Peter Bracchi criticizes Vancouver’s leadership for permitting unsafe and unsanitary homeless encampments on public sidewalks ...

The 26-year-old North Vancouver man was known to move around the North Shore, Surrey and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but hadn’t been seen in months.

Unlike Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside – a magnet for transient folks and drug users for more than a century – Pandora’s swift decline has been far more recent.

Homeless encampments along highways in Washington state may have to sit along the busy roads for a bit longer due to budget cuts.

The number of homeless people in Vancouver grew from 1,500 in 2010 to 2,600 in 2023, a 73% increase. Homeless encampments have spread in the Eastside area, close to downtown.

Amber Rodriguez, a resident at the 415 West Safe Stay community, straightens up her unit in downtown Vancouver. Rodriguez was living in a homeless camp and addicted to fentanyl, which she used to ...

Critics are denouncing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson saying his proposal to pause supportive housing ...

VANCOUVER — Critics have denounced Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson calling his proposal to pause ...