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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 ...
How these red ribbon skirts honour the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
Every year, volunteers gather ahead of the Women's Memorial March in Vancouver to sew 100 red ribbon skirts. Each one is gifted to a family who has lost a loved one to the MMIWG crisis.
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Vancouver plans to tackle 'humanitarian crisis' of crime in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and the city's police chief have unveiled a task force to tackle organized crime in the Downtown ...
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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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Charity fills the gap in pet fostering services for struggling community members in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
For The Homies is a new grassroots organization offering much-needed pet fostering services for community members and their ...
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Provincial government promising new approaches to deal with social disorder in B.C.
The province says it’s time to change the way it's handling addiction and homelessness.
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Brave trio taking daily plunges in icy waters throughout February for good cause
The cool customers are raising funds for The Dugout, a non-profit organization that helps vulnerable residents on Vancouver's ...
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 ...