A day after police descended on East Hastings Street for the removal of dozens of tents and structures in a Downtown Eastside encampment, they were back again Thursday morning.
City works crews continue for the second day to clear the tent encampment along E. Hastings Street in Vancouver, BC Thursday, April 6, 2023. Tents and belongings are being removed and at the same time the streets and sidewalks are being hosed-down, under the eyes of the VPD and fire officials.
While some residents’ 360-litre bins were stored at the centre, most were loaded onto rental moving vans and taken to a city-owned impound.Article content When asked by Postmedia News where he spent the night after his tent on East Hastings was removed, Weir said he walked around all night. Vancouver Police Department spokesperson Const. Tania Visintin said “two people were arrested for assault,” who were not camp residents but “part of the protesters.”
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