Step into a night of storytelling at the Voices of the Street launch 📖✨ May 14, 6:30–8:00 PM at 149 W Hastings. ‘How to Be Human’ explores life’s complexities through community-focused writing and art. Early bird available until April 21st! ✨📣 www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-...

Megaphone’s peer newsroom examines renewed calls for foot patrol policing in Vancouver’s DTES, exploring what it could mean for safety, trust and support in a complex community. Reported by Richard Young. - tinyurl.com/5n7yayns

Step into a night of storytelling at the Voices of the Street launch 📖✨ May 14, 6:30–8:00 PM at 149 W Hastings. ‘How to Be Human’ explores life’s complexities through community-focused writing and art. Early bird available until April 21st! ✨📣 www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-...

This month’s @megaphonemagazine.com is available now on the streets of Vancouver. In my column I spotlight MakerLabs 🎨 Their members art show is coming up on Saturday. RSVP for free: www.eventbrite.ca/e/we-make-st... And find a vendor to get your Megaphone: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

APRIL ISSUE OUT NOW! Our cover features a powerful self-portrait by Kayla Isomura from The Suitcase Project, now on view at the Museum of Vancouver. The travelling exhibit explores the lasting impacts of the internment of Japanese Canadians during World War II—tracing memory and displacement.

🚨Provincial adviser Larry Campbell says people in the DTES are becoming younger and sicker. With his contract ending March 31, the province’s adviser says he’ll likely ask for more time, pointing to the growing complexity of the crisis. tinyurl.com/2u5b332t

March’s Hope in Shadows winner, Fun in the Sun by longtime contributor and vendor Peter Thompson, captures his granddaughter playing among buttercups at Terra Nova Park. Thank you to the Hospital Employees’ Union for supporting this project and the community behind it. ❤️🌼

“No street soccer services are currently available in Vancouver. Street soccer has been proven to benefit at-risk communities around the world. There is even a Homeless World Cup Foundation… By shutting down the VSSL, Vancouver Parks has caused harm and suffering.”

L’Itinéraire vendor Lynn Champagne and @megaphonemagazine.com vendor David Deocera met via video call to discuss their backgrounds, sales techniques and shared desire to one day join the workforce: www.insp.ngo/articles/ven...

As Vancouver prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, the Vancouver Street Soccer League has been forced off the field due to park restrictions, leaving players without a vital community space that’s supported people facing homelessness + addiction since 2008. megaphonemagazine.com/2026/03/stre...

We're throwing it back to our April cover story! Our April cover story highlights beloved Downtown Eastside matriarch Grace Chen and the strength and determination that have carried Save On Meats and The Ovaltine Cafe through both personal and professional challenges. 1/2 ✏️

The 2nd edition of our NEW monthly Voices of the Street 'zine is out now! Featuring original artwork and writing submitted by vendors or DTES community members who stop by our office at 312 Main Street. ✏️🌲

The March @megaphonemagazine.com has hit the streets! 💥 Peer journalist Nicolas Crier shares what it's like living with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, PLUS #DTES decampment report, #MMIWG photos + whatever happened to the Vancouver Street Soccer League? ⚽🤔 ➡️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/ 🙏

We have Hope in Shadows calendars available! Want to share it with your team? You can bulk order copies through our website—perfect for offices, colleagues and client gifts. Credit a vendor with your purchase and they will receive the profit from each sale! megaphonemagazine.com/online-store/

Over the past 15 years, as public spending in protected parks increased by roughly 50%, corresponding tax revenues, GDP & labour income grew between 51–250%. Yet the new federal budget included no new nature conservation funding. Conservation needs to be treated as a core pillar of economic policy.

It's the first Friday of the month and that means a new Megaphone Magazine hits the streets of #Vancouver. This is the third time I have had a cover story featuring Indigenous women 🤍 @megaphonemagazine.com Story: All My Relations Basketball Find a vendor: megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Happy Megaphone magazine release day! This month's cover story highlights basketball player Tina Gulbrandsen in her second season with All My Relations basketball, a community of 30–40 Indigenous women aged 17 to 40 from First Nations backgrounds who champion sport, healthy living, and giving back.

A little peek behind the curtain of our peer newsroom, The Shift! Made up of 14 journalists from the Downtown Eastside, our monthly meetings are a space to pitch stories, share feedback, and support one another.

“These peer reporters bring a distinctive perspective to the table: by living and working in the DTES, and actively producing a monthly magazine at Megaphone, they are both reporters and the reported on.“ @megaphonemagazine.com

✍🏽 Shift Happens is our new ethics guide for journalists covering the Downtown Eastside. Built by The Shift peer newsroom, this living document brings together lived experience, journalism training + 18 months of workshops to reshape how stories about marginalized communities are told. 1/2

We’re hiring! Megaphone is looking for a contract Layout & Graphic Designer to design our monthly print magazine. ⏳ 15–20 hrs/month | 💵 $30/hr | 📍 Mostly remote Apply by sending your resume, cover letter and samples to [email protected] megaphonemagazine.com/about/our-te...

JOB ALERT 🚨 Megaphone is looking for a Layout & Graphic Designer. This is a 15-20 hours a month contract, see more details below! megaphonemagazine.com/about/our-te...

New year, new edition of Megaphone magazine! This issue contains an innovative media guide for journalists who cover the Downtown Eastside! Created by Megaphone's very-own peer newsroom, The Shift, this necessary tool is essential for reporters covering the Downtown Eastside.

