A grassroots organization is warning that the presence of Vancouver police is deterring people who use drugs from accessing harm reduction services in the Downtown Eastside, or DTES. Vancouver Police ...

A grassroots organization is warning that the presence of Vancouver police is deterring people who use drugs from accessing harm reduction services in the Downtown Eastside, or DTES.

DTES peer harm reduction workers move to unionize “After 20 years of work I should have something, and I don’t even have a retirement plan.” ...

Colin Askey: I became part of this community when I began working in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) in 2008 for a harm reduction organization that provided several housing and healthcare ...

Harm reduction workers – with lived experience in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) – are voting today on joining CUPE 1004 in a BC Labour Relation ...

2:01 Long time DTES resident supports mayor’s plan to clean up the area A cultural support worker who found sobriety in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) believes the harm reduction model ...

Vancouver spends $46.7M per year in Downtown Eastside; council votes 6-3 to direct staff to compile list of DTES non-profits, NGOs & funding sources ...

Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is facing a crisis as the number of emergency drop-in spaces for women experiencing homelessness, addiction and gender-based violence dwindles due to chronic ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Harm reduction workers – with lived experience in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) – are voting today on joining CUPE 1004 in a BC Labour Relations Board vote.

In late December the WISH Drop-In Centre Society, which supports street-based sex workers in the Downtown Eastside, announced it would be temporarily closing its drop-in centre and kitchens ...

Jun 17, 2008 - By Nathan Allen One issue not being argued about in the upcoming civic election is City Hall’s support for the life-saving work of InSite, Vancouver’s supervised injection site.

A grassroots organization is warning that the presence of Vancouver police is deterring people who use drugs from accessing harm reduction services in the Downtown Eastside, or DTES.