Vancouver Mayor

• 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.

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  Apr 3
  
• 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.

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  Mar 22
  
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• 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.

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  Jan 24
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• 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.

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  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.

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  Oct 17, 2022
• 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.

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  Oct 1, 2022
• 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.

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  Sep 28, 2022
• Here is the official candidates’ list for Vancouver’s 2022 municipal election

  Voters in Vancouver will be heading to their local polling stations on Oct. 15 for the upcoming 2022 B.C. municipal election.

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  Sep 17, 2022
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• Vancouver mayor dodges invitation to walk Chinatown after security guard attacked

  The random assault of a beloved security guard in Chinatown last month was the last straw for many, including the victim’s wife, who issued a challenge to mayor Kennedy Stewart.

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  Sep 11, 2022
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• Stewart and Sim frontrunners for Vancouver mayoral election, poll finds

  An online survey conducted in Vancouver by Research Co. suggests the incumbent mayor is leading in voter support ahead of the Oct. 15 municipal election.

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  Sep 8, 2022