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More HART in Vancouver’s homeless response

Team removes trash, leaves residents to shelter in place amid pandemic

By , Columbian staff writer
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David Neff, from left, joins Rae Mackmer, John McKishen and Nathan Berney as they watch the cleanup at the homeless encampment in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Vancouver is trying to remove garbage from homeless encampments while improving its relationship with its unhoused population.
David Neff, from left, joins Rae Mackmer, John McKishen and Nathan Berney as they watch the cleanup at the homeless encampment in east Vancouver on Thursday morning. Vancouver is trying to remove garbage from homeless encampments while improving its relationship with its unhoused population. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

Four people living at an east Vancouver homeless encampment gathered around a table outside their tent — the encampment’s unofficial community kitchen, resident Rae Mackmer reported — during a cleanup event Thursday morning.

Officer Tyler Chavers of the Vancouver Police Department approached the group and immediately became the butt of the joke.

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