Vancouver's annual Women's Memorial March honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women
Thousands took part in this year's annual Women's Memorial March on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The event is held to ...
How these red ribbon skirts honour the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
Every year, volunteers gather ahead of the Women's Memorial March in Vancouver to sew 100 red ribbon skirts. Each one is gifted to a family who has lost a loved one to the MMIWG crisis.
B.C. housing minister says Vancouver's plan for Downtown Eastside could increase crime
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community ...
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Service providers respond to Mayor’s plan to reshape Downtown Eastside
1:55 Downtown Eastside service providers ... his lifestyle after moving to the DTES from Vancouver Island to focus on his recovery. Formerly homeless, Charleson said he found a place to live ...
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Critics denounce Vancouver mayor's 'Trumpian' plan to 'integrate' Downtown Eastside
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street as the city works to clear tents from a sprawling homeless encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl ...
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Critics say warming centres don't 'match the needs' of homeless as cold weather hits Metro Vancouver
As temperatures plunge, the City of Vancouver is funding a network of warming centres to provide overnight shelter for those in need, but facilities won’t be open during daytime hours, which is ...
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Critics denounce Vancouver mayor's 'Trumpian' plan to 'integrate' Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER — Critics are ... "So he may think that he's integrating Downtown Eastside with the rest of the city by making more people homeless. But those people have to go someplace, and it's ...
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Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building
What happens at Woodward’s affects the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside, which starts just over one block away. Vancouver Mayor ... who was previously homeless in the DTES and now works ...
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Dylan Sidoo and Sidoo Family Giving Launch Transformative Downtown Eastside Initiative
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Dylan Sidoo, in partnership with the Sidoo Family Giving Foundation, has announced a groundbreaking expansion of their Downtown Eastside Program ... and blankets to the ...
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BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters
A man using a rolling walker walks on the street past tents setup on the sidewalk at a sprawling homeless encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver ... It says women and ...
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BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters
A man using a rolling walker walks on the street past tents setup on the sidewalk at a sprawling homeless encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 16 ...
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Two ABC Vancouver councillors question Ken Sim’s plan to ‘freeze’ new supportive housing
Two members of Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver party are questioning the mayor's plan to pause construction of “net new” supportive ...