Vancouver Mayor

• Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s home targeted with ‘hateful’ graffiti

  Some threatening messages spray-painted at Mayor Ken Sim's home roughly translate to 'cover the family with a shovel' and 'F*** your ancestors for 18 generations'.

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  Nov 1, 2024
  
• Vancouver council approves 7.5 per cent property tax hike

  Vancouver homeowners will pay an extra 7.5 per cent property tax next year. That's down from the 10.7 per cent hike last year, but still the second highest in the last decade.

  Politics

  Dec 12, 2023
  
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• ‘Significant challenges’ to tackle in Vancouver, says mayor one year into the job

  Ken Sim defeated incumbent Kennedy Stewart on Oct. 16 last year. He was sworn in on Nov. 7, becoming Vancouver's first Chinese Canadian mayor and mayor from a racialized community.

  Politics

  Nov 6, 2023
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• Vancouver mayor strikes task force to go over budget with ‘fine-toothed comb’

  The task force comes after Ken Sim's ABC Vancouver dominated city council approved a 10.7 per cent property tax increase in its 2023 budget.

  Politics

  Apr 3, 2023
• Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wins $100,000 costs in NPA defamation case

  Stewart was sued after a 2021 press release denounced "hate and extremism" in the NPA in response to reports on the party's internal turmoil over an ideological shift to the right.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2023
• Vancouver mayor aims for city with ‘renewed swagger’ in first state of the city address

  The event was hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and was Ken Sim's first major address to the business community.

  Politics

  Jan 24, 2023
• Vancouver could hire axed Surrey Police Service officers, Ken Sim says

  Mayor-elect Ken Sim campaigned heavily on public safety, with the pledge to hire 100 new officers and 100 mental health nurses at the centre of his platform.

  Politics

  Oct 18, 2022
• ‘A historic moment’: Vancouver elects first Chinese-Canadian mayor

  When Ken Sim ousted incumbent Kennedy Stewart in a sweeping victory Saturday, he also made history as the first mayor of Asian heritage elected in Vancouver.

  Politics

  Oct 17, 2022
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• Vancouver’s former Trutch Street now Musqueamview and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓

  Trutch Street runs between 18th and 1st Avenues on the city’s west side in the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam people.

  Politics

  Oct 1, 2022
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• Vancouver mayoral candidates face off with just over 2 weeks until election day

  The all-candidates forum took place Wednesday at the SFU Harbour Centre, hosted by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.

  Politics

  Sep 28, 2022