author. His latest book is The Seventeen Solutions: Bold Ideas for Our American Future. Other recent books include, The Seventeen Traditions: Lessonsfrom an American Childhood, Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism: Build It Together to Win, and "Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us" (a novel).

Our Voices, Not Yours!

TUES, JULY 25 2 P.M. naca?mat ct Strathcona Branch

Listen + share with the DTES community as we discuss social housing + unceded territories + the new library

730 East Hastings St Wo Soon (Mary) Lee Chan Room

Free! Drop-in.

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As I ha:e sacrificed friends, loved ones & people who have enjoyed a song or two my mindset ramblings have made me watch every dream become unscrewed Drugs have played a major part in what 1believe is happiness yet I have no idea what that word/feeling entails, people expect things they wash their hands of like a fellow human having a grande mal seizure so many pockets so many selfishist hands where is the power from above god almighty do you truly know the power of respect 1know that I am one of many that have failed, like a pretty spot of gangrene which you use to shoot up confess or be granted permission to use disabled parking spots forever & now on the colour of pink reminds me of all the punkettes & other types it doesn't matter they are dead & gone congratulate before you have to amputate here are some awesome colours, Like meeting Doctor Robert Lennon may have made him up but the outcome was so blue the English use white&blue rolls of undetermined death in Canada we use black&yellow with age most colours are disowned & in extreme demand like being reminded to forget the worst day of your life as I look at those whom 1 truly need that would definitely be my mother, like a dark red face expressing extreme body pain like torn ligaments & broken facial features now who is to blame doctors cuz they do not want you getting better you may die that is okay, bright yellow like Tweety the little bird before she went under a lawnmower or roadrash running down your face/body&legs it also plays games with eye colour like jaundice as you wail in the emergency room of any hospital you will have to beg bring a sleeping bag this could take days, The Department of the Newly Departed love the color black as in bodybags so fashionable any time of year: there are ones with sports' teams emblems your favourite band or car or political party even your favourite quote or worst fear anything as long as you don't try living too long, like 'another small fall for man a fall for mankind' looking down on a soon-to-be brown &copperish orb what the hell have we let Hell do?

Do you know there are 85 people who have more than half the world's population when numbers make me sick I know something is very wrong these colours are not cool they're the chord to make every sound wrong I heard of a girl all she&her boyfriend knew came in t orange single packs now when she overdosed while

someone else (Cal) was savin her life the soul-butcher was ripping off drugs from her saviour drugs do more than kill they destroy friendships that is onehundred % fact I have ben on the receiving end of both sides trust me they both can expose grey matter & I am not talking about hair, like a true black sheep 1would have sold tissue paper made to look safe to bungee jump with or enjoy lover's leap looking back I am truly surprised at the amount of beatings I truly took not that . which 1deserved does my post-life involve shovelling coal? Imagine archival black&white grain footage of spaceships placing Stonehenge piece-by-piece (probably how this world was put together) we are the new+ . oldest jigsaw puzzle to be put together designed by burgundy delicately the oceans the forests probably stapled quickly because of weather every death or near-death could play to a sold-out show we may not be able to afford to live here but we can afford to die here - how beautiful. \.

By ROBERT McdlLLIVRA Y "I have to live with myself and so I want to be fit for myself to know. I want to be able, as days go by, to always look myself straight in the eye." Edgar A Guest

Dear Editor, Five weeks ago, Seth and I began a letter to you with this statement: "What an interesting and exciting moment in BC politics! For a bunch of policy nerds like us at the CCPA, it doesn't get much better than this."

At the time we were writing about the just-announced agreement between the BC NDP and Greens. We had no idea it would take so long to find out whether a new minority government would be given an opportunity to realize the policy changes outlined in that agreement. But we want to share that piece with you again because it highlights key policy commitments in the agreement (many of which the CCPA-BC has advanced for years).

We are hopeful about progressive changes to come in BC-like much-needed investments in affordable housing and child care, the introduction of a longoverdue poverty reduction plan, action on climate change, fair tax reform & honouring Indigenous rights. But we're also preparing for the backlash that is sure to come-the claims from right-wing groups

and pundits that these progressive changes are somehow dangerous to the economy. Indeed, we've already been hearing some of these arguments, as my colleague Alex Hemingway discusses in his recent post.

So how do we prevent fear mongering as corporate interests in our province try to convince us that these progressive ideas and policies cannot be realized?

First, as we wrote in our letter five weeks ago, it will fall to all of us to insist these changes happen-to keep demonstrating that they are desperately needed and entirely reasonable.

Second, we need to fundamentally change the way we do politics in BC. That means trulyconstraining the unfair influence of corporations and the wealthy. Banning union and corporate donations is only the beginning-we also need to put a strict limit on individual donations, create a fair system for financing elections, and look at the numerous other ways (such as lobbying) that those with money and power skew government policies in their favour. You can read more of our ideas about what that should look like here.[Go to CCPA/BC] And just as importantly, we need to finally say goodbye to our first-past-the-post electoral system in favour of some form of proportional representation. The BC NDP and Greens have committed to a referendum, and Alex offers his thoughts here on how we can boost the chances of a "yes" vote.

