As ABC Vancouver works to transform the Downtown Eastside, the ruling party’s vision is taking shape, including more policing, more market housing, a freeze on supportive housing, and more scrutiny of ...

Vancouver Police chief Adam Palmer said two police officers were walking in the Downtown Eastside when a person randomly ...

1:50 Motion to ‘uplift’ Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside More than a year after Vancouver city councillors voted for a plan to “uplift” the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside, city staff ...

VANCOUVER - 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 ...

2:04 Growing fear for seniors’ safety in Downtown Eastside Safety concerns on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are growing as seniors who live in the community say they have seen an increase in ...

Vancouver’s mayor and police chief trumpeted a plan Thursday to boost police funding with a specific focus on the Downtown Eastside. At a news conference Thursday at City Hall, Vancouver Police ...

THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city's troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new ...

They’re packing digital and cellphone cameras. They’re involved in the serious business of watching cops in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. These people are volunteers with a new citizens ...

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 ...

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." ...