A grassroots organization is warning that the presence of Vancouver police is deterring people who use drugs from accessing harm reduction services in the Downtown Eastside, or DTES. Vancouver Police ...

A grassroots organization is warning that the presence of Vancouver police is deterring people who use drugs from accessing harm reduction services in the Downtown Eastside, or DTES.

DTES peer harm reduction workers move to unionize “After 20 years of work I should have something, and I don’t even have a retirement plan.” ...

Harm reduction workers – with lived experience in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) – are voting today on joining CUPE 1004 in a BC Labour Relation ...

Colin Askey: I became part of this community when I began working in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) in 2008 for a harm reduction organization that provided several housing and healthcare ...

Home of Downtown Eastside harm-reduction kiosk in question after Friday police raid Yet the acting manager of the DTES Market says she never asked the kiosk to vacate forever. Sept. 16, 2018 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In late December the WISH Drop-In Centre Society, which supports street-based sex workers in the Downtown Eastside, announced it would be temporarily closing its drop-in centre and kitchens ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Harm reduction workers – with lived experience in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) – are voting today on joining CUPE 1004 in a BC Labour Relations Board vote.

Vancouver spends $46.7M per year in Downtown Eastside; council votes 6-3 to direct staff to compile list of DTES non-profits, NGOs & funding sources ...

A grassroots organization is warning that the presence of Vancouver police is deterring people who use drugs from accessing harm reduction services in the Downtown Eastside, or DTES.