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Capital Plan

Selection process and jurisdictional issues complicate $400 million community centre investment

Apr 29, 2026

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5 min read

Selection process and jurisdictional issues complicate $400 million community centre investment

ABC selected five community centres for renewal based on deficient criteria, a park board commissioner argues. There's also a question of whether the city has the jurisdiction to unilaterally direct which facilities to fund.

Nate Lewis

Nightlife

City cracked down on Vancouver venues after lobbying by bar and club groups, emails reveal

Apr 24, 2026

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7 min read

City cracked down on Vancouver venues after lobbying by bar and club groups, emails reveal

Independent operators say nightlife ‘monopoly’ threatens to once again make Vancouver ‘No Fun City’

Nate Lewis, Zak Vescera

City Hall

Park board, city council eye big investments for Vancouver community facilities

Apr 10, 2026

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10 min read

Park board, city council eye big investments for Vancouver community facilities

Commissioners and the Mayor have put forward ambitious promises to invest in aging public buildings, but there are many important details we don't know yet

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Frances Bula on city-building, development and moving from journalism to civic politics

Mar 16, 2026

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13 min read

Frances Bula on city-building, development and moving from journalism to civic politics

The popular civic journalist is making the jump from writing stories to being part of them as she seeks the nomination for city councillor with OneCity

Julie Chadwick

City Hall

“I like being a politician of the people”: Pete Fry’s quest to become Vancouver’s next mayor

Mar 13, 2026

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15 min read

“I like being a politician of the people”: Pete Fry’s quest to become Vancouver’s next mayor

The Green Party councillor discusses his life, how he would approach being mayor of Vancouver and the potential for progressives to band together in the upcoming municipal election

Stephen Smysnuik

City Hall

Councillors accuse colleague of defamation, code of conduct violation over social media video

Feb 25, 2026

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7 min read

Councillors accuse colleague of defamation, code of conduct violation over social media video

Councillor Lenny Zhou apologized on Tuesday for calling opposition councillors drug users and drug distributors in a political organizing video he posted on WeChat

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Behind the scenes of the city’s new permitting pilot

Feb 13, 2026

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7 min read

Behind the scenes of the city’s new permitting pilot

The new temporary occupancy program could be a boon for artists and new businesses who are often saddled with major building upgrades when moving into a new building.

Nate Lewis

City Hall

How potential vote splitting is playing out in municipal elections across Canada

Feb 2, 2026

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7 min read

How potential vote splitting is playing out in municipal elections across Canada

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe could benefit from multiple challengers for their positions in this year's elections

Geoff Sharpe

City Hall

The city's plan to transform industrial land to housing may be harder than it looks

Jan 21, 2026

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9 min read

The city's plan to transform industrial land to housing may be harder than it looks

A comprehensive planning process will take at least a year, and Metro Vancouver would need to approve the changes. But there's another option if city council wants to move more quickly and independently on certain sites.

Nate Lewis

Nightlife

City has lessons to learn after heavy-handed inspections

Jan 16, 2026

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6 min read

City has lessons to learn after heavy-handed inspections

Over a dozen members of the underground music and dance community met with city officials this week, who say there are lessons to learn from recent inspections.

Nate Lewis

Housing

Nov 21, 2025

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10 min read

Vancouver's new non-profit housing initiative could reshape the city's neighbourhoods

It would be a big change in what could be built in every neighbourhood outside the downtown peninsula.

Nate Lewis

City Hall

The challenges facing Ken Sim’s re-election

Nov 5, 2025

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6 min read

The challenges facing Ken Sim’s re-election

We break down the issues shaping Ken Sim's election chances with just under a year to go until the next municipal election

Geoff Sharpe

City Hall

Inside the stalled renewal of Britannia Centre

Oct 31, 2025

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10 min read

Inside the stalled renewal of Britannia Centre

A master plan for the unique site was ambitious, but seven years later little tangible progress has been made and a key partner has distanced itself.

Nate Lewis

Housing

Oct 24, 2025

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8 min read

Proposal to create city-owned housing developer ends in frustration

City councillors all agreed it was a good idea in principle, but a split on specifics combined with politicking and distrust caused the plan to fail

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Council approves property tax freeze, while service and job cuts won’t be made public until next year

Oct 15, 2025

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9 min read

Council approves property tax freeze, while service and job cuts won’t be made public until next year

Mayor Sim and ABC councillors champion savings for property owners, businesses, while opponents and advocates try to establish what it will cost.

