Public Disorder & the Decline of Vancouver's Livability

[Vin]

There we go again....

Public washrooms at new downtown Vancouver park often closed due to vandalism
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/rainbow-park-vancouver-washroom-closed-fire-vandalism

[whatnext]

Originally Posted by Vin

There we go again....

Yep, I was there on the weekend at Kafka's and anyone wanting to use the washrooms was SOL. There was also a string of broken windows/doors down Nelson.

[whatnext]

Well that was a new one. Downtown yesterday mid-afternoon, busy with people as three cruise ship were in. In front of the 7-11 at Dunsmuir and Richards a guy whips out his dick and starts pissing into the garbage can. I guess he gets points for aiming for the garbage, right?

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Well that was a new one. Downtown yesterday mid-afternoon, busy with people as three cruise ship were in. In front of the 7-11 at Dunsmuir and Richards a guy whips out his dick and starts pissing into the garbage can. I guess he gets points for aiming for the garbage, right?

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/offensive-but-not-....518788%2F7.518788%2F7.518788%2F7.518788

Urinating in a public place is not a criminal offence in Canada, regardless of the context.

[logan5]

In Toronto right now and there are bums everywhere around my hotel at Queen and University. Lots of tents.

[Zepfancouver]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Well that was a new one. Downtown yesterday mid-afternoon, busy with people as three cruise ship were in. In front of the 7-11 at Dunsmuir and Richards a guy whips out his dick and starts pissing into the garbage can. I guess he gets points for aiming for the garbage, right?

Must be the same guy who vandalized the Public washrooms at new downtown Vancouver park...

[whatnext]

Wall Financial is apparently fed up with it:

B.C. developer asks court to shut down Yaletown supervised injection site
Wall Financial said Vancouver erred in approving the overdose prevention site because its own bylaws didn't permit it
Author of the article: Susan Lazaruk
Published May 19, 2023

One of Vancouver’s largest building developers is asking the courts to force the city of Vancouver to move a Yaletown supervised injection site.

A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court by Bruno Wall, the owner of Wall Financial Corp. and president of a rental tower called 1111 Seymour Residences that shares the block with the overdose prevention site, includes hundreds of pages describing through photos and written accounts the effects the site has had on the neighbourhood since it opened more than two years ago.

The photos show people entering the building through the underground parkade and camped out or passed out amid belongings and litter in front of the building. The graphic colour photographs show people injecting themselves in the open, of someone urinating on the sidewalk and of human waste near the doors of a building.....

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news...-down-yaletown-supervised-injection-site

[Vin]

Originally Posted by whatnext

Wall Financial is apparently fed up with it:

B.C. developer asks court to shut down Yaletown supervised injection site
Wall Financial said Vancouver erred in approving the overdose prevention site because its own bylaws didn't permit it
Author of the article: Susan Lazaruk
Published May 19, 2023

One of Vancouver’s largest building developers is asking the courts to force the city of Vancouver to move a Yaletown supervised injection site.

A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court by Bruno Wall, the owner of Wall Financial Corp. and president of a rental tower called 1111 Seymour Residences that shares the block with the overdose prevention site, includes hundreds of pages describing through photos and written accounts the effects the site has had on the neighbourhood since it opened more than two years ago.

The photos show people entering the building through the underground parkade and camped out or passed out amid belongings and litter in front of the building. The graphic colour photographs show people injecting themselves in the open, of someone urinating on the sidewalk and of human waste near the doors of a building.....

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news...-down-yaletown-supervised-injection-site

Yes, if authorities build something but can't seem to manage the facility, in and around it, it is better for everyone to just shut it down. Municipality expects tax-paying residents and businesses to be responsible, but they certainly do not act responsibly when it is their turn to do so.

Given all this time for the City to improve themselves yet failing time and again, I'm really glad Wall is finally taking action against them.

[Vin]

Originally Posted by logan5

In Toronto right now and there are bums everywhere around my hotel at Queen and University. Lots of tents.

Wrong thread.

[jollyburger]

He just wanted to go camping.

Man faces charges after hatchet attack at MEC in North Vancouver

A man will face criminal charges after he allegedly threatened to kill customers with a hatchet at a Mountain Equipment Company store in North Vancouver.

Just after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, police arrived at the store after receiving multiple 911 calls about a man swinging a hatchet at customers.

The man first entered the store, asking to buy bear spray and a knife, according to witness reports given to North Vancouver RCMP. Once he was denied, he became upset and threatened to kill people there, said Const. Mansoor Sahak, adding that there were fewer than 50 customers in the store at the time.

The man left the store briefly, but then returned moments later “swinging a hatchet at people inside the store,” Sahak said.


