Dozens of homeless activists who occupied a Vancouver elementary school to call for housing amid the novel coronavirus pandemic were arrested by Vancouver police early Sunday morning.
The group of roughly 30 activists, many of whom also live in the Downtown Eastside, broke into Lord Strathcona School Saturday night, using a vacant building as “emergency housing” for people who say they have nowhere else to go.
Spokespeople say Vancouver’s homeless are in need of safe places to self-isolate during the COVID-19 crisis, arguing it’s impossible for those people to practice physical distancing and follow provincial directives to stay at home Martin and a few other protesters made their way to the roof of the building after large teams of