Vancouver’s mayor and police chief trumpeted a plan Thursday to boost police funding with a specific focus on the Downtown Eastside. At a news conference Thursday at City Hall, Vancouver Police ...

Palmer said Vancouver's index in 2023 was 97, Canada-wide it was 80.5, while in the Downtown Eastside it was 524. Sim said that the focus on crime "isn't just about public safety." ...

2:02 Vancouver announces ‘Task Force Barrage’ to clean up Downtown Eastside Vancouver’s mayor and police chief have revealed the details of a new $5 million plan to crack down on gangs and ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside that includes pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units. He said he wants to ...

2:04 Vancouver halts plan for new supportive housing ... supportive housing units in the city as it works to transform the Downtown Eastside (DTES). “The Downtown Eastside reflects our city ...

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood is in the grip of a “humanitarian crisis” of crime and violence that has reached a tipping point, Mayor Ken Sim said as he unveiled a taskforce to ...

Vancouver Police Chief Adam Palmer and Mayor Ken Sim announced a new strategy Thursday to combat organized crime networks and target criminals in the Downtown Eastside. Photo Mike Howell Vancouver ...

As construction begins in downtown Vancouver, businesses are hoping their customers will brave the inconvenience to keep visiting Main Street. The city of Vancouver announced in 2022 plans to ...

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 ...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city's Downtown Eastside that would halt the construction of net-new supportive housing units. Sim told a Save Our Streets forum ...