VANCOUVER — Critics are denouncing Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s plan for revitalizing the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood, with former councillor Jean Swanson saying his proposal to pause ...

VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has unveiled a plan to revitalize the city’s troubled Downtown Eastside, including pausing the construction of net new supportive housing units. Sim told a ...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston’s veto on a City Council resolution lifting limits on needle exchange locations looks like it will stay on the books. His veto letter was officially entered into the record ...

JERUSALEM -The Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over three Israeli hostages on Feb 1, and dozens of Palestinian prisoners and detainees were released in exchange, in the latest stage of a ...

Daniella Westbrooke, who played Sam Mitchell in the long-running TV show, took pictures with fans at The Glovers Needle pub in Worcester today (January 31). The former soap actress allegedly ...

The people who provide supportive housing on Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say it is extremely challenging but an essential service they provide - despite a change in strategy by the city.

Israel freed 110 Palestinian prisoners in a deal with Hamas, releasing them in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Key figures among the released include former militant leaders and ...

Of significant interest at the Denver City Council meeting Monday will be Mayor Mike Johnston’s veto letter – the one that vetoed lifting limits on needle exchanges. The letter will be entered into ...

Vancouver police are on the scene after a shooting in the Downtown Eastside. Around 10:30 a.m., Jan. 30, a 25-year-old man was shot near the intersection of East Hastings and Main streets, according ...

Days after Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim proposed a “crackdown” on organized crime and gangs operating in the Downtown Eastside, some observers are questioning how much the city can do on its own.

"Downtown is in a bit of a transition, like other downtowns, moving from offices to residential," Edwards Companies CEO Jeff Edwards told the tax credit authority Monday. "It's in a bit of trouble.