Police calls in the downtown neighborhood have grown steadily over the last three years, according to city records. In 2023, there were 5,598. Last year, it was 12,011.

Peter Bracchi criticizes Vancouver’s leadership for permitting unsafe and unsanitary homeless encampments on public sidewalks ...

British Columbia's government is forming a working group to tackle a number of safety issues in supportive housing, including ...

The City of Victoria has endorsed a community safety and well-being plan aimed at tackling the complex and “entangled challenges” of homelessness, addiction and mental illness playing out on ...

A dangerous veterinary tranquilizer known as Tranq is rapidly spreading through Los Angeles, alarming public health experts and federal agents who say the drug, when mixed with fentanyl, is driving… ...

At the same time, retail vacancy downtown increased to 11 per cent from 3.0 per cent in 2019 and office vacancy jumped to 10.7 per cent from 4.7 per cent. Bray, who hopes the report will be a wake ...

The owner of a Downtown Eastside bistro who has been beset by street crime says ironically, he's been told he could make more money selling drugs on the street.

The Thursday night hustle and bustle will return to downtown Nanaimo as the Commercial Street Night Market sets up shop for another season. Beginning on Thursday, June 19, and on subsequent Thursday ...

After 15 years of navigating what he describes as a “war zone” of illegal activity a restaurateur in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside says it may be time to give up on the area.

(The Center Square) – After months of buildup, the Spokane City Council is scheduled to vote on an overhaul of its response to homelessness on Monday night. The new approach would require a week’s ...