Vancouver’s World Cup has come with a supercharged policing campaign, residents say (opens in new tab)

In the Downtown Eastside neighborhood nearby BC Place, advocates have noted tactics and displacement that are putting lives at risk.• | | On a brisk afternoon on 14 April 2026, Tyson Singh Kelsall was walking to work in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside when he noticed five people lying sedated in a line along the sidewalk on Main Street. They must have used the same poisoned supply, he thought. For Singh Kelsall, who has spent years working in harm reduction in the neighbourhood, this sight was ...