Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city's Downtown Eastside that would halt the construction of net-new supportive housing units. Sim told a Save Our Streets forum ...

B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community less safe and lead to more homelessness. Sim's proposal, announced on ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units. He said he wants to ...

Fraser’s story is one of many in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, where low-income individuals and newcomers can face barriers to employment. Beley said that due to growing demand, Working Gear ...

Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street as the city works to clear tents from a sprawling homeless encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl ...

Over its more than 135-year history, First United has continuously evolved to meet the changing needs of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. As a low-barrier social service provider, demand for its ...

Roman Ansari was standing outside his office building in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside on Thursday morning when he heard what sounded like a gunshot.

Vancouver police and Metro Transit Police are looking into who’s broken more than two dozen windows on buses while they drove through the Downtown Eastside in recent weeks. “We believe someone ...

If you're visiting Gastown, city officials advise against going through the Downtown Eastside. Vancouver's Chinatown is one of the largest in North America, just behind San Francisco and New York.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units. He said he wants to ...