Friends of the Woodwards Squat

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides a list of print media pertaining to the Woodwards Squat, from September to November 2002, in local dailies, weeklies, and national dailies. There is also shown two versions of the front page of The Vancouver Sun (Sept. 20, 2002), with a picture of the squatters' banners hanging from the Woodward's 'W' and the second version with these edited out.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue contains three letters: one a reproduction from the City of Vancouver Engineering Services, demanding removal of structures (ex. tents, and so on) from the sidewalk that in violation of city bylaws, and two from Aaron Vidaver (Friends of the Woodwards Squat) in response to the City Engineers that inquires into the official nature of the letter and seeks clarification on the Street and Traffic Bylaw that the squat is accused of violating. There is also the description of Street and Traffic By-Law No. 2849 Section 71 (1) which pertains to unobstructed uses of sidewalks and streets.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue has an interview with Lacey, one of the squatters who was arrested in the police evictions of the squat that describes her impressions of the squat, reasons for being there, and hopes for the squat, as well as her response to being misrepresented in the Vancouver Sun.

This is a newsletter from the Woodwards Squat. This issue provides two updates of a housing squat in Victoria, BC (The Pandora Squat) and includes a list of demands calling for aboriginal housing, reversal of cuts to social welfare, liveable incomes, and bylaws to convert empty buildings into social housing.