A safe supply for drug users may be the only way to head off an even greater coronavirus tragedy
Vancouver’s mayor has urgently asked Ottawa for a legal exemption, saying users’ need to source drugs makes social-distancing impossible for them
Downtown Eastside
How opioid vending machines could fix Vancouver’s drug crisis
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."
Vancouver’s opioid crisis can be measured in discarded needles
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.
Why rats are overdosing in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Rodents and other pets have been getting into their owners’ drugs, forcing community volunteers to play emergency vet
Fentanyl in Vancouver: Death, death. Day in, day out.
There’s no time to grieve as fentanyl deaths mount in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Royal visit 2016: Will and Kate on the grittiest tour ever
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
Will and Kate visit one of Canada’s toughest corners
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to hear hard truths from Indigenous women
What rules apply in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside?
Ken MacQueen on financial accountability in Canada’s poorest postal code
Cory Monteith’s legacy
The Glee star spent one of his last evenings making plans for a charity close to his heart
The gentrification war in East Vancouver
Violent protesters go off-menu