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A heavy police presence has surrounded the Downtown Eastside in Vancouver, BC, with many police cruisers, following city decampment document being leaked.
B.C. s premier and Vancouver s mayor are defending a sweeping plan to clear campers who ve become entrenched on the sidewalks of the city s Downtown Eastside.
Documents released by activist group Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users indicate the city, with the police department, would escalate its effort to clear the East Hastings Street encampment