They called it “Task Force Barrage,” and described it as a $5 million funding boost for the Vancouver Police Department to ...

The mayor and the police chief have announced a new task force they say will target organized crime and predatory criminals operating in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

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

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

Vancouver’s mayor and police Chief Adam Palmer jointly announced on Thursday a long-term operation to dismantle organized ...

Sim and Police Chief Adam Palmer announced "Task Force Barrage," which will see an increased an sustained police focus on the area.

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and the city's police chief have unveiled a task force to tackle organized crime in the Downtown ...

Ken Sim: "We're at a breaking point, and we can't keep pouring money into a system that isn't delivering real results." ...

Such incidents have become frustratingly commonplace at London Drugs stores ... the whole of the nearby Downtown Eastside, which starts just over one block away. Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim said ...

2:22 London Drugs considers shutting down Downtown Eastside location Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside and its low-income residents are facing another potential blow as London Drugs is considering ...

Get the best of Vancouver in your inbox ... focused on people in the Downtown Eastside who use cannabis alongside illicit drugs. Some 75 per cent of the nearly 900 participants reported at ...

“They are controlling the drug lines in the Downtown Eastside.” Higher-level organized crime “supplies all of these low-level traffickers,” he said. Therefore, whatever measures Vancouver implements ...