A leaked memo proposed helping Indigenous people living on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to leave the city, an idea critics say “smacks of deportation.” ...

2:04 Growing fear for seniors’ safety in Downtown Eastside Safety concerns on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are growing as seniors who live in the community say they have seen an increase in ...

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 ...

A secret plan laid out by Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s chief ... for allowing quick approvals of private development in the Downtown Eastside, facilitating the return of people to their home ...

More than a year after Vancouver city councillors voted for a plan to "uplift" the city's troubled Downtown Eastside, city staff delivered an update on the work. The 42-page report outlined a ...

The City of Vancouver spends $10.8 million per year to fund some of Vancouver Fire Rescue Services’ work in the Downtown Eastside, including responding to overdose and fire calls associated with ...

VANCOUVER - 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 ...

1:50 Motion to ‘uplift’ Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside More than a year after Vancouver city councillors voted for a plan to “uplift” the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside, city staff ...

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." ...