Residents, Businesses Still Struggling More Than a Year After BC Recriminalizes Public Drug Use

VANCOUVER—Near a busy corner of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, a Mello Donut Shop employee rings through a customer, glancing through the window at a stooped-over man standing on the sidewalk. A few metres away, three people gather to exchange items  outside a shuttered apartment building. 

“We only accept cards, just to avoid any problems, and the washrooms are only for customers,” the employee told The Epoch Times on Aug. 28, asking not to be named due to privacy concerns.