We want to share some Megaphone wins with you from 2025! • Increased profit margins for vendors to help better reflect the hard-work and dedication they put into selling Megaphone magazine; • On-boarded 33 new vendors to our Vendor Program; • Welcomed 2 Vendor Directors to our governance board;

Your gift helps provide security and sustainable income for Megaphone vendors and storytellers through the coldest months of the year. It keeps community-driven journalism alive and ensures people with lived experience are supported, heard and valued. megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

You can help sustain meaningful income opportunities, community-driven storytelling, and dignity for over 150 vendors and storytellers with a donation to Megaphone. @megaphonemagazine.com #vancouver #nonprofit #DTES

(5/5) @megaphonemagazine.com amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. The mag is led by a peer newsroom in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and features important community journalism and local arts and culture.

When you give monthly, you show up for 150+ vendors and storytellers not just today, but all year long. Your steady support helps create self-determined income, more opportunities and sustainable community resources. 📣❤️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Looking for a little heart this holiday? Read Peter Thompson’s beautiful story on the old-fashioned Christmases he misses and the community that still brings him joy. 🎄✨ megaphonemagazine.com/2025/12/i-mi...

When you give monthly, you show up for 150+ vendors and storytellers not just today, but all year long. Your steady support helps create self-determined income, more opportunities and sustainable community resources. 📣❤️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Do you have your 2026 Hope in Shadows calendar?Purchase it from your local @megaphonemagazine.com vendor. It features some fantastic photography from the Downtown Eastside community.

Halfway there! 🚀 Help us reach our Winter Campaign goal so Megaphone vendors can thrive this season. Donate today and help change the story on poverty ❣️ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

The December 2025 issue of Megaphone is out now! 🎄✨ This month’s cover story by newsroom reporters Julie Chapman and Nicolas Crier looks back at a year of storytelling to find out who’s been naughty and nice across our community.

We had an incredible time celebrating the launch of the Hope in Shadows calendar! 📸✨ Thank you to everyone who joined us — from vendors to our generous sponsors and community partners — for supporting this project that shines a light on the creativity and connection in the Downtown Eastside.

Give the gift of security & sustainability to our 150+ vendors and storytellers this holiday season. Amid public service cuts and demand on nonprofits, our vendors need your support. Your donation will ensure a stronger, more sustainable future for our vendors. 🎄✨ megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Batmans say: Fight evil in Gotham City by supporting @megaphonemagazine.com vendors with a Hope In Shadows purchase! No tricks, just treats in this awesome product: just $20 for a year’s worth of uplifting #streetphotography! David will be selling at Commercial + Broadway till 6pm Oct. 31 🎃

Have you purchased your 2026 Hope in Shadows calendar yet? Find a vendor at the link in our bio ✨📆📸

Join us this Saturday, November 1st at Carnegie Community Centre to hear from writers in this year’s Voices of the Street anthology! 12:00-1:30 p.m. - free entry! 💥 ✨

Have you spotted the Hope in Shadows Calendar around town? @megaphonemagazine.com vendors now have this in stock and it's filled with some fantastic photography from the Downtown Eastside community. It's available from your local vendor for $20.

Join us on Saturday, November 1st as writers from this year's Voices of the Street read their work at the Heart of the City Festival! This is a free event ✨ 📍Carnegie Theatre - 401 Main St, Vancouver 📆 Saturday, November 1st ⏰ 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

At the @megaphonemagazine.com Fundraiser 🎉 Megaphone amplifies marginalized voices and creates meaningful work for those experiencing poverty. The mag features important community journalism and culture from the heart of the Downtown Eastside Donate to support: megaphonemagazine.com/donate/

Last minute tickets are AVAILABLE for our annual fundraiser 💫 see you at the Russian Hall @ 5pm tomorrow! Celebrated our Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year award recipient with us + keynote by @amjohal.bsky.social 🎤 www.eventbrite.ca/e/megaphones...

The 2026 #HopeInShadows calendar is here!!! ❤️ Get 'em while they're hot + support our low-income photographers + vendors! Cover shot winner by vendor Martin Verna, who sells outside Bean Around the World @ Main + Broadway. Stop by + say hello and congrats! 🥳 megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

The 2026 Hope in Shadows Calendar from @megaphonemagazine.com has been revealed and it is now available from vendors on the streets of Vancouver featuring photography from the Downtown Eastside community.

THE 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR IS HERE 💥 This year's theme — Humour—is a collection of images that spark light and laughter! With over 115 participants and 1500+ submitted images, the top 13 images are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

Coming up! Come stop by as we unveil the 2026 HOPE IN SHADOWS CALENDAR 📆 ♥️

Read about our fundraiser! It’s an evening of love, celebration and community. Celebrate our wonderful vendors with us ❤️ www.straight.com/city-culture...

Inside this issue: 💊 Why is nasal spray naloxone — a safer, more user-friendly overdose reversal tool — so hard to access?

📰 Hot off the press! The latest edition of Megaphone is here. ✨ Our cover story dives into the upcoming Hope in Shadows calendar (launching October 9) 📸, sharing the stories behind some of this year’s top 30 powerful images + MORE ⬇️ megaphonemagazine.com/find-a-vendor/

Get your tickets for Megaphone’s fundraiser on October 16th 🎟️ Hear a keynote from Am Johal on non-profit sustainability during periods of incredible uncertainty 🎟️ Celebrate recipients of the Catherine Ludgate Vendor of the Year and Angel Gates Memorial Awards @megaphonemagazine.com