Downtown Eastside
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Vancouver finds cash to keep Downtown Eastside toilets, street cleaning going to year-endThe 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.CanadaJul 17
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Trash, needles, human waste: Downtown Eastside street cleaning program at riskThe program is operated by Mission Possible, a non-profit that helps DTES residents struggling with poverty to reenter the workforce.PoliticsJul 11
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Downtown Eastside could lose 2 public toilets as funding dries upThe 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.PoliticsJul 1
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Downtown Eastside stabbing leaves man in serious conditionA 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.CrimeJun 6
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Vancouver police vehicle strikes and seriously injures pedestrianA man was seriously injured when he was struck by a police vehicle in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside not long after midnight on Tuesday.CrimeMay 22
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Downtown Eastside advocate receives absolute discharge for Chinatown assaultVancouver Provincial Court Judge Patricia Stark accepted a joint sentencing submission from Crown and defence, finding an absolute discharge was appropriate.CanadaMay 17
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Vancouver police officer who struck pedestrian guilty of excessive speedingIn the video, a Vancouver police cruiser can be seen driving eastbound when it strikes a man standing hunched over in the middle of the road.CrimeMay 9
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Refugee attends open house at Downtown Eastside affordable housing facilityCurrently, the building is in the process of taking applicants who wish to live in the facility, with more than 650 people applying so far.CanadaApr 28
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Downtown Eastside artist featured at Emily Carr University exhibitThe art exhibition is the culmination of a course on the impact of graffiti culture launched by a B.C. university professor.EducationApr 7
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Downtown Eastside community hub still not open 1 year after announcementA community hub promised last March for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside appears to still be under construction.PoliticsMar 21
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