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Mayor Ken Sim’s former party mates officially in race to unseat him
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (912+ words) Three of Ken Sim’s former party mates have officially filed nomination papers with the Vancouver election office in their bids to win enough votes in the Oct. 17 municipal election to become the city’s next mayor. Coun. Rebecca Bligh of Vote…...
OneCity Vancouver candidate William Azaroff withdraws from mayoral race
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (684+ words) OneCity Vancouver candidate William Azaroff announced Tuesday that he has withdrawn from the mayoral race, leaving Green Party city councillor Pete Fry as the lone candidate on the “progressive side” of the political spectrum in the Oct. 17 municipal election. Azaroff’s…...
OneCity councillor pushes Ken Sim to call ‘special’ meeting to discuss escalation in U.S. tariffs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (834+ words) City councillor Lucy Maloney is pushing Mayor Ken Sim to hold a special council meeting to consider her motion to have city staff take “urgent measures” to support Vancouver businesses and individuals affected by the recent escalation in U.S....
COPE candidate Stephanie Allen withdraws from Vancouver mayoral race
1+ week, 4+ day ago (673+ words) Stephanie Allen announced Wednesday that she was withdrawing from the mayoral race as COPE’s candidate in the Oct. 17 municipal election, saying it was “for the good of all people living in Vancouver.” Allen, co-founder of the Hogan's Alley Society and…...
Budget error could cost B.C. billions in gas royalties
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1745+ words) On June 29, 2026, B.C.’s energy minister defended the province’s proposed natural gas royalty framework in a closed-door meeting in Fort St. John. As the government moved to collect its share of natural gas profits, Adrian Dix told Treaty 8 First Nations that…...
B.C. criminal defence lawyer who choked female partner faces discipline
3+ week, 2+ day ago (368+ words) The Law Society of B.C. is set to discipline a criminal defence lawyer who repeatedly choked his female partner in domestic-violence incident resulting in a criminal conviction for assault in May 2023. The lawyer, Edward Chia Hao Chu, and the society reached…...
Q&A: Mayor Ken Sim on adding public drug use, involuntary care questions to election ballot
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1644+ words) People using hard drugs in public spaces, growing street disorder and violent crime linked to people with mental illness who are not getting the treatment or housing they need to stabilize their lives have been longstanding concerns in Vancouver. Those…...
Premier Eby’s silence on U.S. booze ban could concern lumber file, says analyst
3+ week, 3+ day ago (614+ words) On yet another U.S. tariff deadline day, B.C. Premier David Eby said Wednesday he “stands with Team Canada” although he provided no indication he will comply with a reported request from Prime Minister Mark Carney to lift the province’s ban on U....
'Relatively few' projects in Broadway plan pipeline have been built
3+ week, 4+ day ago (710+ words) Four years after the Broadway plan was implemented, only three of the 169 projects in the development pipeline have been issued occupancy permits, according to a recent city staff memo posted to the City of Vancouver’s website. Though 59 projects have reached…...
Violent crime continues to trend upward in Vancouver
3+ week, 5+ day ago (764+ words) Violent crime continued to increase in Vancouver in the first six months of 2026, with assaults and robberies driving the uptick, according to recent statistics the Vancouver Police Department posted to its website. The VPD’s data for January through June showed…...