Police were on scene minutes after the first 911 calls, Sahak said, and the man was taken into custody “without any further incident.” No one was injured, he added.

“He was initially apprehended under the Mental Health Act and taken to [Lions Gate Hospital] where he was then released shortly after and … transferred into police custody,” Sahak said.

The man appeared in North Vancouver provincial court on Wednesday, Sahak added. Police have recommended he be charged with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Sahak said the man has a “history” with police, and lives with no fixed address in Vancouver.

“Obviously, this person is a danger,” Sahak said. “[His actions] put a lot of people’s lives at risk at the business with the hatchet, and quite a few customers were scared, and they were hiding inside the store – it’s obviously very frightening for those witnesses.”

Sahak said there is a mental health component to the incident as well.

“That’s why he was apprehended under the Mental Health Act initially. We want to make sure that this individual is taken care of and getting the help that he needs,” Sahak said.

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/man-ch...attack-at-mec-in-north-vancouver-7047297

[Vin]

Everyone needs to watch this:

• Video Link

I promise Vancouver, Nanaimo and BC are mentioned the most here.

[Migrant_Coconut]

Directed by... Aaron Gunn, director of Vancouver Is Dying; affiliated with BC Proud, the Canadian Taxpayers Foundation and the former BC Liberals.

Skip it unless you were already planning to vote for United. That's what he wants.

[Vin]

Really sickening what the government is doing to this country. Funny the video even accused the Federal government (Liberals) of being part of this.

Skip the video if you prefer to be blind and led ashtray. Just judge for yourself after watching how our system is failing, but at the same time benefitting select groups: just not addicts and regular residents.

[logan5]

Originally Posted by Vin

Everyone needs to watch this:

• Video Link

I promise Vancouver, Nanaimo and BC are mentioned the most here.

Wrong thread?

[Migrant_Coconut]

Originally Posted by Vin

Really sickening what the government is doing to this country. Funny the video even accused the Federal government (Liberals) of being part of this.

Skip the video if you prefer to be blind and led ashtray. Just judge for yourself after watching how our system is failing, but at the same time benefitting select groups: just not addicts and regular residents.

Multiple governments from Mulroney to Chretien to Harper have dropped the ball on social housing and mental health/addiction treatment, problems which've now snowballed; JT shares much of the blame, but not all the blame, and it's highly doubtful that Polly Oliver won't make the situation worse; the BC provincial government is currently cleaning house at Atira, and there's detox facilities in the pipeline. The only people being led "ashtray" are the ones dumb enough to see this as a documentary rather than a prelude to another failed attempt at being the BC United party leader.

[logan5]

Vin, I presume you’re in your late teens/early 20’s, so I’ll give you a pass, but as you get older, bs propaganda is easy to spot. You’ll see.

[mcj]

Originally Posted by logan5

Vin, I presume you’re in your late teens/early 20’s, so I’ll give you a pass, but as you get older, bs propaganda is easy to spot. You’ll see.

That ability seems to drop off a cliff sometime in your 50s though...

[madog222]

Originally Posted by logan5

Vin, I presume you’re in your late teens/early 20’s, so I’ll give you a pass, but as you get older, bs propaganda is easy to spot. You’ll see.

They've been here 10 years.

[cairnstone]

Originally Posted by Migrant_Coconut

Multiple governments from Mulroney to Chretien to Harper have dropped the ball on social housing and mental health/addiction treatment, problems which've now snowballed; JT shares much of the blame, but not all the blame, and it's highly doubtful that Polly Oliver won't make the situation worse; the BC provincial government is currently cleaning house at Atira, and there's detox facilities in the pipeline. The only people being led "ashtray" are the ones dumb enough to see this as a documentary rather than a prelude to another failed attempt at being the BC United party leader.

Well said. Our housing problem started 40 years ago when policy and tax structure changed and overnight all rental housing was stopped being created. It all became all gray market housing and an investment tool for people as interest rates dropped.

Our DTES is the slum of all of canada as many of the people done there came here for various reasons and just end up finding hasting street. Our climate is an ideal place to be homeless.

[cairnstone]

Originally Posted by mcj

That ability seems to drop off a cliff sometime in your 50s though...

I think people are no longer taught critical thinking and how to see through all the BS.

My mom a farm wife in her mid 70s retired etc being living on the farm in butt fuck Alberta was going on about JT and how hes ruined Canada and the taxes that she pays etc. She own her house a new SUV another quarter of land and gets a subsidy from the every level to bring her above poverty line. And then when I said mom you pay tax on gas and thats it basically. The story is most people wont admit it but they are better off with the liberals.

I work construction in my 50s and yet to see one government left or right actually change my life.