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8 public safety cameras installed in Vancouver’s DTES due to high crime rates
Eight elevated safety cameras have been installed in the Downtown Eastside – four at Main and Hastings, and four at Carrall and Hastings, police said.
Cameras installed in Downtown Eastside as VPD shares concerning stats
The VPD has shared some troubling stats about the Downtown Eastside and has installed new cameras in hopes of deterring crime ...
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B.C. Good Samaritan fatally stabbed in heart, court hears
Abeal Negussie Abera stepped in to defend a woman when he was stabbed in the chest by her common-law husband Benny Rae ...
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‘We’re people too’: Canada’s homeless population is aging, changing how shelters run
Seventy-one-year-old Roger Oake sat on a bench outside the Union Gospel Mission shelter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside ...
Vancouver police install more cameras in DTES in bid to 'drive down crime'
Police say so far this year here have been 225 violent crimes in a one-block radius of where the new cameras are being set up ...
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Vancouver Sun honoured with Michener citation of merit
The Vancouver Sun received a Michener citation of merit for the work of longtime Postmedia journalist Lori Culbert on the ...
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Vancouver council approves 20-year plan to make downtown Granville Street 'thrive again'
Vancouver council has approved a plan to revitalize the downtown Granville strip, the city’s historic entertainment district ...