Members of the Vancouver Downtown Eastside’s community have praised new police guidelines to protect sex-trade workers, but are also raising concerns about whether they will make a difference. The police released an eight-point set of guidelines in January stressing that the department considers the safety and security of sex workers a priority and reinforcing that [...]
Jennifer Allan, a well-known activist in the Downtown Eastside, co-created DTES Cop Watch over a year ago as a new way to discourage police misbehaviour. The project uses social media to keep the police constantly in the public eye. Like other police-monitoring organizations around the United States and Europe, DTES Cop Watch observes and documents [...]
A shuttle bus for North Delta seniors could begin service next year — a move that will provide a much-needed alternative in the transit-starved suburb. Delta council has applied for a special grant to pay for a new service that would shuttle seniors from the Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre to anywhere they need to go: [...]
It’s a struggle for many seniors to get around North Delta. Each trip is hard in a different way. Lillian Shakespeare, 86, takes the taxi to get to Kennedy Seniors Recreation Centre ever since she fell and broke her ankle last year. She pays $6 each way for the three-minute trip to and from the [...]
Valerie Cheng’s parents bought a townhouse in North Delta two years ago because that’s where they saw the best houses at the most attractive prices. “We were really impressed at how nice and affordable they were,” said Cheng, who is a Grade 12 student at Sands Secondary School, which is less than a 10-minute walk [...]
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