Vancouver’s mayor and police chief trumpeted a plan Thursday to boost police funding with a specific focus on the Downtown Eastside. At a news conference Thursday at City Hall, Vancouver Police ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units. He said he wants to ...

A new Vancouver police task force that promises to "dismantle organized crime networks and target predatory criminals in the Downtown Eastside ... we want to do." British Columbia to ...

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

2:02 Vancouver announces ‘Task Force Barrage’ to clean up Downtown Eastside Vancouver’s mayor and police chief have revealed the details of a new $5 million plan to crack down on gangs and ...

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

VANCOUVER - Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood is in the grip of a “humanitarian crisis” of crime and violence that has reached a tipping point, Mayor Ken Sim said as he unveiled a ...

Palmer said Vancouver's index in 2023 was 97, Canada-wide it was 80.5, while in the Downtown Eastside it was 524. Sim said that the focus on crime "isn't just about public safety." ...