Episodes

  • E3-184 The math doesn’t add up

    E3-184 The math doesn’t add up
    Apr 16 2026

    Vancouver’s centre-left has reached a unity deal that ensures they can still split the vote. Elections BC releases the parties annual reports, giving us a glimpse into everyone’s financial situation. Candidates are lining up to be mayor in New West, Surrey and West Van. Vancouver council agrees to play nice, while Ken Sim wants to fund community centres and Major League Baseball without raising your taxes. The BC Government wants councils to be nicer to one another and give councillors parental leave. North Van says no to chlorine production and we look at Vancouver’s drink history.

    Links

    • Progressive agreement
    • Trio of progressive parties agree to cap candidates in upcoming Vancouver election | CBC News
    • Colleen Hardwick picked by TEAM for mayor
    • 2025 Annual Financial Reports Available | Elections BC
    • After 4 years of council fights, New Westminster has a clear mayoral race in October | CBC News
    • Kirk LaPointe Announces Candidacy for Mayor of West Vancouver
    • Vancouver council approves respectful discourse pledge as mayor faces defamation suit
    • Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s response to defamation lawsuit states Sean Orr ‘supported drug use’ | CBC News
    • Upcoming motion to propose $400M investment into aging Vancouver community centres | CBC News
    • ‘There’s a lot of excitement’: Vancouver mayor Ken Sim explains desire for MLB expansion bid – Sportsnet.ca
    • Improving conduct standards for local governments
    • Post by @jmcelroy.bsky.social
    • Introducing parental leave for local elected officials
    • District of North Vancouver rejects Chemtrade chlorine proposal
    • Background Campaign against B.C. chlorine plant was secretly funded by rival | CBC News
    • Who invented the London Fog? – Vancouver Is Awesome
    • We’ve Been Making the ‘Vancouver Cocktail’ Wrong for 15 Years… – Scout Magazine
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    42 mins
  • E3-721 The Wild West of Fucking Procedure

    E3-721 The Wild West of Fucking Procedure
    Oct 25 2024
    Council has gone off the rails
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    Less than 1 minute
  • E3-204 We called Councilor Orr and Apologized

    E3-204 We called Councilor Orr and Apologized
    Mar 27 2026
    Ken Sim maybe told people Sean Orr is a drug dealer based on a dodgy photo but he’s really sorry. Candidates are announcing their intention to run for election. Some housing is going ahead, some isn’t and Vancouver impedes on Maritime Law. Links Matthew on Global BC TodayVancouver councillor calls his opponents drug users and dealers in social media video | CBC NewsVancouver Mayor Ken Sim says comments about councillor Sean Orr came from an unverified photo – BC | Globalnews.caCOPE Councillor Considering Next Steps After Mayor’s False Drug Accusations | The TyeeVancouver Coun. Sean Orr sues Mayor Ken Sim for defamation | CBC NewsSean Orr is Suing Ken Sim – Help Fund the Fight2026 Candidates for Nomination – OneCity VancouverVancouver Green CandidatesAndy Lin alleges Green disqualificationCandidates & Caucus – Vancouver LiberalsVote Vancouver candidatesPost by @anjaliappadurai.bsky.socialBurnaby’s ruling party announces council candidates for October election – Freshet NewsAnnis reveals 4 Surrey First candidates for councillor, for 2026 electionSurrey First council candidate withdrawsUPDATE: Doug McCallum doesn’t want a SkyTrain station named after him | Surrey Now-LeaderOur Team – Imagine SurreyRegister of Elector OrganizationsMuhammad Ahmad for Mayor (@muhammadformayor) • Instagram photos and videosVancouver council says proposal for 924 rental homes too dense, lacks amenitiesCity enters deal with B.C. to close 3 Vancouver SROs in entertainment districtCity Council approves first Vancouver Official Development PlanVancouver city staff recommend dropping Mayor Ken Sim’s bitcoin motion | CBC NewsVancouver airport parkade might never be finished, construction halted 6 years ago – BC | Globalnews.caVancouver to remove lifeguards from some beaches for 2026 seasonOpposition mounts to hydrotherapy barge plan for public dock at Vancouver Maritime MuseumFinnish company proposes 250-room floating hotel on Vancouver waterfrontOakridge Park – WikipediaOakridge—The Postwar History of a Densifying Neighbourhood | MONTECRISTO
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    57 mins
  • E3-741 A feather made of helium

    E3-741 A feather made of helium
    Oct 7 2024
    The integrity commissioner lives to fight another day, Burnaby silences itself and a Harrison by-election
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  • E3-240 A parcel of Ps

