Oh, and I’m not going to beat around the bush anymore either. Ken Sim is a liar, which he proved yet again today when he claimed that there was shelter for everyone evicted from the downtown east side encampment today. His own city manager contradicted him, and local shelters confirmed that there were only 2 (TWO!!) shelter spots available in the whole city. I can’t wait until this dipsh*t and his regressive ABC party are voted out.

#vancouver #yvr #dtes #vanpoli

Ken Sim is proving to be a far worse mayor than I ever feared. I thought he was just an uninformed idiot with a tenuous relationship to the truth, but it turns out he’s soulless and cruel too. The police enforced removal of the homeless encampments that happened today are utterly disgusting and inhumane. The shelters are full, these people have nowhere to go!

#vancouver #yvr #dtes #vanpoli

We're kicking off a new series at
@TheTyee, investigating B.C.'s mysterious places. 🔍🕵️‍♀️

Our first story: this building has sat empty for over 20 years, in a neighbourhood with a dire need for shelter and gathering spaces. #dtes https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2023/03/13/East-Hastings-Empty-Temple/

When Tatyanna Harrison went missing in March 2022, her mother, Natasha, spent day after day searching the #DTES.

After Tatyanna's body was identified in August, Natasha pushed for four months to have forensic sexual assault tests done. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/13/Chelsea-Noelle-Tatyanna-Went-Missing/

I got to write about sewing ribbon skirts for the upcoming #DTES Women's Memorial March ❤️🪡🧵

“It makes me feel kind of powerful… because growing up Indigenous in the early ’90s, we kind of learned to be ashamed of ourselves. So it’s stepping out of that and just being really loud and proud.” https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/09/Ribbon-Skirts-Stitch-By-Stitch/

His video of a police officer shoving a man in the #DTES reopened a police complaint, and led to a criminal investigation.

After he did media interviews about the video, police started stopping Tyler Nielsen repeatedly while he was driving. https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/01/09/Traffic-Stops-After-Probe-Into-Police-Misconduct/

Northern Flicker in an alleyway behind Powell Street. #birding #UrbanBirding #DTES #Vancouver

Hope it helps #vancouver #dtes #bc
RT @dailyhive

City of Vancouver seeking street cleaning services for Downtown Eastside | Urbanized

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/vancouver-street-cleaning-services-downtown-eastside-chinatown

Took this as a storm was blowing in #Vancouver #DTES

RT @VANDUpeople
BREAKING: At approx. 2:15PM today in the #DTES, @VancouverPD shot an unarmed man with his hands up. Constables fired multiple beanbag rounds at the man and sicced a canine on him once incapacitated.
We have permission from the victim’s loved ones to publish video of the incident.

Delightful to see surprise guest @Dave_Eby at #HousingCentral Conference today. Talking about his own experience in housing advocacy in the #DTES. #vanpoli #bcpoli

My full story on #Vancouver police spending $150,000 on a report that critiques a purported $5 billion in social spending in Vancouver alone... which has been called "flawed, misleading and opaque by one city councillor and "not useful" by the mayor. #vanpoli

Coun. Pete Fry: “The idea that income supplements for a disabled senior in Killarney are lumped into the outrage-inducing $5B social impact audit cast against a literal backdrop of the #DTES is outrageous."
https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/11/10/Vancouver-Mayor-Says-Police-Report-Not-Useful/