Business in Vancouver: ‘Living wage’ grows by 24% in Vancouver over past seven years: CCPA

24 Hours Vancouver: Metro Vancouver survival wage jumps again

Global News: Living wage in Metro Vancouver rises to $20.68 an hour: Report

News 1130: Metro Vancouver’s living wage has risen to $20.68/hr: report

Vancity Buzz: Metro Vancouver’s living wage rises to $20.68 per hour: report

Huffington Post: Living Wage in Metro Vancouver Jumps to $20.68/Hour: Study

Times Colonist: Housing, child care increase ‘living wage’ to $20 an hour

Yahoo Canada News: Living wage in Metro Vancouver more than double province's minimum wage: report

Abbotsford News: ‘Living wage’ calculated at $17.27 for the Fraser Valley

CKNW AM980: Living wage jumps in Metro Vancouver: report

KamloopsBCNow: Living Wage Rate Increases in Metro Vancouver

Kelowna Now: Living Wage Rate Increases in Metro Vancouver

AM 730: Living wage jumps in Metro Vancouver: report

Vancouver Courier: Vancouver’s ‘living wage’ grows by 24 per cent over 8 years

Surrey North Delta Leader: Metro Vancouver ‘living wage’ hits $20.68 an hour

September 2016:

CBC News Vancouver at 6: Vancouver considers the living wage (17:38-22:38)

Global News Morning BC: BIV: City of Vancouver looks to implement living wage (at 1:03 min)

Vancouver Sun: What’s a living wage, anyway?

CTV News: Vancouver approves $20.64 'living wage' for all staff

CBC News: Fair pay or playing politics? Vancouver city council debates living wage

Province: Almost no one to earn more under Vancouver's living wage policy

CKNW AM 980: Groups campaign for Vancouver living wage to reach all city worker

CBC Early Edition: Geoff Meggs on living wage

CBC BC Almanac: UBC Sauder School's Mark Thompson on #LivingWage

Vancouver Metro News: Vancouver one step closer to being a Living Wage Employer

Georgia Straight: City of Vancouver estimates it will cost more than #1 million to lift contractors’ employees to a living wage

Vancouver 24 Hrs: Vancouver says $1.2 million per year needed to implement living wage

July 2015:

Province: Joey Hartman and Adrienne Montani: Vancouver’s ‘living wage’ plan will help tackle poverty

Vancouver Sun: Op-ed: Living wage proposal applauded

Metro News: Vancouver council unanimously votes to become living wage employer

CKNW: City of Vancouver paves way to become a living wage employer

Vancouver Sun: Gregor Robertson calls for Vancouver to become a living wage employer

Georgia Straight: Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson puts forward living-wage motion

Vancouver Metro News: Vancouver mayor wants city to become living wage employer

Province: Vancouver mayor commits to living-wage thrust

CKNW News Talk 980: Mayor Gregor Robertson wants City of Vancouver to be living wage employer

News 1130: Vancouver’s mayor wants to make City Hall a living wage employer

AM 730: UPDATED: Mayor Gregor Robertson wants City of Vancouver to be living wage employer

Huffington Post: Mayor Gregor Robertson wants City of Vancouver to be living wage city

Human Resource Management Online: Calls for west coast city to become living wage employer

Vancity Buzz: Mayor Robertson want City of Vancouver to become a ‘living wage’ employer

Vancouver Sun: Douglas Todd: Metro Vancouver Alliance builds bridges and makes things happen

Acuere Consulting Inc. provides professional engineering, planning and technical services for the transportation sector.

Integris Credit Union has become Prince George’s first business to be certified as a Living Wage Employer.

I cheated. I didn’t cheat a lot but I wonder if cheating a little bit on the Welfare Food Challenge is like being kind of pregnant. I am back on rice and beans. In fact, I have half a jar of rice and beans sitting in front of me that I am trying to get excited about and eat.

I am hungry today. The first few days I seemed to be doing OK. I even gave my “extra” food to my partner who has been really struggling with getting enough to eat. That didn’t happen today. I have been forgetful and very emotional. I am starting to get hesitant about leaving the house and I definitely haven’t been walking as much as I normally do.

Increasing the minimum wage is a good start to address low-wage poverty in our communities. A mandatory minimum wage of $15 per hour would be an opportunity for the BC government to match the commitment to eradicating low-wage poverty that many employers have made as part of the Living Wage for Families Campaign.

Did you know that the Downtown Eastside far outstrips the rest of Vancouver in its rates of volunteerism and that BC is the most generous province in terms of how much we give to charitable organizations? It is clear that all of our communities have gifts to offer.

This year my partner Earyn and I decided to participate in the Welfare Food Challenge.

More than 170,000 people in BC struggle to make ends meet on welfare. Living wage campaign organizer Deanna Ogle, along with her partner Earyn Wheatley, explore the connections between the living wage, poverty, climate change, food security and welfare while participating in the 4th annual Welfare Food Challenge November 3 to 9, 2015. The two will only eat the food they can each buy with $21.