Sean Ouyang News Today

Across the Downtown Eastside and Chinatown, unlikely friendships form a broad network of support. Second in a series.

  VANCOUVER -- Volunteers with the Lotus Light Charity Society were up before dawn on Christmas morning to start preparing a meal for people living in tents in Strathcona Park. They made roast turkey and ham, mashed potatoes, gravy and many of the other traditional holiday fixings. “We have prepared a special meal for those people in need in our Downtown East Side community. We’ve prepared 300 meals,” said Sean Ouyang, one of the volunteers. The society has been using the kitchen at...