not to be annoying but I won my first RTDNA award for enterprise journalism!! This was one of the most challenging stories I’ve worked on, and it feels really nice to be recognized among such talented reporters. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

In rare move, Vancouver city council rejects recommendation for new restaurant at VanDusen Botanical Garden

Vancouver city council is hearing from speakers urging the city to change its mind about choosing Truffles Fine Foods over Shaughnessy Restaurant. The family run restaurant has been at VanDusen Botanical Garden for decades. Previous story for reference: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

I /could/ be spending the night reading this gorgeous HP Lovecraft book...but instead I'll experience a different sort of weird horror. I'm going to liveskeet tonight's public hearing! The city wants to actually <gasp> rezone stuff on its own initiative!

BC's premier is holding a presser about LNG expansion and a rare opportunity to ask questions about things like climate goals and Indigenous partnerships, and media keep asking Qs about Eby hiring a comedian as a speechwriter... 🫠

The Vancouver Police Department continues to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on Mayor Ken Sim’s security detail. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

VPD board meeting starting. Two new board members. Board is congratulating the VPD's senior leadership team. Chief Rai says congrats to new leadership team. Says entire group is going to help in years to come so VPD is set up for the next century.

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be over budget by the end of the year by nearly $8 million, according to a report heading to the police board Thursday. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Vancouver street soccer league players plead for field access

‘Historical change’: Vancouver police to create new policing district in DTES

Infectious disease experts on this side of the border are slamming the state of public health in the U.S., after the Trump administration fired the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Sarcastic reviews put Vancouver’s eyesore bench on Google Maps

Those living near a B.C. ostrich farm that’s attracted international attention say they’re frustrated and feel ignored, as the farm’s owners continue to fight an avian flu cull.

VPD was aware of the intense public interest – and also of the “fear and anxiety” news of stranger assaults was causing in 2022. VPD issued at least 52 releases mentioning stranger assaults, but provided no updated data about the frequency of these crimes. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

B.C. family sues health authority and school district following teenage daughter’s suicide

Defying an order to end the strike, the union's president proclaimed: "If we stick together, they can’t fire us all." Here's what Air Canada flight attendants are fighting for: pressprogress.ca/air-canada-f...

My mom has been a flight attendant for over 40 years (!). Today, she’s on the picket lines at YVR.

Just got to the Learning Bitcoin conference. The current panelist is talking about why there’s a drop in testosterone. The panel is called Decentralized Health and Wellness.

"This weekend’s conference also features a segment titled, 'heating Kitsilano pool with bitcoin mining.'"

Al Jazeera’s Anas al-Sharif has been killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside Al-Shifa hospital.

Vancouver community centre wants policy for policing costs after expensive bill

2026 Concord Pacific Dragon Boat Festival cancelled due to FIFA World Cup: organizer

Preliminary results from the greater Vancouver homeless count are out today. Homelessness has increased 9 % across the region from 2023 to 2025. 5,233 people were experiencing homelessness across 16 municipalities during the count in early March.

‘Historic’: Vancouver Whitecaps in talks to sign German legend Thomas Muller

Tuning into council now. Council is hearing from speakers on Pete Fry's motion about reviewing the School Liaison Officer Program. Speaker Mona Sun is speaking in opposition of the motion: "When we know school has strong safety support, this give us peace of mind."

Port Coquitlam sends affordable housing project back to drawing board over parking and operator concerns

Longtime restaurant’s lease at Vancouver’s VanDusen Gardens in limbo

Vancouver explores subdividing laneway homes

Vancouver could reduce speed limits on side streets to 30 km/h

Between broken tree limbs and muddied cabins, a father looks for his missing child www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s former chief of staff has started a political party in his bid to be the city’s next top politician. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

also, full credit to @isabellazavarise.bsky.social for being on this story for several months, and breaking the story last week about the VPD Chair being in the dark on this media is always better when we acknowledge the good work of other journalists, instead of pretending we live in bubbles

Ken Sim says the $5 million Vancouver Police task force is a VPD initiative. The VPD says it’s a joint initiative of them and council. But council has never approved the funding, and the VPD chair wasn’t informed it was happening. Here’s my story on a very confusing question of accountability.

An oversight body whose role it is to develop the Vancouver Police Department’s budget, wasn’t part of the approval process for a multi-million dollar initiative aimed at targeting crime on the Downtown Eastside. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

VPD board meeting starting. Chief Rai’s first board meeting in new role. Board chair Frank Chong is reading out compliments and thank you letters to VPD.

Staff have projected a 7 % property tax hike next year but Mayor Ken Sim is asking them to find ways to get it as low as zero %. Some opposition councillors are worried what city services could be cut in the process. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

City staff are presenting a 2026 budget outlook that includes a 5-6 percent property tax increase as well a one percent infrastructure tax. Mayor Sim has tabled a motion with three scenarios - one of which includes a 0 % property tax increase.

Mayor Ken Sim taking the stage at #WebSummit. He's dressed casually today.

Clarification: I asked him if he would commit to releasing his emails through the proper FOI channels. They should also release his predecessor's emails and other messages asap.

Globe and Mail's Mike Hager asked new VPD Chief Steve Rai if he would commit to releasing FOI emails my colleagues at CTV requested in 2023. Rai said it was the first he was hearing about it. "We have an excellent, robust FOI team," he said. Original story here: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

This stood out to me at the VPD announcement. New chief Steve Rai was asked what he sees as biggest challenge. Rai talked abt VPD being young & added "We're going to come to our best friend, Mayor Sim & ensure that he gets the full picture of how the city is growing & policing is growing with it."

It's been a few weeks since the Burnaby Now, Tri-City News and New Westminster Record shuttered. The lack of local reporting is already being felt. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

A permanent Vancouver sign will be installed on the city’s waterfront. Coun. Sean Orr was the only one who voted against it. “Where it’s located in front of the mountains to me, kind of seems like Paris putting a sign in front of the Eiffel Tower,” he said. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

The plight of a B.C. ostrich farm facing a cull of its 400-strong flock has galvanized the far-right, including lots of talk of guns, a gallows for government employees and phrases like “violence begets change.” #bcpoli thetyee.ca/News/2025/05...

Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim is sidestepping questions on how the budget for a five-million-dollar task force aimed at cracking down on the Downtown Eastside was approved. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

A former Vancouver Police Board member is questioning what role the board played in how the budget for an initiative targeting crime on the Downtown Eastside was approved. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

VPD board meeting about to start shortly. Mayor Ken Sim won’t be here. He’s on a personal leave.

The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be millions of dollars over budget by the end of year, according to a report. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Amy Scheer with the PWHL announces new team in Vancouver. Says it’s going to be “love at first puck drop.” Adds latest stats from BC hockey show registration for boys and girls is about 50/50.

No lineup today to vote in the Burnaby North-Seymour riding.