Vancouver’s system of temporary shelters may become a permanent part of the city’s plan to address homelessness.

T he City of Vancouver has cleared an out-of-control homeless encampment near a Vancouver neighborhood. The encampment had ...

Vancouver is facing some big-city issues that go beyond crime and homelessness. As Columbian reporter Sarah Wolf wrote this week, “Visits to downtown Vancouver have yet to surpass pre-pandemic ...

Many refused the help, though almost half accepted it. Two people have been ineligible for housing so far. We’re working to confirm what made these campers ineligible.“We had 52 or 53 people total on ...

DEWC was one of 33 multi-year funding grants for community organizations approved at $4 million. This includes $210,000 over ...

Photo Mike Howell The City of Vancouver spends an estimated $46.7 million per year in the Downtown Eastside on operating costs related to efforts to ameliorate the impacts of homelessness ...

The head pastor of the Cascade Park Baptist Church in Vancouver is estimating $15,000 in damages. Vancouver police are investigating this as an arson.

That money was also used to start Homeless Encampment Action Response Temporary Housing (HEARTH) in 2024. Budget documents ...

A new report says at least 458 homeless people died in 2023, up 23 per cent from 2022 and close to triple the 155 deaths ...

Hundreds rally for Downtown Eastside as leaked memo adds ... said nearly half of Vancouver's homeless population is Indigenous. She said reunification may not be possible for everyone and that ...