After a large fire spread from tents to a shuttered theatre on the city’s Downtown Eastside, Vancouver’s fire chief told reporters she was “incredibly frustrated” that more isn’t being done to prevent daily fires breaking out in the area.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/vancouver-s-fire-chief-extremely-frustrated-with-daily-fires-on-downtown-eastside-1.6321647

A TikTok video of a rat-infested alley on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside is raising questions about how to responsibly manage pests in the province.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rat-tiktok-downtown-pest-control-1.6808094?cmp=rss

Conditions inside the Sakura So Residence on Powell Street in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9387928/sro-vancouver-downtown-eastside-living-conditions/

More VPD officers being temporarily deployed in Downtown Eastside to curb gun.

Source: https://voiceonline.com/more-vpd-officers-being-temporarily-deployed-in-downtown-eastside-to-curb-gun-violence/

The organizers of the Downtown Eastside memorial walk publish a list of names of missing and murdered women, girls, and gender diverse people, which has reached roughly 1,500 from the area…

Source: https://theturtleislandnews.com/index.php/2023/03/10/nuu-chah-nulth-continue-to-be-100-per-cent-affected-by-mmiwg-says-family-support-worker/

WATCH: A plan is being proposed by the City of Vancouver to demolish a heritage building at 123 East Hastings Street in Vancouver to provide a new location for the controversial Downtown Eastside flea market.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9543175/city-of-vancouver-proposes-new-site-dtes-street-market/