April 19, 2024

Stats indicate some improvement for homeless

The Downtown Ambassadors have implemented their cold weather strategy but what they're finding is there are fewer people needing help in Vancouver. The program's run by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and Executive Director Charles Gauthier says there are likely fewer people on the streets thanks to the recently-opened HEAT … [Read more...]

St. Paul’s advocate weighs in on improvement effort

Leave the politics out of it, and get it done. That's what Vancouver’s park board chair says about continuing efforts to find major funding to rebuild St. Paul's Hospital. "Save St. Paul's Coalition started seven years ago this month,” Aaron Jasper says. “At that point, it seemed to be a foregone conclusion that the hospital was … [Read more...]