New supervised inhalation site set to launch in the Downtown Eastside amidst harm-reduction cuts
Vancouver’s first indoor supervised inhalation site is nearly ready to be used. The new space in the city’s Downtown Eastside is expected to open in the upcoming weeks, according to Dr. Julio Montaner, executive director and physician-in-chief of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
Vancouver's first safe inhalation rooms unveiled in Downtown Eastside
The city's first indoor safe inhalation and smoking site is opening soon in the Downtown Eastside to guard against overdose deaths.
Downtown Eastside shooting leaves man dead in Vancouver
Vancouver police say a man is dead after an early morning shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Police say the shooting happened at Carall and East Cordova streets, and investigators responded to a call around 3:30 a.m. They say first responders tried to save the man, but he died at the scene.
1st supervised indoor inhalation site to offer safe spaces to Vancouver’s drug users
The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) opened the facility at Hope to Health Research & Innovation Centre at 625 Powell Street.
New indoor supervised drug inhalation site to open in Vancouver
Supervised injection sites are saving the lives of drug users everyday, but the same support is not being offered to people who inhale illicit drugs, the head of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS says.
Downtown Eastside pedestrian holds on for dear life in wild video
An incident involved a pedestrian and a vehicle in the Downtown Eastside was captured on video and we have some details.
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21st Annual Downtown Eastside HEART OF THE CITY FESTIVAL Returns This Fall
The DTES Heart of the City Festival announced its lineup for 2024, featuring over 100 events including music, theatre, and ...
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Here’s what’s happening at this year’s Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival
Under the theme Threads of Connection, this year’s festival offers over 100 events that span two weeks of live performances, ...
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Downtown Eastside home invasion moves to sentencing
Lawyers are asking a B.C. Provincial Court judge for 311 days in jail for one of two men charged following a home invasion at a Downtown Eastside rooming house in July 2023. Steven Flett and ...
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Vancouver police officer could face charges for fatal Downtown Eastside shooting
An officer with the Vancouver Police Department could face criminal charges in the killing of a man on the Downtown Eastside ...
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Vancouver police investigate early morning shooting death in Downtown Eastside
Vancouver police say a man is dead after an early morning shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Police say the shooting happened at Carall and East Cordova streets, and investigators responded to a ...
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Video: Man shot, killed on edge of Gastown and Downtown Eastside
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is investigating a homicide at the border of Gastown and the Downtown Eastside. Police were called to the intersection of East Cordova and Carrall streets ...
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Downtown Eastside
The artist records everyday activities in the streets and alleys around the Main and Hasting Street intersection On the right the view is from a fixed camera positioned on top of a dashboard in a ...
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Video: Man shot, killed on edge of Gastown and Downtown Eastside
The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) is investigating a homicide at the border of Gastown and the Downtown Eastside. Police were called to the intersection of East Cordova and Carrall streets ...
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Geneviève Lalonde to return to racing at Vancouver’s Eastside 10K
In 2022, Lalonde announced a break from track competitions to focus on strengthening her mental and physical wellbeing–she ...