The short answer is no, the Downtown Eastside’s “forward sortation area” (FSA) code of V6A is very poor, to be sure. But, according to Statistics Canada data from 2016, it is not the ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia In this urban oasis widely considered one of the most livable places in the world, the Downtown Eastside is about 15 square blocks of something else.

People walk along East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, Canada. Jonathan Hayward / AP. Jan. 30, 2010, 3:53 PM EST / Source: The Associated Press.

As B.C. warns about COVID-19 sweeping through Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside, the question remains as to why no crisis before this pandemic appears to have improved the conditions that ...

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The City of Vancouver is seeking public feedback on a plan to transform the Downtown Eastside by boosting private-sector development and nearly tripling maximum building heights to enable 32 ...

The B.C. government has filed a lawsuit against a group of alleged Downtown Eastside drug traffickers, seeking the forfeiture ...

A series of devastating fires in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is causing growing alarm among ... CBC P.O. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. Toll-free (Canada only): 1-866-306 ...

Ultimately, Downtown Eastside residents and politicians of all stripes agree the outdated rental units need to be replaced with modern apartments. ... Suite 1600, Toronto, ON Canada, M5A 0N1.

News Rights + Justice Canada Post Stops Delivery to the Downtown Eastside, Again Carriers cite ‘safety concerns,’ but the suspension cuts low-income residents off from an essential service.

Days after Mr. Eby announced the plan to roll back decriminalization, about three dozen people gathered at the Downtown Eastside office of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, a nonprofit, to ...

Calling the Downtown Eastside Canada’s “poorest postal code” — and, by inference, its poorest neighbourhood — is common among both international and local media.