The Dance Centre will showcase online performances in the lead up to International Dance Day on April 29.
Erica Grant and David Mendes live in the Savoy, a single-room occupancy hotel building on East Hastings Street operated by Atira Property Management, which manages several buildings in the neighbourhood.
Grant was warned she could be evicted after police were called to the building on Jan. 2 to arrest her 29-year-old son, who had been banned from the Savoy at the end of December.
Mendes said he was visited the next day by police officers looking for a guest of another tenant. Officers pulled him out of his apartment and went in to search for that guest, he said.
Hamburger Soup for the Soul
Throughout the pandemic, Downtown Eastside neighbours have come together to feed those in need of a hot meal.
Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Erica Grant and other volunteers regularly make hamburger soup in the Savoy Hotel kitchen, part of a large effort to bring food to Downtown Eastside residents. This photo shows Grant cooking earlier this year during the summer, when BC s current health order on wearing masks was not yet in place.