Gastown

• Vancouver to boost Gastown policing, in bid ‘to bring back a sense of safety’: Mayor

  Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim says the city is taking immediate steps to improve public safety in the Gastown neighbourhood.

  Sep 24, 2024
  
• Car-free experiment crashing sales say Gastown businesses

  Several Gastown business owners say their hopes a pedestrian-only pilot project would bring a boost in business have been dashed, with revenue and foot traffic falling.

  Canada

  Jul 31, 2024
  
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• ‘Community, business hotspot’: Gastown repairs finished ahead of pedestrian pilot 

  The City of Vancouver said repair work in Maple Tree Square has been finished, fixing damaged brick pavers and roads.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2024
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• Gastown businesses losing millions due to Water Street construction, society says

  The City of Vancouver began work in Gastown roughly two months ago, ahead of its summer pilot of having Water Street a car-free area for July and August.

  Canada

  May 15, 2024
• ‘A lot happening’: Repairs soon in Vancouver’s Gastown ahead of car-free street pilot

  The City of Vancouver is advising drivers that significant changes to traffic patterns are on the way to Gastown due to repair work.

  Traffic

  Feb 29, 2024
• Major street in Gastown going car-free this summer. What to know

  Water Street will officially go car-free in July and August for a pilot program that aims to make the hotspot a more "vibrant, clean, safe and people-friendly destination" for all.

  Politics

  Feb 7, 2024
• Did fire alarms actually go off during deadly Vancouver SRO fire? Inquest hears new evidence

  Disturbing images included redacted scenes of where the bodies of the victims were found in the wreckage 11 days after the fire at the Winters Hotel on April 11, 2022.

  Fire

  Jan 26, 2024
• Manager of Vancouver SRO razed by deadly fire had no fire safety training, inquest hears

  Gina Vanemberg told inquest jurors that as fire crews scrambled to evacuated the Winters Hotel, a list of tenants was forgotten in the building, against protocol.

  Fire

  Jan 25, 2024
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• ‘Chaos’: Witnesses recount deadly fire that destroyed Vancouver SRO to inquest jury

  Neda Pessione said she saw Mary Ann Garlow enter the Winters Hotel that morning, never to return, and alerted Vancouver's fire chief to the fact that people were still "trapped."

  Fire

  Jan 24, 2024
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• Fire captain had ‘bad feeling’ about SRO gutted in deadly fire, inquest hears

  Mary Garlow and Dennis Guay's remains were found 11 days after the fire as the four-storey heritage building on Abbott and Water streets was demolished.

  Fire

  Jan 23, 2024