Smokey D

• ‘100% better’: DTES artist Smokey D undergoing sponsored rehab in Thailand

  “I’m doing very well thank you, 100 per cent better,” Jamie Hardy a.k.a Smokey D told Global News in an interview from The Hills Rehab in Chiang Mai. “I love it here.”

  Health

  Dec 11, 2024
  
• Vancouver street artists craft mural for Chinatown business that challenged graffiti taggers

  Tommy Wong wrote a message responding to vandals who had repeatedly targeted his business. It caught the attention of DTES street artists who offered to help.

  Crime

  Jun 17, 2022
  
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• Vancouver Chinatown merchant writes message to graffiti taggers targeting his storefront

  Vancouver City Coun. Pete Fry said Wong’s gesture is an appropriate response to the often racist graffiti in the neighbourhood.

  Features

  May 16, 2022
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• Street and mural artists work to change narrative on Vancouver Chinatown graffiti

  An iconic Downtown Eastside street artist is lending his voice to efforts to clamp down on graffiti vandalism in Vancouver's historic Chinatown.

  Crime

  May 15, 2022