Thirty people huddle outside the door to Shalom Community Center at 7:58 a.m. on a chilly Thursday morning. The wind carries clouds of cigarette smoke off the porch. Some hold dog leashes, and some ...

Controversial “street sweeps” carried out by the City of Vancouver between 2021 and 2023 to clear makeshift housing and personal belongings from public spaces put homeless residents at greater risk, a ...