Downtown Vancouver

• Passersby help police stop suspect who stole cane from blind man in Vancouver

  The victim, a 40-year-old newcomer to Canada, was standing near Davie and Thurlow streets around 3:45 p.m., when a stranger snatched the cane from his hands.

  Crime

  Feb 21
  
• Woman injured in downtown Vancouver vehicle fire

  According to Vancouver Fire Rescue Services, calls came in about the fire at Main and Gore streets around 10 a.m. By the time crews arrived, the driver had already escaped.

  Fire

  Feb 5
  
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• ‘Not normal’: B.C. Crown counsel group floats moving Vancouver courthouse after assault

  The comments come after a Crown prosecutor was punched in the face on her way to work at a courthouse in the Downtown Eastside last Friday.

  Crime

  Feb 5
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• Two Atira-run properties in downtown Vancouver to be run by another operator

  Operating agreements are set to expire for both Hutchison Rooms on West Pender Street and The Hazelwood on East Hastings Street.

  Politics

  Jan 24
• RCMP seek missing 21-year-old last seen in downtown Vancouver

  Chloe Douglas was spotted near Granville and Nelson streets on Tuesday around 4 p.m. and reported missing the next day.

  Canada

  Jan 11
• 2 hospitalized in ‘serious’ hit-and-run collisions in downtown Vancouver

  Two women, one in her 30s and another in her 50s, have been sent to the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

  Crime

  Nov 8, 2023
• ‘No walk-in traffic’: Vancouver business owner frustrated by crime, red tape

  Since Thom Robins opened the thom. salon on West Pender Street four years ago, he said the shop has been broken into multiple times.

  Crime

  Sep 13, 2023
• ‘It starts with dignity’: New outreach centre for youth in Downtown Eastside

  "The observation that they are getting younger is what really struck me," said Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside at the launch.

  Health

  Sep 8, 2023
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• Vancouver shop owner frustrated by repeat violent thefts, including ‘full-on fist fight’

  In less than a month, Anthony Sullivan said his team on Robson Street has endured "dramatic" thefts and theft attempts, "brawls with groups of youth," and threats with weapons.

  Crime

  Sep 5, 2023
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• ‘How come they let him out?’: Vancouver hate crime victim is frustrated by courts

  “Honestly, no matter who we are, white, Black, Asian, Indian -- everyone -- we’re human beings, we’re the same blood," said survivor Willy Kabayabaya.

  Crime

  Sep 4, 2023