Winters Hotel

• Coroner’s inquest ordered into deadly Winters Hotel fire in Gastown

  Mary Ann Garlow, 68, and Dennis Guay, 53, both died when the Winters Hotel, a single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel caught fire on April 11. 

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  Jul 21
  
• Vancouver police release identities of victims in Winters Hotel fire

  Misty Fredricks said her aunt was a member of the Oneida Nation in the Six Nations of the Grand River in Ontario, and a survivor of the Mohawk Institute Residential School.

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  May 18
  
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• Pet outreach program needs help after losing supplies in Downtown Eastside hotel fire

  Since launching last October, the Atira Pet Outreach program made more than 840 visits to people in supportive housing who need food, medical or other support for pets.

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  May 15
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• ‘My auntie mattered’: Gastown fire victim’s family left with unanswered questions

  The niece of a woman found dead in the wreckage of a Vancouver rooming-house fire says questions remain about the fire and why her aunt wasn't found for over a week.

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  Apr 24
• Second body found in wreckage of fire-ravaged Gastown heritage building

  The tragic news was announced Friday, in the midst of the municipality's scheduled demolition of the four-storey building at Abbott and Water streets. 

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  Apr 22
• Unattended candles responsible for ‘accidental’ Gastown fire, demolition set to begin

  The City of Vancouver says Water Street will be closed to vehicle traffic between Carrall and Abbott streets for five weeks to facilitate the demolition of the Winters Hotel.

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  Apr 21
• Demolition of fire-razed Gastown heritage building set to begin Wednesday

  Equipment to begin the process will arrive Tuesday, and the City of Vancouver has confirmed tear-down of the Winters Hotel on Abbott and Water streets will be completed Thursday.

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  Apr 19
• New housing for Gastown fire victims possible on Monday

  The majority of those displaced by the fire will now be offered long-term housing in a property at 303 Columbia Street purchased by the Atira Women's Society in February.

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  Apr 17
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• BC SPCA provides temporary shelters for animals displaced by Gastown fire

  The BC SPCA is offering free, temporary shelters for residents displaced by the Winters Hotel fire. The shelters will be provided until the pet owners find an alternate home. 

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  Apr 14