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Downtown Vancouver's oldest building will become an extreme heat cooling centre at a time some experts say vulnerable B.C.
The Government of Canada is committed to addressing housing challenges and supporting collaborative solutions to improve housing outcomes for all Canadians. To support housing research, the Canada ...
Safe Eastside, a group with a long track record of attacking facilities for people exiting homelessness, is turning its ...
A Vancouver restaurant that is dealing with a host of issues is still open despite a fake news report claiming the opposite.
Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside after breakfast.  He had been sleeping at the shelter ...
Vancouver's Downtown Eastside could be opened up to more market development, 32-storey towers Dan Fumano: Vancouver may reduce the requirement for social housing in "the heart of the low-income ...
VANCOUVER — 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.
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community less safe and lead to more homelessness.Sim's proposal, announced on ...
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim calls for pause on construction of "net new supportive housing’, amending Downtown Eastside plan and crackdown on gangs.
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 held ...
"It’s time for a new direction, one that prioritizes recovery, inclusivity, and public safety while integrating the (Downtown Eastside) into the broader Vancouver community." The mayor said Vancouver ...