Vancouver Homelessness
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City shifts to ‘providing information’ as Hastings Street decampment enters Day 2The move comes a day after efforts to decamp the 100 block descended into chaos Tuesday, with both police and activists making allegations of assault.CanadaAug 11
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‘Walking dead roaming the streets’: Local BIA president agrees with Vancouver Tripadvisor review"Horrible and scary!" wrote a Tripadvisor reviewer who visited the city as a tourist. "Never ever going to Vancouver Chinatown again."PoliticsAug 9
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Brain injury ‘endemic’ among homeless, says Vancouver researcherResearchers found 31 per cent of those they interviewed between December 2016 and May 2018 reported at least one traumatic brain injury during that time.HealthFeb 5
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Vancouver’s Strathcona Park reopens five months after homeless campers movedThe east side of the park was closed in May to allow remediation work after hundreds of campers were moved to indoor housing.PoliticsOct 12, 2021
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Plexiglass, PPE and pie: UGM serves up 2,000 Easter meals with a pandemic twistIt's the second year in a row the charity has been forced to adapt its annual Easter meal to pandemic conditions.CanadaApr 3, 2021
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Homeless tent quickly cleared from sidewalk in front of Vancouver mayor’s apartmentThe City said its staff was told the campers had been paid to set up in that location, a claim the campers deny.PoliticsMar 8, 2021
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City of Vancouver buys Days Inn hotel to house homeless peopleMayor Kennedy Stewart said a partnership with the provincial government will provide wraparound services for residents.PoliticsMar 1, 2021
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Minister sets April target to end Vancouver’s Strathcona Park homeless campDavid Eby says BC Housing is working towards finding housing for the estimated 200 camp residents, but acknowledged a good portion of that would be "transitional" in nature.Jan 15, 2021
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Vancouver mayor calls for $30 million in emergency funds for homeless amid COVID-19Council approved a motion on Sept. 14 directing city staff to explore several options from permanent housing to managed encampments on vacant land.PoliticsOct 6, 2020
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Should Vancouver emulate San Diego’s response to the crisis of homelessness?"To just say let them sleep in a park or let them sleep on city sidewalks, I think that's a bit of a cop out," said Charles Gauthier with the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.Dec 9, 2019
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