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Vancouver council approves 7.5 per cent property tax hikeVancouver 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.PoliticsDec 12, 2023
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‘Significant challenges’ to tackle in Vancouver, says mayor one year into the jobKen 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.PoliticsNov 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.PoliticsApr 3, 2023
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Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart wins $100,000 costs in NPA defamation caseStewart 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.PoliticsMar 22, 2023
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Vancouver mayor aims for city with ‘renewed swagger’ in first state of the city addressThe event was hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade and was Ken Sim's first major address to the business community.PoliticsJan 24, 2023
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Vancouver could hire axed Surrey Police Service officers, Ken Sim saysMayor-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.PoliticsOct 18, 2022
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‘A historic moment’: Vancouver elects first Chinese-Canadian mayorWhen 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.PoliticsOct 17, 2022
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Vancouver’s former Trutch Street now Musqueamview and šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmasəm in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓Trutch Street runs between 18th and 1st Avenues on the city’s west side in the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam people.PoliticsOct 1, 2022
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Vancouver mayoral candidates face off with just over 2 weeks until election dayThe all-candidates forum took place Wednesday at the SFU Harbour Centre, hosted by the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association.PoliticsSep 28, 2022
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Here is the official candidates’ list for Vancouver’s 2022 municipal electionVoters in Vancouver will be heading to their local polling stations on Oct. 15 for the upcoming 2022 B.C. municipal election.PoliticsSep 17, 2022
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