FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: VIOLENCE IN VANCOUVER ON THANKSGIVING WEEKENDS, CROSSBOWS AND STABBINGS!

Vancouver police investigating multiple violent attacks involving stabbings, crossbow Advocates for vulnerable people in DTES says stress from being ordered to move contributing to violence The Vancouver Police Department is investigating a string of violent attacks over the Thanksgiving weekend, including five stabbings and an attack on a man with a crossbow arrow.

Advocates for vulnerable people in the city's poorest neighbourhood said the spate of violence is, in part, a result of the stress people who live in tent encampments face from being moved by city officials.

In August, violence erupted and a number of people were arrested in the Downtown Eastside as city staff began enforcing a fire order to clear a tent encampment, saying the tents were a fire safety hazard.

"Certainly it's upsetting and alarming news," said Vince Tao, an organizer with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), about this weekend's violence.

Beginning on Friday night in the Downtown Eastside, a stabbing near East Hastings Street and Campbell Avenue left an 18-year-old man with serious injuries. Another stabbing near West Hastings and Cambie Streets resulted in life-threatening injuries for a 48-year-old man.