Tag: downtown eastside
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Frontline partnership between Vancouver police and health workers a success
It’s not about dealing with the after-effects. It’s not about leaving the police and hospitals to deal with the people struggling with addiction or mental illness. It’s about finding a way to fill the cracks conventional mental health and addictions services have left in the system. And it’s working, according to reports from Vancouver Coastal…
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Homeless Partners needs help to help others during Christmas
Everyone should get a gift on Christmas, but for some people that’s simply not a reality. The city’s homeless are often the most alone during the giving season, but one Vancouver organization has been trying to change that for the past nine years. “The thing that everyone on the planet wants is a sense of…
Wild Ginger Writing 