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 ... recriminalize use of drugs in public spaces ...

Vancouver’s mayor ... in the beleaguered Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, as well as more long-term investigations into organized crime and higher-level drug trafficking. There were no new ...

Their large-scale money laundering schemes have helped fuel ... down the Eastside's sidewalks will typically take a visitor past tents pitched by thousands of homeless people and drug addicts.

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 ...

The City of Vancouver ... the Downtown Eastside on operating costs related to efforts to ameliorate the impacts of homelessness, and help people living with a mental illness, drug addiction ...

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 ...

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." ...

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 ...