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‘We need help’: Vancouver park rangers crews disassemble CRAB Park encampmentPark rangers will be in the area conducting clean up between now and Wednesday, in compliance with 'Guidelines for Shelters and Fire Safety' for the park.PoliticsNov 6
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‘The opposite of rapid’: Delayed tiny shelters for Vancouver’s homeless long overdueVancouver's previous city council approved the pilot project for the tiny shelters in February 2022, but nearly two years later the facility still hasn't opened.CanadaSep 6
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‘Shame’: Vancouver modular housing residents protest planned removal next monthFor three years, the 98 units at Larwill Place on Cambie Street have offered homes with to low-income tenants at risk of homelessness, but the lease expires on July 31.PoliticsJun 20
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Vancouver police note ‘positive signs’ in crime reduction after DTES decampmentBetween April 5 and 20, Vancouver police say there has been just one robbery and one assault in the embattled downtown neighbourhood.PoliticsApr 24
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Reopened SRO, newly-purchased building to offer 200 units of Vancouver social housing: MinistryThe province says a restored fire-damaged SRO and a newly-purchased building near South Granville will provide 200 units of social and supportive housing in Vancouver by next fall.CanadaApr 11
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Rights groups allege violations occurring in DTES in submission to federal advocate"There are clear human rights standards for what constitutes adequate housing. These standards are overwhelmingly not being met," the Pivot Legal Society said.PoliticsApr 4
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‘They still house people’: Renovated SROs welcomed as part of DTES plan, but advocates call for moreNews of the newly-renovated SRO units for Downtown Eastside residents comes just months before 98 modular units in downtown Vancouver are slated to close.PoliticsMar 29
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Annual count of Metro Vancouver homeless underway after pandemic hiatusThe Homeless Services Association of BC says 11 municipalities across the Lower Mainland are taking part in the 24-hour, point-in-time count, which began Tuesday evening.CanadaMar 8
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New tents pop up in CRAB Park as incoming premier plans to address DTES encampmentsCRAB Park's population is growing just as B.C.'s incoming premier prepares to take over the approach to addressing challenges in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.PoliticsNov 14, 2022
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‘Good progress’: Vancouver mayor on contentious efforts to remove Hastings Street tentsFire Chief Karen Fry told a news conference the city has been focusing on removing hazardous material, not people, from the Downtown Eastside encampment.PoliticsAug 24, 2022
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