Members of the Downtown Eastside community are calling on the province to end its involuntary care plans, requesting easier access to detox beds instead.

Gabriella Molnar is 93 years old and was walking back to her home on Alexander Street last month when she says a man struck her on the head in an unprovoked attack.

Tye William Lawr was handed a 60-day conditional sentence, followed by 12 months of probation for the Jan. 9 incident.