They called it “Task Force Barrage,” and described it as a $5 million funding boost for the Vancouver Police Department to ...

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

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

A new Vancouver police task force that promises to "dismantle organized crime networks and target predatory criminals in the ...

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

Ken Sim: "We're at a breaking point, and we can't keep pouring money into a system that isn't delivering real results." ...

One day earlier this month, a man used a metal baton to smash the glass in the front door of the London Drugs ... nearby Downtown Eastside, which starts just over one block away. Vancouver Mayor ...

The BC Court of Appeal said the trial judge's analysis "reflects a material error in principle" ...

Get the best of Vancouver ... of the Downtown Eastside. She regularly roams through the area, gifting people with joints, edibles, and weed to aid relaxation and ease devastating drug withdrawal ...

He had used this specific facility in Vancouver ... highest drug-related deaths.” Having travelled to harm reduction conferences around the world, Guy Felicella says the real problem is ...

“Every other jurisdiction in Metro has issues with ... controlling the drug lines in the Downtown Eastside.” Higher-level organized crime “supplies all of these low-level traffickers,” he said.

To get into the Vancouver School of ... the neighbourhood was no longer a downtown shopping destination for city residents. It had also become known for its open drug use and dealing, and in ...