By noon, the sidewalks on the 100-block of Hastings were mostly clear and a street cleaning truck sat at the corner of Main Street waiting to power wash what was left behind.
Scenes from E. Hastings St as the City of Vancouver remove tents with the Vancouver Police Department standing by in Vancouver, BC., April 5, 2023. Jody Peterson had all her possessions — three small backpacks, a sleeping bag and a tent — on the sidewalk just off the intersection of East Hastings and Columbia Street. She had been living in the area for the past eight months and was among those being forced to relocate.Jody Peterson on East Hastings Street on Feb. 5, 2023.
The city’s homelessness services outreach team will “remain connected with people from the encampment zone with whom they have been working and support them with access shelter, and housing as it becomes available,” the news release said.Article content Woodward, who has lived on the streets for 30 years, said the police and city workers are wasting their time and money.Wade Woodward on East Hastings Street on April 5, 2023. Photo: Gord HoekstraHe said he has been offered a SRO but he’d rather be outside because of the bed bugs, cockroaches and rats in the rooms.Mohammed, who works at a smoke shop along the stretch of East Hastings blocked by police, said it was good that the streets were getting cleaned but didn’t think it would change much.
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