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 ...
Vancouver mayor reveals "Task Force Barrage" to tackle organized crime in DTES
Ken Sim announced a new Vancouver Police Department initiative to target "predatory criminals" in the Downtown Eastside.
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, ...
'I went from Disney star to homeless heroin addict – I robbed a bank to save myself'
Joe Cramer had the world at his feet after starring in Disney's Flight of the Navigator, but by his own admission, he went ...
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B.C. government promising new approaches to deal with social disorder
Terry Yung, B.C. minister of state for community safety and integrated services, conveyed that message while touring ...
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Provincial government promising new approaches to deal with social disorder in B.C.
The province says it’s time to change the way it's handling addiction and homelessness.
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Three low-income housing projects in Vancouver get money from state
Three Vancouver low-income housing projects are receiving money from the state to defray development costs. Gov. Bob Ferguson ...
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Battle Ground the latest city in Southwest Washington to ban unlawful camping on public property
Tents line West 11th Street in downtown Vancouver in summer 2024. While Vancouver has not changed its policies on homeless camping in the wake of Grants Pass, ore. Supreme Court decision, the city of ...
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Critics say warming centres don't 'match the needs' of homeless as cold weather hits Metro Vancouver
As temperatures plunge, the City of Vancouver is funding a network of warming centres to provide overnight shelter for those ...
What Rome, London and Chicago can teach a devastated L.A.
Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.
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Successful program to battle street homelessness in NYC undermined by bureaucratic barriers
A small-scale program that Mayor Adams’ administration launched in late 2022 to tackle street homelessness has proven effective amid a concerning surge in the city’s unsheltered population — but there ...