Before it went up in flames Saturday, a commissary kitchen on East Hastings Street was home to several small businesses that generated livelihoods for dozens of families.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/several-small-businesses-displaced-by-suspicious-east-hastings-fire-1.6333276

Dana Larsen is pictured outside of his mushroom dispensary store on East Hastings Street in Vancouver on Nov. 2, 2023.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-marijuana-activist-accused-of-not-reporting-sales-1.7049249?cmp=rss

Neighborhood residents, supporters of the displaced campers, and members of activist and advocacy groups have gathered in response to the deployment of dozens of officers, marching along East Hastings Street.

Source: https://bc.ctvnews.ca/efforts-underway-to-remove-80-tents-structures-from-vancouver-s-downtown-eastside-city-1.6343944

Officers were called to an SRO hotel near East Hastings and Carrall Street shortly before 7 a.m. on Tuesday and discovered a man who was deceased.

Source: https://voiceonline.com/vancouver-police-investigate-downtown-eastside-homicide-4/

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/