What’s in: Finance reports and new parties.

What’s out: Speeding, garburators, disabled housing, Pride, Stanley Park Train and the Mayor’s Gym

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Byelection finance reports

Administrative Monetary Penalties Posted Online | Elections BC

Vancouver has a new civic party — the Vancouver Liberals

Vancouver Liberals

30 km/h speed limits coming to local streets in Vancouver

Garburators will officially be banned in Vancouver for a pricey reason

Metro loses legal bid in feud over millions of documents in North Shore poo plant trial

Housing for residents with disabilities put on hold due to lack of parking

Vancouver Pride in peril? Parade will proceed despite losing nearly half its sponsors

Stanley Park Train will be off the rails for 2025 | CBC News

Ken Sim’s gym closes

Vancouveratta – Vancouver’s fractured left cracks again

An emergency motion for a Lapu Lapu Day tragedy memorial event surprises even Filipino BC. The Kitsilano Coalition is happy to see the city concede on the planned supportive housing project. The Vancouver Renters’ Office also isn’t coming back anytime soon. Metro Vancouver and the Langleys debate governance and policing. But with luck, we’ll see a new worker-owned co-op news outlet in the Tri-Cities, Burnaby, and New West

00:55 Strange Developments: Lapu Lapu Day Tragedy Memorial
06:35 Kitsilano Coalition’s Victory Against Supportive Housing
09:20 Vancouver Park Board Controversy
12:44 Vancouver Renter’s Office Debate
15:47 Ken Sim’s Defamation Lawsuit
17:24 Granville Street Entertainment District Plan
27:43 Langley Policing Dispute
32:09 Worker-Owned Co-op News Outlet
34:42 Vancouveratta – Invasive Wall Lizards

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Community Update l Tuesday, June 3 — Filipino BC

B.C. Filipino community group upset with Vancouver city council’s sudden Lapu Lapu Day memorial event decision

Have the Doors Closed on New BC Supportive Housing? | The Tyee

Dissolution of Vancouver Park Board on pause: City

Motion to bring back Vancouver renter office defeated in tie vote – CTVNews

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim launches defamation lawsuit against former chief of staff and local businessman

Car-free revival plan for Granville strip approved by Vancouver City Council | Urbanized

Photo ready: City votes to install giant $1M Vancouver sign along waterfront | CBC News

Metro Vancouver has 41 directors. After a governance review, will that change? | CBC News

Under fire for wasteful spending, Metro Vancouver touts award for ‘excellence in financial reporting’

Former Premier Mike Harcourt calls for big changes at Metro Vancouver

Policing ‘divorce’ going ahead between City and Township of Langley – BC | Globalnews.ca

Save Our Local News

Axed local reporters aim to launch first worker-owned co-op news outlet in Western Canada, covering Tri-Cities, Burnaby, New Westminster

Vancouveratta

The wall lizard invasion of Vancouver Island – Macleans.ca

BC Bob | Oopsies | Instagram

We mourn with everyone who lost friends and loved ones at the recent Lapu Lapu tragedy. In the coming months, we’ll be sure to follow the ongoing political fallout of the failures that led to this event. In the meantime, support the Kapwa Strong fundraiser.

Looking back at the byelection, it should probably have been quite clear what was going to happen but few (besides Peter Meiszner) would have predicted Vancouver’s elections to be run so poorly. Plus we have a trove of fundraising data from the 2024 annual reports and the VPD are in the news for all the wrong reasons.

Plus we remember the McBarge.

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Filipino BC – Kapwa Strong fundraiser

‘Hard to accept’ festival attack suspect was under mental health care: Vancouver mayor – CTV News

City of Vancouver’s Lapu Lapu festival planning called into question compared to other events

High interest and 62% cut in staffing lead to major lines in Vancouver byelection | CBC News

Chief Election Officer declares candidates elected | City of Vancouver

By-election results

Anonymous ballot marking — City of Vancouver Open Data Portal

Vancouver mayor to reflect on resident satisfaction following party’s byelection defeats | CBC News

Vancouver’s byelection a story of big lines, big passion, and ABC coping with a big loss | CBC News

‘We got our butts handed to us:’ ABC Vancouver pledges to learn from byelection defeat – Dan Fumano

