City housing commission approves 210-bed homeless shelter for women, families
The San Diego Housing Commission voted on Friday to advance a plan to replace the 40-bed homeless shelter for women and families in East Village and expand it to a capacity of more than 200.
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 ...
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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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Critics denounce Vancouver mayor’s ‘Trumpian’ plan to ‘integrate’ Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER — Critics are ... “So he may think that he’s integrating Downtown Eastside with the rest of the city by making more people homeless. But those people have to go someplace, and ...
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Homeless hair stylist looking for hair cutters in Maple Ridge
Ellie Ollenberger volunteers her services with the Salvation Army in Maple Ridge and is looking for other hair stylists to ...
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Two ABC Vancouver councillors question Ken Sim’s plan to ‘freeze’ new supportive housing
Two members of Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver party are questioning the mayor's plan to pause construction of “net new” supportive ...
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Critics say warming centres don't 'match the needs' of homeless as cold weather hits Metro Vancouver
As temperatures plunge, the City of Vancouver is funding a network of warming centres to provide overnight shelter for those in need, but facilities won’t be open during daytime hours, which is ...
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‘Cruel, dehumanizing and deadly’: suit filed aginst Vancouver sheltering ban
The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality ... shelter daily and then carry it throughout the day. It says women and ...
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Minneapolis woman charged with murder, arson in downtown apartment fire
MINNEAPOLIS — A woman is accused of intentionally setting a downtown Minneapolis apartment on fire last August, killing two people, according to a criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County.
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Neighbors mobilize against proposed homeless shelter south of downtown Orlando
PASSENGERS. ALL RIGHT, PEOPLE SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN ORLANDO ARE MOBILIZING TO EXPRESS THEIR OPPOSITION TO PLANS FOR A 24 OVER SEVEN 300 BED HOMELESS SHELTER. CITY COUNCIL GAVE IT INITIAL APPROVAL BACK ...
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Judge agrees to dismiss case against Vancouver woman accused of shooting bouncer in leg
Amanda Cowan/The Columbian A judge last month agreed to dismiss a 2022 case against a Vancouver woman who was accused of shooting a bouncer in the leg at an east Vancouver bar following a fight.
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Rob Shaw: BC NDP left tiptoeing as Vancouver mayor redraws DTES playbook
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s policy shift on the Downtown Eastside reveals BC NDP’s fragile ... it means more people will be homeless, more people will be sleeping in parks, and that actually ...