Downtown Eastside

• Murder charge laid in fatal 2023 stabbing on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  Police said Hevert Solis Moreno, 39, was arrested Wednesday and has been charged with second-degree murder.

  Crime

  Oct 30
  
• ‘Listen to the voices of the DTES’: Calls for change follow video of VPD fatal shooting

  The incident was captured on a surveillance camera. Police had been called to the hotel on East Hastings in May 2022 for an assault with a weapons complaint.

  Crime

  Sep 12
  
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• Man dead after shooting in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

  Vancouver police found the victim at the intersection of East Cordova and Carrall streets just before 3:30 a.m.

  Crime

  Aug 29
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• Homicide detectives take over after ‘serious assault’ victim dies in Vancouver

  Police tape is up and officers have cordoned off an area near East Hastings Street and Main Street in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.

  Crime

  Aug 9
• Vancouver finds cash to keep Downtown Eastside toilets, street cleaning going to year-end

  The two projects were operated on provincial grant funding that expired last month. The City of Vancouver has stepped in with temporary funding while it looks for soutions.

  Canada

  Jul 17
• Trash, needles, human waste: Downtown Eastside street cleaning program at risk

  The program is operated by Mission Possible, a non-profit that helps DTES residents struggling with poverty to reenter the workforce.

  Politics

  Jul 11
• Downtown Eastside could lose 2 public toilets as funding dries up

  The city first installed the facilities, both operated by the Overdose Prevention Society, as a temporary response to the growing homelessness crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

  Politics

  Jul 1
• Downtown Eastside stabbing leaves man in serious condition

  A witness said she saw a man stab another man multiple times with an ice pick after they got into a fight near Hastings and Columbia streets.

  Crime

  Jun 6
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• Vancouver police vehicle strikes and seriously injures pedestrian

  A man was seriously injured when he was struck by a police vehicle in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside not long after midnight on Tuesday.

  Crime

  May 22
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• Downtown Eastside advocate receives absolute discharge for Chinatown assault

  Vancouver Provincial Court Judge Patricia Stark accepted a joint sentencing submission from Crown and defence, finding an absolute discharge was appropriate.

  Canada

  May 17