I'm sure the exciting times in BC politics won't end anytime soon. You can count on us to keep creating space for ambitious progressive policies, and keep pushing back against the corporate interests that are so well served by the status quo. With respect to almost every policy contained in the new BC NDP-Green agreement, we've developed specific ideas. On so many issues, we've got you covered.

All the best, Shannon (Daub) Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives

The Wealth of Poverty Poverty builds character.

People learn to face challenges and think creatively.

People live simply and don't/can't acquire useless gadgets and unnecessary junk and clothing. Is your legacy from this life what you have or who you loved?

The great saints lived simply and embraced povertySt. Francis, Mother Theresa, and countless others.

The Creator loves, honours and respects the poor: "Blessed are the poor in spirit because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven"

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When you have less you depend on The Creator more.

When you have less you depend on friends and family more. Poverty helps to build community.

When you are poor you have to make your own entertainment and so you are in touch with your creativity and you share that with your community. This brings joy, hope ilnd self worth from your own soul and is the Creator's gift for all not just the super stars. ( When you are poor you are acquainted with humility. , "Blessed are the humble for they shall inherit the earth" You cannot afford a car or travel on airplanes and therefore you don't contribute to the pollution of this earth.

Poverty is more environmentally friendly and it is the . poor from every country who are bringing about the changes we need to save this earth because the earth belongs to everyone. .

The majority of our brothers and sisters in this world are poor and we stand with them. They are not the ones oppressing others, buying & selling the weapons of war or destroying this dear earth in their greed.

Poverty is a hard taskmaster and a dear teacher when we embrace her and she reveals the true wealth of the soul.

Karen Thorpe

From the library If you were unable to attend the Vancouver Folk Music Festival, we've got you covered! First off, a quick reminder that the Central library is lending out musical instruments (from electric guitars, banjos, bongos, ukuleles, violins to xylophones), along with sheet music instructional OVOs / COs, etc. We also have a music streaming service through our vpl.ca website called the "Naxos Music Library." You can listen online to classical, jazz, folk and world music, including the complete Srnithsonian Folkways catalogue!

Here are a few CD's for loan featuring the Folk Festival line-up: Alpha Yaya DiaIIo - "African Guitar Summit"» featuring a variety of popular guitar music from throughout Africa.

Barenaked Ladies - "BNL rocks Red Rocks" - a live album from the Earth 2016 tour including performer Steven Page.

Jim Byrnes - "I hear the wind in the wires" - local Vancouver blues legend with a hint of country.

Billy Bragg (aka the "Bard of Barking") & Joe Henry-

"Shine a light: field recordings from the Great American Railroad" - the two musicians reconnected and produced a collection of songs inspired by their train journey from Chicago to LA in March 2016.

Shawn Colvin - "Colvin & Earle"-a unique country/ folk rock collaboration between Colvin & Steve Earle.

Kathleen Edwards - "Voyageur" - described as a brilliant and beautiful album with a Tom Petty vibe.

"Native North America: a gathering of Indigenous Trailblazers" - VPL has volume I of this Aboriginal Folk, Rock, and Country collection from 1966 - 1985 with performers like Willie Thrasher, Sikumiut, Morley Loon, L10yd Cheechoo and more!

Happy listening and learning ... your librarian, Natalie

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Lunchtime Concert Noon, Tuesday, July 25th Carnegie 2nd floor Lounge

FridaY Morning Tech Drop-In @ Qppenheimer 'ParK Learn more about how to use: Android· il'hone • Tablets • iPads • Laptops • Email • Social Media • Other Tech Questions WHEN: Friday mornings 10:30am - 12:30pm Every Friday until the end of August, 2017 WHERE: Oppenheimer Park Field House

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Timewarp, or Texada.Timewarp, is an extremely popular and affordable sativa-dominant strain that's been grown in British Columbia for over 30 years. Rumour has it that the strain was originally a descendent of a Canadian landrace hybrid grown on Texada Island, a longish island in the Georgia Strait: Timewarp is a sweet tasting strain with a more enjoyable high than many other outdoor strains. Suitable for daytime use, as most users do not end up feeling lethargic or weighed down, Timewarp may provide relieffor minor pains & help make them more manageable. Its uplifting effects've been known to help with symptoms of anxiety, stress and depression. Tirnewarp tends to have a lemony and piney flavour and the high can be intense and long lasting. Timewarp definitely provides an excellent bang for your buck and is almost always available at your local dispensary.

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Cover art - Max size: 17cm(6 %")wide x 15cm(6")high.

Subject matter pertaining to issues relevant to the Downtown Eastside, but all work considered.

Black & White printing only.

Size restrictions apply (i.e. if your piece is too large, it will be reduced and/or cropped to fit).

All artists will receive credit for their work.

Originals will be returned to the artist after being copied for publication.

Remuneration: Carnegie Volunteer Tickets Please make submissions to Paul Taylor, Editor.

The editor can edit for clarity, format & brevity, but not at the expense of the writer's message.

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