VANCOUVER, British Columbia In this urban oasis widely considered one of the most livable places in the world, the Downtown Eastside is about 15 square blocks of something else.

If you're hoping to visit Gastown or Chinatown, do not walk through the Downtown Eastside neighborhood, which is plagued by open drug use, homeless encampments and crime. Explore More of Vancouver ...

Welcome to Canada's poorest postal-code neighborhood—V6A. ... The most significant is that V6A includes Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but also the larger area around the Downtown Eastside.

I analyzed the City of Vancouver's database of street trees planted between 2010 and 2014 and, out of 9,600 trees planted in that time, just 78 of them were planted in the Downtown Eastside.

As B.C. warns about COVID-19 sweeping through Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside, the question remains as to why no crisis before this pandemic appears to have improved the conditions that ...

In Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, health authorities have prioritized vaccinations for the homeless and other disadvantaged people to try to contain the pandemic. By Dan Bilefsky As a foreign ...

Man, 25, in critical condition after daytime shooting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Police say it appears the victim was targeted and that no arrests have been made. Author of the article: ...

Rather than try to disperse the Downtown Eastside’s social pathologies throughout the region, policymakers have decided to concentrate new subsidized housing construction, welfare services, and drug ...

Coun. Pete Fry is calling for more transparency from Mayor Ken Sim and his office after it was revealed that the Vancouver Police Board was not aware of Task Force Barrage until it was announced to ...

VANCOUVER — Police in Vancouver have released new data they say depicts the success of a task force launched three months ago to curb crime in the city's Downtown Eastside neighbourhood.

Palmer said Vancouver's index in 2023 was 97, Canada-wide it was 80.5, while in the Downtown Eastside it was 524. Sim said that the focus on crime "isn't just about public safety." ...

PACE’s announcement was another heavy loss following a string of closures and service reductions at organizations serving sex workers and other marginalized women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.