volunteering in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) and helping people struggling with homelessness. “When I first got there, I was a little nervous, because everyone, they’re so formal.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city's Downtown Eastside that would halt ... "There's about 4,000 people in Vancouver who are homeless. There's 3,000 people who ...

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 ...

1:55 Downtown Eastside service providers react to Vancouver ... “There (are) a lot of homeless people down here that really need housing and a little bit of help to change their lifestyle ...

Officials credit the progress to the 500 in 500 initiative, which aimed to identify 500 affordable housing units in 500 days.

But those surveyed also listed dining, arts and music events too as reasons for which they have, and would, come downtown. However, the hurdle that still exists for the region is homelessness ...

"If there's no new supportive housing, we're going to get more homelessness," she says. "So he may think that he's integrating Downtown Eastside with the rest of the city by making more people ...

Dylan Sidoo, in partnership with the Sidoo Family Giving Foundation, has announced a groundbreaking expansion of their Downtown Eastside Program ... and blankets to the homeless.

A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder more than two years after a man was killed in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A statement from Vancouver police says they were called on Jan ...

PDP launches new strategic vision to help build on the progress of the $600 million plan and chart improvements and ... of $600 million to help rejuvenate downtown last October, Jeremy Waldrup ...

for the approximate 180 homeless and other people who eat there each morning. The Downtown Council runs the Downtown Community Services Center at Seventh Street and The Paseo Boulevard offering ...