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Food SecurityFood Security
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Ovaltine Cafe partners with non-profits to feed community members

Ovaltine Cafe partners with non-profits to feed community members

The restaurant, which also serves as a community hub, provided free meals for nearly 100 neighbours at an inaugural dinner event.

Maddi Dellplain
Maddi Dellplain
City HallCity Hall
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Behind the scenes of the city’s new permitting pilot

Behind the scenes of the city’s new permitting pilot

The new temporary occupancy program could be a boon for artists and new businesses who are often saddled with major building upgrades when moving into a new building.

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis
East VancouverEast Vancouver
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The fight over the fate of a shuttered Canada Post office in Chinatown isn’t over just yet

The fight over the fate of a shuttered Canada Post office in Chinatown isn’t over just yet

The community no longer has access to a post office in the area, but city council and Chinatown residents are hoping it's not too late to bring the service back.

Julie Chadwick
Julie Chadwick
HousingHousing
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Exclusive: Powell Rooms SRO set to become a unique model of community-owned housing

Exclusive: Powell Rooms SRO set to become a unique model of community-owned housing

The Downtown Eastside Community Land Trust is buying the building to preserve it as deeply affordable housing and childcare space.

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis
2026 Municipal Election2026 Municipal Election
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Meet the non-profit leaders vying for mayor

Meet the non-profit leaders vying for mayor

Amanda Burrows and William Azaroff are local non-profit leaders without political experience who both hope to represent OneCity as the party's mayoral candidate in the 2026 election.

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis
Community CentresCommunity Centres
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Difficult decisions ahead as Vancouver grapples with how to replace aging, underfunded recreation facilities
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Difficult decisions ahead as Vancouver grapples with how to replace aging, underfunded recreation facilities

The city's Auditor General report paints a stark picture for some of Vancouver's most important facilities, and will be hard-pressed to fund their maintenance, let alone build new ones

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis
ProvinceProvince
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Two social service programs in the Downtown Eastside get six-month funding extension

Two social service programs in the Downtown Eastside get six-month funding extension

The organizations serve a critical role in the community

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis
HousingHousing
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How Vancouver fits in BC’s new cabinet

How Vancouver fits in BC’s new cabinet

Former OneCity councillor Christine Boyle will take over housing. Plus, a new DTES and Chinatown parliamentary secretary

Dustin Godfrey
Dustin Godfrey
HousingHousing
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The Downtown Eastside needs more housing, but where’s the money coming from?
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The Downtown Eastside needs more housing, but where’s the money coming from?

Senior governments haven't provided enough funding, so the city is shifting towards the private market to build more housing in the neighbourhood — but the city councillor who launched the change says it's going too far.

Geoff Sharpe
Nate Lewis
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Public SafetyPublic Safety
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Why are there still questions about a $5 million increase to the Vancouver police’s budget

Why are there still questions about a $5 million increase to the Vancouver police’s budget

One councillor has submitted a freedom of information request to uncover what happened

Geoff Sharpe
Geoff Sharpe
City HallCity Hall
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Exclusive: Aboriginal Front Door Society, Watari lose provincial funding for “critical” DTES services

Exclusive: Aboriginal Front Door Society, Watari lose provincial funding for “critical” DTES services

The city says they tried to get the province to keep funding these critical programs, without success.

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis
HousingHousing
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The city wants to radically change housing policy in the Downtown Eastside. Advocates and residents are concerned

The city wants to radically change housing policy in the Downtown Eastside. Advocates and residents are concerned

About 100 people showed up to a community forum on Thursday after the city unveiled the proposed changes last week

Nate Lewis
Nate Lewis