![]() ![]() Photo: Jason Payne Photo by Jason Payne / PNGĪudrey Chisholm, a manager at Friend and Faux, a vegan goods store near Pender and Main streets, didn’t think the sweeps were an effective solution. “But at the same time, I understand where the people in tents are coming from.”Īudrey Chisholm, operations manager at Vegan Supply on E. He said shoplifting has been an almost weekly occurrence, too. ![]() “There’s always that fear that it could be us,” Wong said of the fires. He’s been worried about his staff’s safety, especially since several propane tanks exploded outside the Imperial Theatre in late March, less than a block from the pharmacy. “Approaches like the sweeps we’ve seen today, facilitated by significant police presence, only make many residents more vulnerable,” Govender wrote on Twitter. Kasari Govender, B.C.’s human rights commissioner, said the enforcement actions only made the problem worse. Photo: Jason Payne Photo by Jason Payne / PNGĬanada’s housing advocate wasn’t the only observer critical of the way the removal measures were carried out. “Bins will be stored for 30 days after which time they will be disposed of.”īins full of property belonging to homeless people stacked at the Aboriginal Front Door Society Main Street storage space Thursday. “The city will return bins by delivering them to a building address, such as a designated location at a housing facility or residential address,” the email said. Their belongings, which were stuffed into bins by sanitation workers and loaded onto rental moving vans, were recoverable by calling 311, the city’s email said. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]() Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info. ![]()
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