Downtown Eastside at 'tipping point' as London Drugs considers leaving Woodward's building (Vancouver Sun)
A broken window is plastered with a sticker bearing big, red letters declaring: “DANGER" ... police promptly arrested a man in connection with the incident, and he was charged with assault with a weapon, mischief and uttering threats, court records show. He has 26 known aliases, and dozens of charges and convictions in B.C. courts over the years, mostly for theft, robbery and probation breaches. He wasn’t held in custody after this month’s charges ... ... “We bought into the vision of the governments of the day, wanting to use investment in the community to revitalize the area,” Mahlman said. “We’ve lost millions of dollars. We’ve never made money in that store, and that’s not our point, but our point is, is that it hasn’t worked. Because they didn’t bring all the other things to bear at the same time, to help convert the neighbourhood.” London Drugs’ lease at Woodward’s ends in October, Mahlman said, and the company hasn’t decided whether it will continue operating t...