Vancouver Graffiti
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‘Punitive and ridiculous’: Vancouver business questions dumpster graffiti fine“The city isn’t helping the small businesses, they’re fining them for being victims of crime, I just can’t get my head around it," Dressew Supply president David McKie said.CrimeSep 16, 2022
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Street artists drawing on Vancouver’s first legal graffiti wall'Anybody’s allowed to come here at any time and paint on the wall without getting arrested,' Downtown Eastside street artist Smokey D told Global News.FeaturesAug 16, 2022
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Vancouver street artists craft mural for Chinatown business that challenged graffiti taggersTommy 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.CrimeJun 17, 2022
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‘I did what I did’: Man says he posted shocking video of SkyTrain tunnel graffiti break-inA Vancouver graffiti writer says he has no regrets about sharing video online of a SkyTrain tunnel being tagged. Meanwhile, Metro Vancouver Transit Police are investigating.CrimeJun 6, 2022
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Vancouver Chinatown merchant writes message to graffiti taggers targeting his storefrontVancouver City Coun. Pete Fry said Wong’s gesture is an appropriate response to the often racist graffiti in the neighbourhood.FeaturesMay 16, 2022
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Street and mural artists work to change narrative on Vancouver Chinatown graffitiAn iconic Downtown Eastside street artist is lending his voice to efforts to clamp down on graffiti vandalism in Vancouver's historic Chinatown.CrimeMay 15, 2022
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East Vancouver volunteers help take back neighbourhood ‘rocked with graffiti’Almost every weekend, Hastings Sunrise Community Policing Centre volunteers crack open the paint and work together to get rid of unwanted graffiti scrawled on walls and buildings.FeaturesApr 10, 2022
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Province willing to work with City of Vancouver to help stop Chinatown graffitiB.C.’s attorney general said he’s willing to partner with the city of Vancouver to help take back the heritage community.CrimeApr 8, 2022
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‘An eyesore and an embarrassment’: What will it take to stop graffiti vandalism in Chinatown?Vancouver police received 176 mischief reports for graffiti in Chinatown in 2020 and 2021. Charges were laid in four cases with two of the accused convicted.CrimeFeb 14, 2022
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Vancouver’s Sun-Yat Sen Classical Chinese Garden hit with graffiti"Our cultural heritage building and pillar of #YVRChinatown community is once again under attack," garden executive director Lorraine Lowe tweeted.CrimeJan 16, 2022
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