John Kurucz

1 month ago | montecristomagazine.com | John Kurucz |Francesco Zorzi

At the Odd Fellows hall on West 8th Avenue at Granville Street, Sunday mornings see a volunteer-driven outreach program that provides the homeless and food insecure with a two-hour window of compassion and acceptance: a free breakfast, clothes and toothpaste, and myriad other items. The program is an extension of outreach efforts that began in 2020, when the hall provided shelter on roughly 30 particularly cold winter nights.

Oct 30, 2024 | lethbridgeherald.com | John Kurucz

By John Kuruczfor the LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 31, 2024. It was perhaps the touchstone moment in British Columbia’s evolving approach to dealing with severe mental illness and addictions – and it became a political lightning rod ahead of the Oct. 19 election. A man armed with a machete attacked two people during the morning commute outside of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in downtown Vancouver. The incident left one man dead, while another had his hand severed off and eventually re-attached.

Oct 30, 2024 | lethbridgeherald.com | John Kurucz

By John Kuruczfor the LETHBRIDGE HERALD on October 31, 2024. British Columbia’s approach to addiction, mental health services and crime and punishment could see marked, generational changes by the end of this month. NDP leader David Eby and Conservative Party leader John Rustad are floating new – and oftentimes controversial – ideas on those fronts on an almost daily basis.

Oct 15, 2024 | princegeorgecitizen.com | John Kurucz

Oct 15, 2024 | biv.com | John Kurucz

Here’s what business owners in South Granville know. The pace of change brought on by the Broadway Plan borders on dizzying, rents are often too high and increasing crime is becoming an everyday problem. What they don’t know? That a 100-plus person supportive housing project for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness will soon open in the area. “If this shelter comes in, I’m not staying—I’m absolutely going to move,” says Anila Frroku, who co-owns the Italian fashion outlet Motrati.