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Vancouver’s World Cup has come with a supercharged policing campaign, residents say

By Sharon Nadeem in Vancouver

In the Downtown Eastside neighborhood nearby BC Place, advocates have noted tactics and displacement that are putting lives at risk. • World Cup newsletter | Daily podcast | Download the app 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...