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This idea was not a recommendation by city staff to council, but rather it came from a city council directive approved in October 2020, when an amendment by COPE councillor Jean Swanson and seconded by Mayor Kennedy Stewart — specifically calling for the use of the Jericho Hostel and 2400 Kingsway Motel as homeless shelters — was approved. It has since been determined that the city-owned Jericho Hostel, originally part of the barracks of the Royal Canadian Air Force’s Jericho Beach Station, is not suitable as a shelter. Over the past few decades, the property has been leased by Hostell...

A second generation of Hong Kongers is heading to Canada for refuge from political uncertainty, but unlike their parents in the 1980s and 1990s, this time seems for good. Cities such as Vancouver and Toronto are a magnet for those looking to escape as China tightens its grip on the territory of 7.5 million people. About 300,000 already have Canadian citizenship after many families initially moved there ahead of Hong Kong’s return from British to Chinese rule in 1997. Back then, many families separated, with one parent staying in Hong Kong for work, usually fathers who were dubbed “astrona...

Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021 09:34 AM MYT Maria Law, who emigrated from Hong Kong with her family, views the skyline with her daughters from Jericho Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada January 26, 2021. — Reuters pic Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know. TORONTO, Feb 10 — A second generation of Hong Kongers is heading to Canada for refuge from political uncertainty, but unlike their parents in the 1980s and 1990s, this time seems for good. Cities such as Vancouver and Toronto are a magnet for those looking to escape as China tightens its gri...

Showers and more coming as the city launches a slow-moving plan to clear the site. Jen St. Denis is The Tyee’s Downtown Eastside reporter. Find her on Twitter @JenStDen. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. SHARES Activist Fiona York says the warming tent and washrooms are long overdue. Photo by Jesse Winter. After two deaths, assaults that left two young men with permanent disabilities, a stabbing and a burn injury, the city and park board are finally planning to add showers, more washrooms and a warming tent to a tent city t...

The Globe and Mail Published December 14, 2020 DARRYL DYCK/The Globe and Mail The Vancouver park board has agreed privately to allow its staff to proceed with injunctions to clear Strathcona Park, but it will likely be months before the city’s most visible homeless camp will be cleared. In an in-camera meeting last month, park board commissioners agreed to injunction only if there was a guarantee that people had housing to move to. The park board has resolutely refused to seek an injunction to clear out a sprawling tent city in the Strathcona neighbourhood. The park is now home to about 5...