This is Glen.
Glen spends most of his days moving through the city and its trash.
He isn’t homeless but he spends most of his day binning — searching the city’s garbage cans, trash bins, and recycling receptacles for items he can turn in for a few nickels each. We laughed for a few minutes about the spectacle of what is happening around us downtown. He didn’t have many complaints other than the added distance he has to travel to get to his normal route. Today, he said, was a bonanza day for recycling. He said he was watched quite a bit by the (now much larger) police force but most of those giving him a second look weren’t the local cops but part of the additional units brought in from out-of-town.
With the bill for the Olympics rising to over $6 billion, many are questioning the debt's long term effects.
And this is “No on 2010“. An impromptu press conference was held today by Chris Shaw and other organizers of the No on 2010 movement. They met with media to discuss the upcoming plans for protests around the city and to present a few of the Downtown Eastside’s residents’ stories of how additional police oppression has been the norm since the 2010 Olympics celebrations began.
Chris Shaw speaks to reporters about the plans for upcoming protests.
The No on 2010 rally in Pigeon Park, Vancouver.
Tags: Olympics Photos, Protest, Vancouver
- Red tents & red banners wrap around LiveCity Downtown
- Fans, Sports, Flags, Pride, Fun – Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics is Rockin’
- Stephen Colbert takes Vancouver
- With Glowing Hearts Canada welcomes the world to the Vancouver 2010 Olympics
- Olympic Tent Village goes up downtown drawing attention to homelessness
- Banner hung from Cambie Bridge demands “Homes For All”
What an interesting post on Glen.