Vancouver Sun on MSN8d
Shots fired in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, police say victim was targeted
Police are at the scene of a shooting Thursday morning in downtown Vancouver. A message posted to social media just before 11 ...
Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing as part of Downtown Eastside revitalization bid
A plan to put a freeze on new supportive housing units in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside is drawing criticism from those who live and work in the community.
cbc.ca on MSN13d
B.C. housing minister says Vancouver's plan for Downtown Eastside could increase crime
B.C. Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon says Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's new plan for the Downtown Eastside will make the community ...
The Canadian Press on MSN13d
Critics denounce Vancouver mayor’s ‘Trumpian’ plan to ‘integrate’ Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Critics have denounced Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson calling his proposal to pause supportive ...
The Globe and Mail15d
Vancouver mayor proposes pause on new supportive housing in Downtown Eastside
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. He said he wants to ...
Global News15d
Vancouver to transform Downtown Eastside by pausing supportive housing, cracking down on crime
2:04 Vancouver halts plan for new supportive ... supportive housing units in the city as it works to transform the Downtown Eastside (DTES). “The Downtown Eastside reflects our city’s ...
Global News17d
Murder charge laid in 2023 Downtown Eastside shooting death
A suspect has been charged with second-degree murder more than two years after a man was killed in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. A statement from Vancouver police says they were called on Jan ...
Vancouver11d
Rob Shaw: BC NDP left tiptoeing as Vancouver mayor redraws DTES playbook
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s policy shift on the Downtown Eastside reveals BC NDP’s fragile grip on the troubled neighbourhood. Dan Toulgoet Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon spent the weekend tut ...
Vancouver mayor says city carrying imbalanced burden of supportive housing
Mayor Ken Sim’s announcement that the city won’t construct new supportive housing met with cheering and dismay ...
The Hamilton Spectator18d
Four British Columbia communities get 26 new addiction treatment beds
VANCOUVER - British Columbia’s minister of health says ... Prince Rupert and Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside are part of 248 treatment beds that are being funded through the Canadian Mental ...
Toronto Star15d
Vancouver mayor plans freeze on new supportive housing in Downtown Eastside
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. He said he wants to ...
The Hamilton Spectator14d
Critics denounce Vancouver mayor’s ‘Trumpian’ plan to ‘integrate’ Downtown Eastside
VANCOUVER - Critics have denounced Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson calling his proposal to pause supporti ...