Opinion

The image captures the garbage-filled streets of Downtown Eastside Vancouver, with the Hotel Balmoral lobby entrance in the centre of the frame.
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Is DTES a Neighbourhood in Crisis or Opportunity for Change? (Opinion)

The Downtown Eastside was once a bustling neighbourhood filled with working-class families and the beating heart of Vancouver’s social and cultural fabric. However, its ...
Two men openly use drugs in problematic Downtown Eastside Vancouver amidst drug epidemic in Canada
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Josh Dehaas: Japan Shows Canadians Don’t Need to Accept Urban Disorder

In a thought-provoking opinion piece, journalist Josh Dehaas argues that Canada’s current approach to drug addiction and urban disorder has failed, pointing to Japan ...