The City of Vancouver continues to work with residents living in tent encampments along East Hastings Street in what’s expected to be a weeks-long process to remove their tents and structures.
The process came after the city’s fire chief Karen Fry last month signalled the need to accelerate structure removal on East Hastings Street to improve public safety against fires or other catastrophic conditions.
“We acknowledge that since July 1, the situation on East Hastings Street near Main Street in the Downtown Eastside (DTES) has grown significantly more unsafe due in part to increased structures and decreased accessibility,” the city said in a news release issued on July 25….