The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is a neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One of the city's oldest neighbourhoods, the DTES is the site of a complex set of social issues, including disproportionately high levels of drug use, homelessness, poverty, crime, mental illness and …

The Downtown Eastside (DTES) is one of Vancouver's oldest neighbourhoods, and the historic heart of the city. The DTES has many assets, especially for its low-income residents, who appreciate feeling accepted and at home, and benefit from living near health and social services.

Apr 10, 2019 · The Downtown Eastside was originally the central hub for everything cultural and political – the sawmills that were in Gastown helped build a commercial sector. There were banks, theatres, head offices, and hotels, and more.

Aug 19, 2019 · The VPD has said the Downtown Eastside is arguably the most difficult place to work in law enforcement in Canada. All of this transpires at the height of a tourist season expected to bring 11 million visitors to Vancouver, along with a …

Aug 16, 2022 · Tents remain on East Hastings in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside a week after city staff began the process of removing them, citing a fire department order that the structures constitute an...

Apr 6, 2023 · Inside Vancouver's Wall Centre — a 48-storey condo of glass named for one of the city's most prominent developers — hundreds of politicians were gathered to discuss B.C.'s housing crisis and...

The Downtown Eastside (DTES) Plan, approved by City Council in 2014, provides a vision, policies, and strategies for the DTES that focuses on ways to improve the lives of low-income DTES residents and community members.

Jul 11, 2024 · A program that cleans up several streets on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is facing elimination, unless funding is found to keep it alive after the end of August.

Jan 23, 2025 · VANCOUVER Mayor Ken Sim on Thursday addressed the Save Our Streets Forum to unveil a comprehensive plan aimed at transforming Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) through measures focused on accountability, dignity, and public safety.

Strathcona is a historic neighbourhood that encompasses history and culture like few others. On its streets you still find a medley of old Chinatown, Japantown and Little Italy. A portrait of the community from 32 writers who live and work in the Downtown Eastside. Biography of the innkeeper that gave Gastown its name.