Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood is in the grip of a “humanitarian crisis” of crime and violence that has reached ...

Vancouver’s mayor and police Chief Adam Palmer jointly announced on Thursday a long-term operation to dismantle organized drug crime and target predatory criminals in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. As ...

Sim and Police Chief Adam Palmer announced "Task Force Barrage," which will see an increased an sustained police focus on the ...

1:55 Downtown Eastside service providers react to Vancouver mayor’s plan Service providers in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) have mixed reactions to the mayor’s plans to transform the ...

Vancouver police are on the scene after a shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Around 10:30 a.m., Jan. 30 ... the VPD has posted on social media about two recent incidents in the DTES. On Monday, a man ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s policy shift on the Downtown Eastside reveals BC NDP’s fragile ... of progress on improving conditions in the DTES. It was only two years ago that incoming Premier ...

Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon spent the weekend tut-tutting Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s new plan to halt construction of supportive housing, arguing the move will make the notorious Downtown Eastside ...

What happens at Woodward’s affects the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside ... Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said Thursday in a speech to a community safety forum that what happens in the DTES ...

After Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said he wants to halt supportive housing in the Downtown Eastside on Thursday, Victoria and Nanaimo mayors are saying want a similar approach here. (CHEK News).

B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community less safe and lead to more homelessness. Sim's proposal, announced on ...

Critics are denouncing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson saying his proposal to pause supportive housing ...