Nate Lewis

City Hall

ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules

Aug 27, 2025

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11 min read

ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules

Mayor Ken Sim and city councillors discussed amendments - and how they'd vote in one case - in private email threads ahead of council meetings.

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Residents argue Vancouver council set worrying precedent on below-market rentals

Aug 18, 2025

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5 min read

Residents argue Vancouver council set worrying precedent on below-market rentals

The Cambie Corridor Neighbourhood Association wants the city to reverse its decision on a below-market rental building

Dustin Godfrey

City Hall

Questions remain about infrastructure investments for Rupert and Renfrew neighbourhood

Aug 13, 2025

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8 min read

Questions remain about infrastructure investments for Rupert and Renfrew neighbourhood

The plan emphasizes continuing the rehabilitation of Still Creek, but Renfrew Heights won't be seeing money for needed facilities, like a new community centre, anytime soon

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Single-family home neighbourhood in East Vancouver set to radically change in the coming decades

Jul 9, 2025

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4 min read

Single-family home neighbourhood in East Vancouver set to radically change in the coming decades

The area around the Rupert and Renfrew SkyTrain stations is set to see some big changes...

Geoff Sharpe

City Hall

Why Vancouver may struggle to plant more trees

May 30, 2025

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4 min read

Why Vancouver may struggle to plant more trees

The goal is to plant an additional 165,000 by 2050

Geoff Sharpe

City Hall

May 21, 2025

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6 min read

New childcare spaces coming to the city

The city is making progress (though less than promised) on more childcare in Vancouver

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Exclusive: Aboriginal Front Door Society, Watari lose provincial funding for “critical” DTES services

May 16, 2025

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7 min read

Exclusive: Aboriginal Front Door Society, Watari lose provincial funding for “critical” DTES services

The city says they tried to get the province to keep funding these critical programs, without success.

Nate Lewis

City Hall

May 12, 2025

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6 min read

Is Task Force Barrage undermining OPS?

Advocates say Task Force Barrage is deterring people from accessing life-saving overdose prevention sites and questions remain about its budget

Dustin Godfrey

Housing

The proposed Safeway highrises are going to public hearing this week

May 12, 2025

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3 min read

The proposed Safeway highrises are going to public hearing this week

The location is contentious with locals

Dustin Godfrey

Housing

May 2, 2025

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13 min read

The city wants to radically change housing policy in the Downtown Eastside. Advocates and residents are concerned

About 100 people showed up to a community forum on Thursday after the city unveiled the proposed changes last week

Nate Lewis

City Hall

Selection process and jurisdictional issues complicate $400 million community centre investment

City cracked down on Vancouver venues after lobbying by bar and club groups, emails reveal

Park board, city council eye big investments for Vancouver community facilities

Frances Bula on city-building, development and moving from journalism to civic politics

“I like being a politician of the people”: Pete Fry’s quest to become Vancouver’s next mayor

Councillors accuse colleague of defamation, code of conduct violation over social media video

Behind the scenes of the city’s new permitting pilot

How potential vote splitting is playing out in municipal elections across Canada

The city's plan to transform industrial land to housing may be harder than it looks

City has lessons to learn after heavy-handed inspections

Vancouver's new non-profit housing initiative could reshape the city's neighbourhoods

The challenges facing Ken Sim’s re-election

Inside the stalled renewal of Britannia Centre

Proposal to create city-owned housing developer ends in frustration

Council approves property tax freeze, while service and job cuts won’t be made public until next year

ABC Party found to have breached Vancouver council open meeting rules

Residents argue Vancouver council set worrying precedent on below-market rentals

Questions remain about infrastructure investments for Rupert and Renfrew neighbourhood

Single-family home neighbourhood in East Vancouver set to radically change in the coming decades

Why Vancouver may struggle to plant more trees

New childcare spaces coming to the city

Exclusive: Aboriginal Front Door Society, Watari lose provincial funding for “critical” DTES services

Is Task Force Barrage undermining OPS?

The proposed Safeway highrises are going to public hearing this week

The city wants to radically change housing policy in the Downtown Eastside. Advocates and residents are concerned

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