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Is the city doing a cleanup or decampment in CRAB Park?

March 25, 2024 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

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

March 14, 2024 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

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 […]

Vancouver homeless people in tents get evicted

August 11, 2022 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

Vancouver police clashed with residents of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside as the city began to remove an encampment there. The city’s fire chief ordered the tents […]

Hundreds of homes for homeless in Vancouver, but not for 100S AND 100S OF DAYS.

September 2, 2020 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

VANCOUVER — B.C.’s housing minister announced Tuesday that 350 permanent supportive homes and nearly 100 temporary homes will be built on city-owned land, but they […]

Tent City & Homeless Crisis should be declared an “EMERGENCY” says Park Board Commissione

September 16, 2019 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

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 […]

Oppenheimer tent city after eviction notice

August 20, 2019 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

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 […]

TENT CITY AT OPPENHEIMER PARK GETS RAIDED BY POLICE

April 25, 2019 John Zakharia Vancouver 0

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” […]