Changes coming to Vancouver's code of conduct to establish boundaries for political staff
The first-ever report summarizing complaints made to the City of Vancouver’s auditor general under whistleblower protections ...
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Vancouver invests $5M to make its Downtown Eastside safer
Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood is in the grip of a “humanitarian crisis” of crime and violence that has reached ...
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 ...
North Thompson Times4d
B.C. government promising new approaches to deal with social disorder
Terry Yung, B.C. minister of state for community safety and integrated services, conveyed that message while touring ...
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Provincial government promising new approaches to deal with social disorder in B.C.
Terry Yung, B.C. minister of state for community safety and integrated services, conveyed that message while touring ...
BC government to proceed with new Richmond supportive housing project after all
BC Housing's proposal to build a new permanent supportive housing site will proceed at the originally proposed location in ...
Burnaby Now19d
Rob Shaw: BC NDP left tiptoeing as Vancouver mayor redraws DTES playbook
Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon spent the weekend tut-tutting Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s new plan to halt construction of supportive housing, arguing the move will make the notorious Downtown Eastside ...
The Vancouver Sun20d
Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building
What happens at Woodward’s affects the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside ... and did brisk business for decades in what was once Vancouver’s premier shopping district.
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Surrey mayor says Vancouver's Ken Sim is 'unfairly' finger pointing on housing plan
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s proposal ... and that the area needs a new mix of housing and businesses. While Kahlon said he agrees the Downtown Eastside needs a different mix of housing, he is ...
North Thompson Times22d
‘Trumpian’: critics pan Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside supportive housing pause
Sim announced his plan at a forum on Thursday held by the Save Our Streets coalition, a group of businesses expressing concerns over crime and public safety in places such as Vancouver’s Downtown ...