Vancouver Council’s Cruel Priorities: Developers Before the Poor
Vancouver Council’s Cruel Priorities: Developers Before the Poor Vancouver has long been at the epicenter of Canada’s housing crisis. Skyrocketing rents, record homelessness, and a […]
TENT CITY
Latest Homeless Count Highlights Urgency to Support Young People
Recently published on the Vancouver Sun website, written by Deb Lester, CEO of Covenant House Vancouver The recently released 2025 Greater Vancouver Homeless Count report […]
Number of homeless deaths tripled over four years
Over 450 homeless people died in B.C. in 2023, according to coroner. Since 2016, 1,940 homeless people have died in B.C., according to chief coroner […]
Four years later, Vancouver homeless centre still not open
A 60-bed ‘navigation centre’ announced in August 2020 is still in the planning stages.ads A 60-bed “navigation centre” for homeless people in Vancouver that was […]
BC NDP under fire for progress on homelessness despite massive spending
Premier David Eby found himself on the defensive this week over his government’s inability to make progress clearing homeless encampments, despite hundreds of millions of […]
STOP THE SWEEPS asks for more time over Vancouver homeless camp cleanup
Advocates made a plea to the City of Vancouver to hold off on a second phase of a plan to clean up the site of a […]
Is the city doing a cleanup or decampment in CRAB Park?
Commissioners with the Vancouver Parks Board reportedly “assured” the Gastown Residents Association that they would “clear” the city-sanctioned encampment in CRAB Park. Why it […]
VANCOUVER IS THE HOME OF THE FIRST LEGAL TENT CITY IN NORTH AMERICA
CRAB Park cleanup plans get clearer. (Geoff Sharpe) What happened: The city has shared more details about the plan to clean up Vancouver’s only permanent and legal encampment […]