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Vancouver won t renew lease for controversial overdose prevention site

The news has harm-reduction advocates concerned that politicians are giving in to a conservative backlash

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Amid extreme heat, peer workers worry for unhoused residents in Vancouver s Downtown Eastside

Peer workers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say a sustained week of hot temperatures has proven extremely dangerous for unhoused people in the neighbourhood.

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Stable housing critical to kicking addiction say users, experts

CBC Radio's The Early Edition continues its coverage of the Downtown Eastside by examining the link between the housing crisis and the opioid epidemic.

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Man shot dead outside Surrey s Guru Nanak Sikh Temple: RCMP

Guru Nanak Gurdwara president Hardeep Singh Nijjar had been told by CSIS that there were threats again him, his lawyer told Postmedia.

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More tension in the Downtown Eastside since Montreal gang moved in

More tension in the Downtown Eastside since Montreal gang moved in
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