By Moira Wyton, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A Vancouver city council meeting Tuesday on a proposed overdose prevention site near upscale condos and apartments in the Yaletown neighbourhood highlighted deep divides over the response to the deadly overdose crisis.
Continue reading Heated exchange over Response to Vancouver’s overdose crisisBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Vancouver city council voted Thursday to spend up to $30 million to buy or lease hotels, apartment buildings and single-room occupancy hotels to quickly provide housing after a spike in homelessness caused by COVID-19 restrictions.
Continue reading Vancouver buying emergency housing for homeless peopleBy Jen St. Denis, The Tyee, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Strathcona Park tent city supporters are asking for more police presence and faster response times after a resident was stabbed Sunday.
Continue reading Man Stabbed at Strathcona Tent City“the Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
VANCOUVER — The Vancouver parks board has caused controversy with a bylaw that would require homeless campers in the city to remove their belongings every day in the morning before returning, as part of regulations demanded by some neighbours’ complaints who still say not enough enforcement is happening.
Continue reading Vancouver Requires Tent City Residents To Remove Their Belongings Every Day“The Pulse” @ Vancouver Co-Op Radio, CRFO 100.5 FM, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
VANCOUVER — Decrying what homeless advocates say is a lack of serious political commitment to build enough affordable homes, Vancouver’s latest incarnation of a homeless encampment — nicknamed “KT Tent City” — seems here to stay.
Continue reading Is KT Tent City In Vancouver to stay?
