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‘More supports are needed’: How to help those not accepting shelter after Hastings decampment“We promised that our approach would be empathetic and compassionate and we’ll do whatever we can to make sure people are taken care of in an empathetic way," Ken Sim said.PoliticsApr 12, 2023
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‘We’re happy with the progress that’s made’: Vancouver mayor on Hastings Street decampmentIt started last Wednesday and crews have been out every day since, telling people they have to move and putting some of their belongings into garbage trucks.CanadaApr 11, 2023
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Health care system, health of the homeless at risk amid DTES decampment: UnionHospital Employees' Union spokesperson Mike Old said the process has lacked dignity for the unhoused and been "a bit cruel."CannabisApr 10, 2023
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‘Nothing has changed’: Vancouver decampment continues through Easter long weekendEarly numbers from the City of Vancouver show 18 of 56 people associated with structures removed during the first two days of the Hastings decampment accepted referrals to sheltersPoliticsApr 10, 2023
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‘This is my neighbourhood’: Vancouver tent city residents say they have nowhere to goCity of Vancouver crews, along with Vancouver police officers, returned to East Hastings Street Thursday morning to continue dismantling tents and structures on the sidewalks.PoliticsApr 6, 2023
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‘It is unsafe’: Vancouver asks police to help end Hastings Street tent encampmentIn July 2022, the Vancouver fire chief issued an order to remove structures along East Hastings due to the extreme fire risk posed by structures adjacent to buildings.PoliticsApr 5, 2023
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Leaked documents reveal plan to remove Hastings Street tent encampments: advocatesThe Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users said it received City of Vancouver documents that detail a plan to remove the tents and structures.PoliticsApr 3, 2023
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100% of women living in Downtown Eastside tents report experiencing violence: surveyAll of the women who responded to a recent survey said they did not feel safe, and had been subjected to violence, including sexual assaults.CrimeMar 28, 2023
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East Hastings tent fire impacts residents, businesses on Vancouver’s DTESIt's been almost eight months since Vancouver's fire chief ordered a growing encampment on the Downtown Eastside cleared over fire safety hazards.FireMar 13, 2023
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‘It’s a parasite’: Hastings Street encampment residents say it is unsafe and they’d take housingIn the coming days, David Eby will be meeting with DTES service providers, Chinatown leaders, and Indigenous leadership to discuss a collaborative response.PoliticsDec 5, 2022
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