Vancouver’s mayor ... ground in the beleaguered Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, as well as more long-term investigations into organized crime and higher-level drug trafficking.

Tye William Lawr was handed a 60-day conditional sentence, followed by 12 months of probation for the Jan. 9 incident.

A new Vancouver police task force that promises to "dismantle organized crime networks and target predatory criminals in the Downtown Eastside" will ... the rollback of drug decriminalization ...

VANCOUVER — Vancouver ... and criminal gangs, drug traffickers and repeat offenders are preying on the most vulnerable who live there. "For years, hundreds of millions of dollars have been poured into ...

Workers and residents in the Downtown Eastside are letting out a cautious ... But Ann Livingston, executive director of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, told the Straight she believes ...

A new Vancouver police task force that promises to "dismantle organized crime networks and target predatory criminals in the Downtown Eastside" will cost city taxpayers ... He said with the rollback ...

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 ...

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." ...