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Advocates say the City of Vancouver's ongoing effort to move residents and their belongs out of an encampment on the Downtown Eastside is hindering access to health care, including access to safe consumption sites.
Dan Fumano: Public drinking as a health measure — Vancouver eyes allowing booze in DTES 'parklet' Dan Fumano © Provided by Vancouver Sun Russell Maynard in front of 111 Princess St. in Vancouver on February 22, 2021. The idea of allowing beer consumption on a Vancouver street corner is being pitched as both a public health measure and a great moment of civic compromise. City council is considering the creation of a small curbside “parklet” on a quiet side street in the Downtown Eastside where public booze consumption would be legalized. The proposal has support fro...