The attack comes as Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has pledged to crack down on gangs and crime in the DTES. Sim announced in January that the city, along with the VPD, would address street-entrenched ...

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is facing a crisis as the number of emergency drop-in spaces for women experiencing homelessness, addiction and gender-based violence dwindles due to chronic ...

The City of Vancouver spends $10.8 million per year to fund some of Vancouver Fire Rescue Services’ work in the Downtown Eastside, including responding to overdose and fire calls associated with ...

4:29 City of Vancouver DTES Revitalization Plan “It’s really hard to actually improve your health outcomes and your journey when the housing around you is crumbling, so we are committed to ...

2:01 Long time DTES resident supports mayor’s plan to clean up the area A cultural support worker who found sobriety in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) believes the harm reduction model ...

The City of Vancouver spends an estimated $46.7 million per year in the Downtown Eastside on operating costs related to efforts to ameliorate the impacts of homelessness, and help people living ...

disrupting what the City of Vancouver is calling “hyper-concentrated” services in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), including supportive housing, shelter services and social services, according to ...

Hundreds gathered in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Saturday evening to support people experiencing homelessness, as Mayor Ken Sim's motion to freeze new supportive housing heads to city ...