VANCOUVER — A conditional injunction is now part of what a Vancouver board calls its “decampment plan” for a downtown park being used as a homeless camp. In a statement Tuesday morning, the Vancouver Park Board said an injunction will support the eviction of a group of people calling Oppenheimer Park home, but only once … Read more
After the profound statement from Park Board Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon who said. “I’m asking the federal government, the provincial government, and the city to declare this an emergency — a crisis.” some of the people camping at Oppenheimer Park on the Downtown Eastside have made a move — to Vancouver City Hall. They’ve to set up … Read more
People in the park Monday morning said there was a heavy police presence on site keeping the peace, along with staff from the park board and fire department. Candice Bryar has no idea where she will sleep next week. Bryar has been homeless for a month, staying most recently in Oppenheimer Park’s tent city, where … Read more
May 6, 2019 – The City of Vancouver has done everything it can – including police harassment, closing the toilets and even a metal fence – to shut out and displace people who are trying to survive the housing crisis by sleeping in Oppenheimer Park. On Tuesday May 7, tent city residents and supporters will … Read more
APRIL 24TH 2019 PRESS CONFERENCE: Police and pitchforks: weekly raids displace and harass campers in Oppenheimer Park City inaction despite motion “Helping Campers in Oppenheimer Park” passed six weeks ago April 23, 2019 – It has been six weeks since a motion called “Helping Campers in Oppenheimer Park” was passed by the Parks Board and Vancouver city council, … Read more
The mood at Oppenheimer Park grew tense in the late afternoon as Vancouver police arrested five people who appeared to be resisting the dismantling of the tent city. Supporters watched from a distance, beating drums and singing as police moved the people out of the park. Some of those watching yelled out words of protest. VPD … Read more