Vancouver's annual Women's Memorial March honours the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women
Thousands took part in this year's annual Women's Memorial March on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. The event is held to ...
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.
B.C. housing minister says Vancouver's plan for Downtown Eastside could increase crime
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community ...
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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 ...
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'They need to be kept safe': B.C. funds women's winter shelter in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
A new nightly shelter for women is open this winter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Operated by Union ... women in Metro Vancouver are currently homeless, and that number has been rising ...
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Critics denounce Vancouver mayor's 'Trumpian' plan to 'integrate' Downtown Eastside
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street as the city works to clear tents from a sprawling homeless encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl ...
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Service providers respond to Mayor’s plan to reshape Downtown Eastside
1:55 Downtown Eastside service providers ... his lifestyle after moving to the DTES from Vancouver Island to focus on his recovery. Formerly homeless, Charleson said he found a place to live ...
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Critics denounce Vancouver mayor’s ‘Trumpian’ plan to ‘integrate’ Downtown Eastside
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 supporti ...