Mayor Ken Sim said Wednesday that the opening of a new community policing centre in the Woodward’s building in the Downtown Eastside is a direct response to residents calling for a safer community.
Sim opened his remarks at a news conference by thanking the Gastown Residents’ Association and others for “not giving up” on what he described as a “challenging neighbourhood.”
Drug activity, street disorder and poverty is visible every day in the area, where a 40-year-old Surrey woman was stabbed to death Sunday near Carrall and Water streets, a short walk from where Sim spoke Wednesday.
“Over the past couple of years, we’ve heard very clearly from the
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