    E3-240 A parcel of Ps
    Feb 19 2026
    William Azaroff wins the OneCity mayoral nomination and his first act is a “progressive primary” ultimatum to COPE and the Greens. The Liberals pick up another candidate and nominations for council seats are underway. Lucy Maloney wants councillors to attend in person, the Olympic Village school is further delayed, Langara Gardens is going ahead, and so is a city-owned development on the Main Street McDonalds. The City’s Auditor General has two damning reports. Links Pete Fry announces candidacy for mayor William Azaroff chosen as OneCity Vancouver’s mayoral candidate | CBC News William Azaroff Progressive Primary – OneCity COPE responds The Greens respond Vancouver Liberals add park board commissioner Brennan Bastyovanszky to team Run with Vote Vancouver Team For A Livable Vancouver To Run Candidates For Mayor, Council, School And Park Board In This Fall’s Election Mayor Ken Sim Announces Re-Election Bid, Vows to Keep Fighting for Vancouver Former MLA launches Imagine Surrey mayoral run and city councillor slate | Urbanized Former MLA Mike Starchuk enters 2026 mayoral race in Surrey | Vancouver Sun Imagine Surrey Vancouver councillor wants to ‘eliminate double standards’ on remote work at city hall Residents, parents address city hall over proposed Olympic Village school Langara Gardens: 2,600 new homes approved by Vancouver City Council for Cambie Corridor site Approved Science World rental towers could raise $700 million for City of Vancouver | Urbanized Vancouver’s auditor general criticizes city over lack of paper trail for lost developer amenities | CBC News Vancouver missed out on millions as land deals were struck without proper strategy: report Park Board seeking new permanent attraction for Stanley Park Train site | Urbanized Vancouver council approves increase of slots from 600 to 900 at downtown casino Coquitlam Mountie fired over vulgar messages in group chats – CTV News Richard Marpole – Wikipedia This Week in History: 1920 The CPR’s Richard Marpole dies | Vancouver Sun Bill Miner – Wikipedia
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    45 mins
  • E3-765 Lisa Southern is not an airplane

    E3-765 Lisa Southern is not an airplane
    Sep 12 2024
    The integrity commissioner, the park board and the astroturf campaign
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    Less than 1 minute
  • E3-261 Greenlight the Green Mayoral Candidate

    E3-261 Greenlight the Green Mayoral Candidate
    Jan 30 2026

    We’re back and this time intend to stay back as this election is shaping up to be chaotic with Ken Sim seeking re-election, Pete Fry launching a bid for mayor and the Vancouver Liberals getting their first caucus members in 90 years. Sim is praising his zero percent property tax increase budget but city employees are not happy. Council can agree on one thing: Headlights are too damn bright. Housing looks shaky but we are building on industrial land. And the dump will continue to take your trash.

    Links

    Ranking how much Vancouver councillors have distanced themselves from Mayor Ken Sim

    Ken Sim ‘pivots’ from park board and bitcoin, pushes safety and affordability in re-election bid | CBC News

    Could Pete Fry soon announce a mayoral run?

    Green Party of Vancouver endorses Pete Fry for Mayor or Council in 2026 Municipal Election

    Ex-ABC Vancouver politician joins new civic party to seek re-election

    School Board chair to run for Vancouver City Council in civic election | Urbanized

    New civic Liberals party propose amalgamating University Endowment Lands with City of Vancouver

    Vancouver City Council approves 2026 Budget with 0% property tax increase

    ‘Deceitful and unfair’: Vancouver municipal workers’ union files complaint alleging bad-faith negotiation

    Vancouver council votes down living wage motion three years after scrapping policy

    Vancouver city council calls on feds to address headlight brightness | CBC News

    Vancouver mayoral candidate pitches $200-million traffic signal coordination plan | Urbanized

    B.C. home prices at risk of 27% jump by 2032 due to delayed construction | Urbanized

    Vancouver city council approves massive 2-tower VGH expansion

    Going against advice of city staff, Vancouver council approves residential tower on industrial land

    City eyes federal and provincial loans to demolish downtown Vancouver viaducts | Urbanized

    Vancouver Landfill to stay open until 2050 under new regional agreement

    Vancouveratta

    Everett Crowley Park – Wikipedia

    Vancouver’s Forgotten Monuments TikTok video
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    38 mins
  • E3-281 OneCity’s mayoral candidates

    E3-281 OneCity’s mayoral candidates
    Jan 9 2026

    OneCity Vancouver is in the midst of their mayoral nomination contest, so we spoke to the two candidates: William Azaroff and Amanda Burrows about why they want to lead the city.

    Learn more:

    • William Azaroff
    • Amanda Burrows
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    41 mins