Vancouver mayor unveils details of $5 million Downtown Eastside crime crackdown
Sim and Police Chief Adam Palmer announced "Task Force Barrage," which will see an increased an sustained police focus on the area.
Vancouver police get additional $5M for Downtown Eastside crime and drugs task force
A new Vancouver police task force that promises to "dismantle organized crime networks and target predatory criminals in the ...
Vancouver mayor reveals "Task Force Barrage" to tackle organized crime in DTES
Ken Sim announced a new Vancouver Police Department initiative to target "predatory criminals" in the Downtown Eastside.
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Vancouver launching $5 million police surge hyper-focused on Downtown Eastside
They called it “Task Force Barrage,” and described it as a $5 million funding boost for the Vancouver Police Department to ...
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Women’s Memorial March returns to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside on Feb. 14
"The Memorial March is an opportunity to come together to grieve the loss of our beloved sisters and relatives in the ...
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim lays out new policing plan for Downtown Eastside
Vancouver’s mayor and police Chief Adam Palmer jointly announced on Thursday a long-term operation to dismantle organized ...
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Care packages created by Richmond high school students handed out to DTES residents
A group of J.N Burnett secondary students were handing out care packages on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver on Friday. The ...
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Reflections on the annual Women’s Memorial March
In this essay, Elizabeth Zarpa shares what the Women’s Memorial March means to her and what justice for missing and murdered ...
Vancouver mayor, police chief announce $5M strategy to combat crime in Downtown Eastside
Ken Sim: "We're at a breaking point, and we can't keep pouring money into a system that isn't delivering real results." ...
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Can $400 Million Rescue New York’s Run-Down Capital City?
Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed to earmark $400 million to revitalize the capital of New York, where poverty rates are high and the downtown is moribund. By Jay Root The blight that pervades ...