Vancouver Homeless

• ‘Slow process’: Vancouver welcoming CRAB Park occupants back in designated area

  The process of moving people into the designated sheltering site at Vancouver's CRAB Park has been slow, according to a city official.

  Canada

  Apr 6
  
• Bylaw blocks volunteers from building tiny home in Vancouver’s CRAB Park

  "It's ridiculous, forcing people to live in tents in the cold that we suffer in these northern climates," said Bradley Gustafson of End Homelessness Canada.

  Politics

  Jan 19
  
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• Human rights tribunal accepts CRAB Park residents’ complaint against Vancouver

  The group claims discrimination based on Indigenous identity, and physical and mental disabilities among other allegations against the City of Vancouver.

  Politics

  Dec 18, 2023
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• ‘Trust has been broken’: New documents shed light on April’s Downtown Eastside decampment

  Internal documents obtained through freedom-of-information legislation now show the municipality wanted very few people in the loop on when the decampment would begin.

  Politics

  Dec 1, 2023
• Housing advocates call for moratorium on winter decampments in Vancouver

  The group Stop the Sweeps led a press conference urging the City of Vancouver, police and park rangers not to evict anyone, and to suspend enforcement of the Park Control Bylaw.

  Politics

  Nov 29, 2023
• Warming kits return to North Vancouver for those in need amid cold weather

  RCMP Cpl. Randall Wong and his wife Sahar launched warmingthehomeless in 2014 to "pay something forward," he said. The program has returned to North Vancouver for a ninth year.

  Features

  Nov 27, 2023
• Vancouver steps up enforcement on illegal shelters in CRAB Park

  The City of Vancouver stepped up enforcement Tuesday against people sheltering long-term in a part of CRAB Park in violation of city bylaws.

  Canada

  Nov 14, 2023
• Downtown Eastside groups issue urgent plea for homeless ahead of winter

  The groups are warning that there are 3,100 people of no fixed address in the region, including 2,000 in the Downtown Eastside, but just 1,500 shelter beds.

  Canada

  Nov 2, 2023
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• Advocates sound alarm at growing number of homeless seniors in Metro Vancouver

  The 2023 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count revealed more than one in five of the region's homeless, (22 per cent) are aged 55 or older.

  Economy

  Oct 17, 2023
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• Province touts progress, but still no timeline to end CRAB Park encampment

  In May 2022, a man was murdered in CRAB Park, and the encampment was the scene of a stabbing spree last October and a major tent fire in December.

  Politics

  Oct 12, 2023