Downtown Eastside, Vancouver and organized crime

Vancouver invests $5M to make its Downtown Eastside safer
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood is in the grip of a “humanitarian crisis” of crime and violence that has reached a tipping point, Mayor Ken Sim said as he unveiled a taskforce to tackle organized crime.
Vancouver police get additional $5M for Downtown Eastside crime and drugs task force
The mayor and the police chief have announced a new task force they say will target organized crime and predatory criminals operating in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.
Vancouver mayor, police chief announce $5M strategy to combat crime in Downtown Eastside
Ken Sim: "We're at a breaking point, and we can't keep pouring money into a system that isn't delivering real results."
Vancouver plans to tackle 'humanitarian crisis' of crime in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and the city's police chief have unveiled a task force to tackle organized crime in the Downtown Eastside and beyond.
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 live and work in the community.
Vancouver announces 'Task Force Barrage' to clean up Downtown Eastside
Vancouver's mayor and police chief are launching "Task Force Barrage" to target crime and clean up the Downtown Eastside. Rumina Daya reports.
The Georgia Straight27d
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 joints, edibles, and weed to aid relaxation and ease devastating ...
Global News14d
After $10M losses in 15 years, London Drugs weighs leaving Woodward’s development
2:22 London Drugs considers shutting down Downtown Eastside location Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and its low-income residents are facing another potential blow as London Drugs is ...
The Vancouver Sun18d
Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building
London Drugs’ lease at Woodward’s ends in October ... What happens at Woodward’s affects the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside, which starts just over one block away.
The Tyee28d
The Case of the Marijuana Museum
But in the late ’90s and 2000s, he was addicted to heroin and living in the Downtown Eastside, at times on the street. He remembers frequently buying drugs from a dealer who operated out of the ...
Healthy Debate1d
Charity fills the gap in pet fostering services for struggling community members in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
For The Homies is a new grassroots organization offering much-needed pet fostering services for community members and their ...
The Vancouver Sun17d
Mayor Ken Sim's detailed plan for Vancouver gang crackdown still weeks away
“They are controlling the drug lines in the Downtown Eastside.” Higher-level organized crime “supplies all of these low-level traffickers,” he said. Therefore, whatever measures Vancouver ...