Vancouver city council unanimously approved a motion Wednesday from Coun. Mike Klassen that aims to make it easier and faster ...

The value of a supervised consumption site in the heart of Victoria’s most downtrodden neighbourhood is under debate — is it a life-saving tool, or a magnet for drug dealers victimizing those in an ...

VANCOUVER - Herb Varley measures the transformation of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside by the trendy cafes, upscale grocery stores and high-priced salons that are quickly creeping from the city's ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia In this urban oasis widely considered one of the most livable places in the world, the Downtown Eastside is about 15 square blocks of something else.

The B.C. government has filed a lawsuit against a group of alleged Downtown Eastside drug traffickers, seeking the forfeiture ...

The Downtown Eastside has about 6,700 social housing units, and city hall’s new 30-year plan for the neighbourhood seeks to add 6,000 low-income units through construction, ...

Is it a necessary revitalization strategy for a wonderful community or an unrealistic plan that doesn’t address the deplorable realities of the Downtown Eastside? It depends on who you talk to ...

The 19th Annual Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival featuring twelve days of live and online events - both indoors and out - including music, stories, poetry, theatre, ceremony, films ...

The short answer is no, the Downtown Eastside’s “forward sortation area” (FSA) code of V6A is very poor, to be sure. But, according to Statistics Canada data from 2016, it is not the ...