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Updated: Vancouver police investigating Downtown Eastside shooting
Vancouver police are on the scene after a shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Earlier today, Jan. 30, someone was shot near ...
Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing as part of Downtown Eastside revitalization bid
A plan to put a freeze on new supportive housing units in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is drawing criticism from those who ...
Downtown Eastside business leader 'shocked' at mayor's plan to freeze supportive housing
Landon Hoyt, executive director of Hastings Crossing Business Improvement Association, says he didn't expect Mayor Ken Sim to ...
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How cannabis is helping Downtown Eastside residents get off hard drugs
Jen Nelson is known as the cannabis angel of the Downtown Eastside. She regularly roams through the area, gifting people with ...
B.C. housing minister says Vancouver's plan for Downtown Eastside could increase crime
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community ...
Details slim after Vancouver mayor vows gang crackdown in Downtown Eastside
Key questions remain about the proposal -- including how much it will cost and how the project would differ from the work already being performed by the VPD's own gang unit.
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Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building
What happens at Woodward’s affects the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside, which starts just over one block away. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Thursday in a speech to a community safety forum ...
Vancouver police investigating Downtown Eastside shooting
Vancouver police are on the scene after a shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Earlier today, Jan. 30, someone was shot near the intersection of East Hastings and Main streets, according to a social ...