Iona Bonamis, me, Russil Wvong and Michael Tan from OneCity Vancouver at the West Coast LEAF 2026 Equality Breakfast.
Yesterday morning I went to the West Coast Leaf 2026 Equality Breakfast celebrating International Women’s Day with a number of @onecityvan.bsky.social candidate nominees including @ionabonamis.bsky.social, @russilwvong.bsky.social and Michael Tan.
Ah jeez. A citizen just called my office saying there is a fake website set up to look like a CBC News story.
The fake story uses my name and image (along with new Telus CEO Victor Dodig) to endorse some sleazy AI investing product.
In March of the year 2026, is there really anything I can do?
Ken Sim has to hold a press conference today because:
- On Day 1 Sim threw his councillor under the bus for false drug dealer claims
- On Day 2 Sim was revealed to have also said it, but ducked the press
-On Day 3 Sim said “I apologized” on a loop without saying why
So now we get Day 4
How many more popular community events are going to wither and die under Ken Sim’s mayorship? dailyhive.com/vancouver/va... ht @city-duo.bsky.social
This is extremely disappointing. Car-free Day street festivals are a key part of our civic life here in Vancouver, a city that frankly needs more fun, festivals and civic life. I’ll await the honest details of what led to this. CC @vpsn.bsky.social @miss604.com
@lucymaloney.bsky.social
I am saddened to learn that Vancouver Car Free Days will not take place this year. These events celebrate our neighbourhoods & small businesses, & encourage folks to use active transport. I’ll work with Car Free Vancouver Society, impacted orgs & businesses, & Council to get them back on the road!
I'm so sad--but also frustrated!--by this.
I LOVE Car Free Day. It was such a fun way to see what our streets COULD be: full of life, family, community, and local business...not just cars.
Something is very, very wrong in Vancouver when such a wildly popular event can't make it work.
"Maybe the city's full" says the man living in a 2.7 million dollar house on Palmerston, while sipping $170 scotch after defeating a multiplex proposal across the street.
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one of the great things about taking harbour air is seeing the stark urban geography of metro vancouver from such a unique view
I think this is a pretty good reason to have nothing to do with @kareem42.bsky.social and the "Vancouver Liberals"; they're NIMBYing new hotels using completely BS concerns about parks
"The crash highlights an unsettling truth about the city: despite its bike-friendly reputation and mild climate, recent years have seen Vancouver fall behind peers such as Montreal or Edmonton in making its streets safer [especially outside the downtown core]."
Here's a fun slide from the road conditions update happening at Vancouver City Council right now - yes that's right, a 400+ year backlog on sidewalks.
Hey, some good news
It happens to 50,000 people in the lower mainland every year, and on Friday it happened to @rhifaux.bsky.social. Was it an accident? We think this was the predictable result of government inaction.
Trying something to help visualize land usage per household (which I think is one of the most useful ways to think about cities)
Ken Sim won’t be defeated by posts, polls, or prayers. He’ll be defeated in a vote.
That takes conviction in a single progressive candidate who can unify this city.
So, Brendan, Why is the Millennium Line Bad?
Ken Sim and ABC Vancouver just killed the Social Housing Initiative. A program that could have actually gotten people off the streets and into homes? Dead.
I spoke to Dan Fumano about proposed actions to address costs affecting development viability to help unlock new housing supply. Prices and rents are dropping, which is good, but costs need commensurately go down if we are to keep building housing.
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Brian Montague, who bluntly has appeared to enjoy being a councillor less than any councillor I’ve ever covered, has announced he won’t be running for re-election
This is a failure of the Ministry/SB system, which doesn’t even react well, let alone plan. I was saying before the 2010 Olympics to build the school early or it would be objected to. And they should have ALWAYS planned it for 4 storeys.
In any case, build it now. The “character” there is density.
omg some Olympic Village residents are trying to NIMBY the elementary school. They're citing "neighbourhood character" for why four floors is just too much damned school for their neighbourhood
Great intro to #yvrpoli #yimby by @russilwvong.bsky.social
morehousing.substack.com/p/bonsai-city
@vancouversun.bsky.social
Following up about lane buildings and hydro Powerline setbacks.
As I say here, if this has happened with 9 different design / build teams then it’s a systemic problem not a one-off error. 🧵
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There were a lot of emails flying around last week as the city worked to clarify the rules. In theory the powerline clearances are up to the builder to coordinate with hydro, but hydro's diagrams were confusing, and the design setbacks weren't being flagged by the city at permit review.
This is a good summary of Vancouver's broken planning system (by planning staff!). 871 site-specific zoning districts (27 new ones every year), 3-4 years to get a property rezoned and get a building permit council.vancouver.ca/20250722/doc...
North Saanich finally passes OCP after years of battles
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#yyj
Yep. While people are worried about neighbourhood level gentrification they get city level gentrification.
But also, households are the wrong units of measurement for affordability, part of this effect is people doubling up more. Household incomes have increased faster than individual incomes.
Emergency Exit Plan - 24-story tall HoHo Wien, one of the world's tallest mass timber structures
Interlocking stairs maintain a compact footprint
