The Vancouver Sun on MSN15d
Vancouver's DTES faces 'devastating' crisis as women's drop-in spaces close
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is facing a crisis as the number of emergency drop-in spaces for women experiencing ...
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Vancouver to transform Downtown Eastside by pausing supportive housing, cracking down on crime
The City of Vancouver says it will not approve any new construction of new supportive housing units in the city as it works to transform the Downtown Eastside (DTES). “The Downtown Eastside ...
Global News17d
Vancouver council gets update on efforts to ‘uplift’ Downtown Eastside
4:29 City of Vancouver DTES Revitalization Plan “It’s really hard to actually improve your health outcomes and your journey when the housing around you is crumbling, so we are committed to ...
The Vancouver Sun10d
VPD officer slashed, seriously injured in DTES
The attack comes as Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has pledged to crack down on gangs and crime in the DTES. Sim announced in January that the city, along with the VPD, would address street-entrenched ...
CBC.ca19d
Hundreds rally for Downtown Eastside as leaked memo adds detail to mayor's controversial revitalization plan
Hundreds gathered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Saturday evening to support people experiencing homelessness, as Mayor Ken Sim's motion to freeze new supportive housing heads to city ...
Vancouver17d
Vancouver spends $47M per year in DTES on homelessness, mental health, addictions
The City of Vancouver spends $10.8 million per year to fund some of Vancouver Fire Rescue Services’ work in the Downtown Eastside, including responding to overdose and fire calls associated with ...
The Hamilton Spectator27d
DTES community rallies against mayor’s plan to freeze supportive housing
disrupting what the City of Vancouver is calling “hyper-concentrated” services in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), including supportive housing, shelter services and social services, according to ...
Global News25d
DTES support worker says recovery-oriented approach needs to replace harm reduction
2:01 Long time DTES resident supports mayor’s plan to clean up the area A cultural support worker who found sobriety in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) believes the harm reduction model ...
The Georgia Straight1mon
The Women’s Memorial March continues the fight for justice in Vancouver’s DTES
The Vancouver march starts at the Carnegie Community Centre and will move through the DTES, a neighbourhood deeply impacted by this ongoing crisis. The Vancouver march, now in its 33rd year ...
The Georgia Straight9y
Homeless in Vancouver: Good-looking new mural in a DTES back alley
As I was saying. As good as this mural looks on a dry day, I can just imagine how it would look if you added some serious Vancouver rain. Then the woman’s face would be mirrored (right side up ...
The Vancouver Sun15d
Vancouver's DTES faces 'devastating' crisis as women's drop-in spaces close
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is facing a crisis as the number of emergency drop-in spaces for women experiencing homelessness, addiction and gender-based violence dwindles due to chronic ...