What can we learn from the 2024 annual reports – Cambie Report

VPD whistleblower alleges ‘Task Force Barrage’ arrest quotas – BC | Globalnews.ca

Unredacted email from alleged anonymous VPD officer

Vancouver Police Department to be over budget by millions: report

Former Vancouver Police Board member questions budget approval process for $5M crackdown on DTES crime – CTVNews

Vancouveratta – McBarge

Iconic Expo 86 ‘McBarge’ capsizes in Fraser River | CBC News

Justin McElroy : “i had to say goodbye with one drawing and one song” — Bluesky

Abandoned BC Ferry on fire in Mission

“I’m sorry” – Ken Sim about five times in the last month.

Also featuring Annette Reilly of the Vancouver Green’s statement.

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Vancouver byelection: Seven candidates from five parties make their pitch

Vancouver sees 2,876 ballots cast on first day of advance voting for byelection

Byelection candidates question ABC Vancouver’s debate absence

‘Oops’: Vancouver mayor apologizes for series of recent slip-ups

Vancouver municipal council by-election candidate forced to apologize for e-mail outreach to police officers

A Police Union Leader’s Controversial Run for Vancouver Council | The Tyee

Audio leaked of Vancouver byelection candidate discussing running mate – BC | Globalnews.ca

Ken Sim Bitcoin video (Bitcoin)

ABC Vancouver’s ‘repudiation of the rule of law’ shows gap in B.C.’s municipal oversight, Ombudsperson says

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim gets booed at Juno Awards | News

Candidates for Vancouver Municipal Party Say They Attended Multiple Events with Conspiratorial Far-Right Groups By Accident

Policies/platforms

Vancouveratta

Bure once helped pull off the ultimate Vancouver Canucks April Fools’ prank | Sports

We turned the mics over to the candidates for the Vancouver byelection so you can hear directly from them.

Featuring Lucy Malone (OneCity), Colleen Hardwick (TEAM), Sean Orr (COPE), Jaime Stein (ABC) and Theodore Abbott (TEAM). Unfortunately, we didn’t receive clips from Ralph Kaisers (ABC) or Annette Reilly (Greens) by our deadline.

With 38 days until the Vancouver by-elections, we delve into the DUI allegations against Mayor Ken Sim, which were reportedly dismissed by police investigations. We discuss Task Force Barrage, a new initiative targeting organized crime and public safety. As well: Rebecca Bligh and is out of ABC, Adam Palmer is out of the VPD – the latter by choice. ABC announces its byelection candidates. And, Surrey withdraws from the Metro Vancouver Regional Growth Strategy, community newspapers close and our Vancouveratta.

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Byelection candidates, supportive housing pause, Metro Van boycott and the Delta Police spark an international incident.

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Two byelections at the same time folks. With Vancouver’s longest-serving councillor, Adriane Carr, stepping down and Christine Boyle’s election to the BC Legislature, Vancouver needs two new councillors. We look at the race and everything else that’s happened recently.

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Two-years of Ken Sim, Crab Park residents evicted, some upcoming byelections, Burnaby affordable housing requirements axed, New West mayor chastised and Surrey gets its first weed store.

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Q&A: Ken Sim reflects on two-year anniversary as Vancouver mayor

Chip Wilson Day

Vancouver’s CRAB Park residents left with few options as eviction looms | CBC News

13 local politicians were elected to the B.C. Legislature. Not all are giving up their municipal roles | CBC News

Christine Boyle announces resignation from Vancouver city council

Burnaby eliminates affordable rental requirement in low-income neighbourhood

New West mayor’s all-expenses paid trip to Dubai breached ethics rules: Commissioner

Green light: Surrey council approves 12 new pot stores across the city

Metro Vancouver approves 25.3% increase to regional tax bill in 2025

Metro Vancouver sells land set aside for Bowen Island Campground

Paradox Hotel Vancouver – Wikipedia

Sarah Kirby-Yung is mad at Rebecca Bligh. Pete Fry is mad at Ken Sim. Everyone is acting like children. It’s the council we know and love. But at least with a majority, they passed most everything they wanted (for better or worse). And at least Vancouver’s mayor hasn’t been deemed likely to leak confidential documents via Staples print centres again.

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