DEATH OF DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE ACTIVIST LEAVES FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE
GRIEVING

To the Editor:

Re: "Turvey Widow Surprised by Silence," Oct. 18.

On the occasion of the death of John Turvey, I grieve for his family
and for the suffering he went through during his illness.

I also grieve for the change in social climate, for a time when the
creation of a needle exchange was possible and when there was a city
council that supported this.

I grieve for the day when you did not need to protect a safe
injection site from the ignorance of the federal government.

John Turvey and I were colleagues and buddies for quite a few years.

So I also grieve for my own sense of loss and the loss of our youth.

He will rest in well-deserved peace.

Petra Hartt,

Vancouver