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A former B.C. drug user turned harm reduction and recovery advocate, and an Alberta addiction physician are proposing governments pay some people to enter treatment. Guy Felicella and Dr. Monty Ghosh said the idea of “incentivized…

A beloved, longtime security guard is back on patrol in Vancouver’s Chinatown where he was attacked on the job this past summer. But Harold Johnson’s valiant return to the streets is also bittersweet.After three months nursing his…

It was the Vancouver fire chief’s worst fear when she ordered the immediate removal of structures from a growing sidewalk tent city in the Downtown Eastside last month. Early Saturday, it was realized. A tent caught fire along the…

A young B.C. artist who battled addiction and depression credits Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside for his recovery, and is now using his work to help others. Being able to set up for a public art show every Saturday has been a long…