Vancouver Continues Tent Encampment Removal in Downtown Eastside After Disruption

A worker moves garbage bins as the city works to clear tents from the sidewalk at a sprawling homeless encampment on East Hastings Street in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 9, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

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.