Homelessness

Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, where city workers started efforts to clear the encampment on Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The city’s fire chief issued an order last month requiring the tents be cleared because of an extreme fire safety hazard. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

As Vancouver begins removing tent encampment, residents wonder where they should go

Heavy police presence and resident concern as city staff set to work Tuesday

 

Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Thursday, July 28, 2022. People living in a growing tent community along the street have been handed notices advising that the tents and other structures are about to be removed. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Crowded tent encampment on main Vancouver street set to be removed by city

Notice from the City of Vancouver says removal would first focus on the highest risk areas

 

Bullet holes are seen in the windshield and passenger window of a police vehicle at the scene of a shooting, in Langley, B.C., on Monday, July 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

‘My heart breaks’: Trudeau, leaders react to deadly Langley shooting

28-year-old Surrey man shot four people, killing two, during a 5-hour spree Monday

 

The City of Nanaimo is establishing the Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization Society, an independent agency that will be tasked with co-ordinating efforts to combat homelessness. (News Bulletin file photo)

City of Nanaimo creates agency to co-ordinate efforts to combat homelessness

Systems planning organization will be tasked with implementing health and housing plan

The City of Nanaimo is establishing the Nanaimo Systems Planning Organization Society, an independent agency that will be tasked with co-ordinating efforts to combat homelessness. (News Bulletin file photo)
An artist rendering of a possible design for the new supportive housing complex at 355 Nicol St. in Nanaimo in which. Snuneymuxw First Nation has been selected as the building’s operator. (Image submitted)

Snuneymuxw will operate next supportive housing complex coming to Nanaimo’s Nicol Street

Community engagement for the project will include virtual discussion May 18

An artist rendering of a possible design for the new supportive housing complex at 355 Nicol St. in Nanaimo in which. Snuneymuxw First Nation has been selected as the building’s operator. (Image submitted)
Photos of 707 Community Park on Gabriola Island, taken from the Regional District of Nanaimo’s 707 Community Park Management Plan 2010-2020. (RDN images)

RDN committee recommends permanent homeless camping ban at Gabriola Island park

Consultant says wildfire risk is high at 707 Community Park

Photos of 707 Community Park on Gabriola Island, taken from the Regional District of Nanaimo’s 707 Community Park Management Plan 2010-2020. (RDN images)
Paul Manly, former Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP, has been hired as executive director of the Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter. (Photo submitted)

Former Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP hired as executive director of homeless shelter

Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter management announces hiring of Paul Manly

Paul Manly, former Nanaimo-Ladysmith MP, has been hired as executive director of the Nanaimo Unitarian Shelter. (Photo submitted)
Residents will start moving in next week at the new permanent supportive housing building on Nanaimo’s Nicol Street. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Permanent supportive housing building opening on Nanaimo’s Nicol Street

First tenants will move from Prideaux Street and Terminal Avenue housing

Residents will start moving in next week at the new permanent supportive housing building on Nanaimo’s Nicol Street. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
FILE David Eby, B.C. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing, speaks during a social housing funding announcement in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on July 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. ministers tout $633M to address homelessness day after data shows thousands unhoused

Funds going toward youth in care, complex-care housing, rent supplements, support workers

FILE David Eby, B.C. Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Housing, speaks during a social housing funding announcement in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on July 28, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
(Black Press file photo)

23,000 people experienced homelessness in B.C. in 2019, new data shows

The province will release their strategy for homelessness on Thursday (March 17)

(Black Press file photo)
Nanaimo’s Coldest Night of the Year event will take place at Maffeo Sutton Park on Feb. 26. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)

Community members in Nanaimo asked to brave elements on Coldest Night of the Year

Fundraiser benefiting Island Crisis Care Society takes place Feb. 26 at Maffeo Sutton Park

Nanaimo’s Coldest Night of the Year event will take place at Maffeo Sutton Park on Feb. 26. (Karl Yu/News Bulletin)
Homelessness supports will remain for those sheltered during the pandemic. (Black Press Media file photo)

B.C. Budget: Renter rebate off the table, but $600 rent supplements coming for vulnerable groups

Long-awaited renters rebate left out of 2022 budget

Homelessness supports will remain for those sheltered during the pandemic. (Black Press Media file photo)
The City of Nanaimo is expected to convert a cold-weather shelter at Caledonia Park into a daytime drop-in centre for people experiencing homelessness, for this March. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)

Nanaimo’s Caledonia Park emergency shelter could become daily drop-in centre next month

City councillors recommend expanding service for vulnerable population

The City of Nanaimo is expected to convert a cold-weather shelter at Caledonia Park into a daytime drop-in centre for people experiencing homelessness, for this March. (Chris Bush/News Bulletin)
‘The best way to talk about them is not on Facebook it’s just to have one in your village and you can go check it out,’ says Victoria resident Matt Dell of Community Alliance for Sheltering Alternatives. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Saanich hut showcases what shelter could look like

Conestoga huts a potential short-term solution toward housing

‘The best way to talk about them is not on Facebook it’s just to have one in your village and you can go check it out,’ says Victoria resident Matt Dell of Community Alliance for Sheltering Alternatives. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
The city has asked the province to build a complex care housing facility in Nanaimo for people who need intensive care services beyond what is provided in supportive housing. (News Bulletin file photo)

City asking province for complex care housing in Nanaimo

Complex care meant to help people who need a higher level of care than supportive housing

The city has asked the province to build a complex care housing facility in Nanaimo for people who need intensive care services beyond what is provided in supportive housing. (News Bulletin file photo)
A message is written on a door outside a tent at a homeless encampment at Strathcona Park in Vancouver on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. A new study says the rates of brain injury are endemic among the homeless.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Brain injury endemic among homeless populations: Vancouver research

31% of those interviewed between Dec. 2016 and May 2018 reported at least one traumatic brain injury

A message is written on a door outside a tent at a homeless encampment at Strathcona Park in Vancouver on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. A new study says the rates of brain injury are endemic among the homeless.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Risebridge’s Warmreach warming centre. (Risebridge photo/City of Nanaimo)

Warming centre asks City of Nanaimo for emergency funding

Risebridge requests up to $55,000 to continue its service for two months

Risebridge’s Warmreach warming centre. (Risebridge photo/City of Nanaimo)
The City of Nanaimo dismantled an encampment of people experiencing homelessness in a downtown parkade last week. (Photo courtesy Risebridge)

Non-profit tries to provide warmth for unhoused people in Nanaimo after encampment dismantled

Risebridge operating warming centre downtown, asking for support and advocacy

The City of Nanaimo dismantled an encampment of people experiencing homelessness in a downtown parkade last week. (Photo courtesy Risebridge)
Wall Street in Nanaimo, where the city has opened a daytime extreme weather space operated by the Nanaimo 7-10 Club Society. (News Bulletin file photo)

City of Nanaimo opens extreme cold weather space at Caledonia Park

Space will be open on days when the cold is severe enough to be a threat to ‘life or health’

Wall Street in Nanaimo, where the city has opened a daytime extreme weather space operated by the Nanaimo 7-10 Club Society. (News Bulletin file photo)
Island Health says tents are a far cry from a proper isolation space. (Black Press Media file photo)

COVID-19 cases confirmed inside Greater Victoria supportive housing community

Island Health officials call for the return of proper isolation spaces in hotels and shelters

Island Health says tents are a far cry from a proper isolation space. (Black Press Media file photo)