How these red ribbon skirts honour the memory of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
Jamie Smallboy says hearing the sound of the drums at a Women's Memorial March in Vancouver several years ago marked a ...
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Vancouver mayor, police chief announce $5M strategy to combat crime in Downtown Eastside
Ken Sim: "We're at a breaking point, and we can't keep pouring money into a system that isn't delivering real results." ...
Street outreach workers concerned about Vancouver cold conditions
With temperatures dipping below freezing for the third straight evening, street outreach workers for the non-profit group, ...
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Point-in-Time Count workers collect data, offer resources to Clark County’s homeless
A team of outreach workers moved through an east Vancouver homeless camp Thursday as dawn’s first light touched the horizon. Among them was Jason Paggett, who, after overcoming homelessness and ...
Vancouver Canadian Charter challenge seeks to give homeless campers daytime sheltering rights
A lawsuit from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) aims to prove that prohibiting people from sheltering in public spaces in Vancouver during the daytime violates sections of Canada's Charter ...
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Man, 25, in critical condition after daytime shooting in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Police are at the scene of a shooting Thursday morning in downtown Vancouver. A message posted to social media just before 11 a.m. said someone was shot near East Hastings and Main streets. The victim ...
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Vancouver faces court challenge over daytime ban on people sheltering in public spaces
The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) along with people who lived at the former CRAB Park homeless camp and on East ...
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BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver’s ban on daytime shelters
VANCOUVER - The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality’s daytime ban on outdoor sheltering, calling it “cruel ...
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Vancouver sued over city's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering
When there is a lack of adequate alternative shelter, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the right for people to protect themselves from the elements in public spaces, at least ...
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BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters
The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering, which it calls "cruel, dehumanizing and ...
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BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters
The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering, which it calls "cruel, dehumanizing ...