Downtown Eastside

Vancouver’s mayor has urgently asked Ottawa for a legal exemption, saying users’ need to source drugs makes social-distancing impossible for them

Paul Wells: Overdoses killed 1,422 people in B.C. last year. For one doctor the solution is to “offer people the opportunity to get drugs that won’t kill them.”

B.C.’s illicit-drug users are going through 15 million needles a year, and a lot wind up in alleys, parks and playgrounds. We followed the guy who picks them up.

Rodents and other pets have been getting into their owners’ drugs, forcing community volunteers to play emergency vet

There’s no time to grieve as fentanyl deaths mount in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

William and Kate’s 2016 visit is a sombre, and at times risky, royal affair — one that’s sought out difficult stops on the grittier side of Vancouver and contentious Indigenous territories

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to hear hard truths from Indigenous women

Ken MacQueen on financial accountability in Canada’s poorest postal code

The Glee star spent one of his last evenings making plans for a charity close to his heart

Violent protesters go off-menu

Signs of hope and renewal in Canada’s poorest neighbourhood

Our round-up of coverage of the Supreme Court’s decision in favour of the safe injection site