Mentions of racism, Indigenous displacement, and substance use. On February 26, Vancouver City Council voted “yes” on mayor Ken Sim’s ...
In the rapid march toward a digital-only future, rare remnants of Vancouver’s analog past still serve as lifelines for some ...
DEWC was one of 33 multi-year funding grants for community organizations approved at $4 million. This includes $210,000 over ...
Vancouver’s system of temporary shelters may become a permanent part of the city’s plan to address homelessness.
The Downtown Eastside has become world famous for its high levels of poverty, drug use, and homelessness, and even after ...
City of Vancouver to stop camping at sound wall near downtown "It's much better and safer, just the sanity, because we were ...
New data from the BC Coroners Service says at least 458 people experiencing homelessness in the province died in 2023, with the toll almost tripling in just three years. The ...
A new report says at least 458 homeless people died in 2023, up 23 per cent from 2022 and close to triple the 155 deaths ...
That money was also used to start Homeless Encampment Action Response Temporary Housing (HEARTH) in 2024. Budget documents ...
Man who experienced homelessness, drug abuse and gangs reminds students there are services ready to ‘meet them where they are ...
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 underfunding ...
Wells said 78 per cent of people surveyed in the latest Vancouver homeless count ... donate $1 million to a service provider in the Downtown Eastside. A statement from the charity First United ...