Operation Phoenix
In its final week, Operation Phoenix makes six recommendations for the Downtown Eastside.
Milton Wong walks down Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside, hands in pockets, looking comfortable in the rough neighbourhood. It is, after all, his old haunt.
A warm and safe shelter with room for 26 homeless women in the Downtown Eastside opened yesterday, thanks to the unique partnering of socially minded business leaders, city and provincial governments and a non-profit group that will run it.
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A year in the Downtown Eastside in pictures
Photographer Arlen Redekop chronicled Vancouver's troubled neighbourhood during Operation Phoenix.
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January: The final month
As the Operation Phoenix series comes to an end, we want to hear from you, the readers.
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July: The search for a vein of hope
It's Thursday night and Johnny Young is cruising back alleys of the Downtown Eastside where street lights shine on a woman picking crack from a palm, an addict with a needle rolling down his sock.
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