Tweet Just one small vote online can help save the dignity of Vancouver’s homeless — who depend on a unique storage facility to stash their precious few belongings. The First United Church currently provides a safe place in its locked basement for more than 200 homeless people to safely store their stuff while they take [...]

Tweet It’s an old warehouse on the corner of Western and Central streets in the industrial and rail yard area east of Main; during the Olympic-year winter it sheltered 100 persons a night — but now it’s set to close April 20. It provides the bare minimum of accommodation — a place to sleep out [...]

Tweet Homelessness is increasing in the city, according to preliminary results of a new count. Early results from a census taken in late March show there are 1,762 homeless in the city, up from 1,576 in 2008. At the same time, the number living on the street has been cut in half — from 811 [...]