Another election, another police candidate running with Mayor Ken Sim's ABC party. The latest is a crime analyst who detected the pandemic-era spike in stranger assaults that became a major campaign issue in 2022. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

‘Unusual’ ties between Vancouver police, mayor’s party scrutinized as crime analyst joins campaign

For the second election in a row, a senior crime analyst with the Vancouver Police Department has stepped away from her role to run in a partisan campaign—raising new questions about politicization wi...

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Today, charges against DULF's founders were tossed out by a BC Supreme Court decision Yesterday, we covered how docs in trial evidence show Vancouver police pushed to bring those charges — even when a Crown prosecutor questioned whether it was in the public interest

De Facto Journalism Co-op@defactomedia.ca · 4d ago

A Vancouver cop told DULF’s founders he would personally advocate for them. 2 years later, he approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes. www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

"You selflessly put yourselves to the side for this cause, and that's something most people wouldn't do. For that, I applaud you. You should be proud of yourselves," she says to Kalicum and Nyx. "You put your lives on hold for many valuable years, and I can see this process has is worn you down."

I never heard a court room break into applause before. Plus the sound of crying

she's directing parliament to address these issues, and she won't give a 12-month pause on declaring it unconstitutional — opting, instead, for six months — because we are in a public health crisis.

ahhhh INCREDIBLE!!!! what amazing news 🖤 if you haven't already, read dustin's great accounting from yesterday of how VPD turned against DULF and turned DULF towards this constitutional challenge: www.defactomedia.ca/how-vancouve...

How Vancouver police turned against DULF

Court records show the same inspector who encouraged the compassion club’s founders also approved the investigation that led to raids on their homes

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dustin@godfrey.work · 4d ago

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

BREAKING: Jeremy Kalicum and Eris Nyx's charges are being thrown out. she said they did a public service "at considerable personal cost."

curious the VPD chose to release this story the day after Ken Sim and ABC announced their ‘public safety’ $0.00 ticketing policy. VPD advised the drugs were reported to them on July 21st and that the investigation is ongoing. the release contained no appeals for info, so why push an update now?

Vancouver Sun@vancouversun.bsky.social · last wk.

Cocaine shipment mistakenly arrives at Vancouver business vancouversun.com/news/record-...

he can’t pull off full Eric Adams drag but reminiscing over an ipad slideshow is pitch perfect, no notes

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · last wk.

Here's the full video! It's an interesting variant on the "my haters don't know what I've been through" message, and probably evidence that the ABC Vancouver team thinks it's necessary to play up his post-Swagger personality a little bit more

Car crashes are the #1 source of preventable injury and death for Vancouverites, with the most vulnerable road users disproportionately affected. Ken Sim is hyper focused on "public safety," but is road safety on his agenda? 🤔 We speak to @cbcstephenquinn.bsky.social youtu.be/TeemN0rp950

Is Road Safety on Ken Sim's Agenda? - Vision Zero Vancouver on CBC

YouTube video by Vision Zero Vancouver

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Overdose prevention sites save lives

ICYMI: the VPD budget increased by 48% from 2018 to 2024, but the number of traffic tickets they issue has fallen by 59% over that same time period. Why has traffic enforcement evaporated in Vancouver?

Vision Zero Vancouver@visionzerovancouver.ca · last mo.

Can a municipal party claim to care about public safety if they neglect road safety? We take a look youtu.be/EEkmgteIkK0

Leading up to the civic election this fall, @museumofvan.bsky.social will hosts Austerity Tours to highlight the problems, risks and missed opportunities museums typically hide from view. The aim is to make voters understand the risks austerity pose to irreplaceable cultural heritage.

Austerity Tours Offered by Museum of Vancouver

Museum of Vancouver will hosts Austerity Tours to highlight the problems, risks and missed opportunities museums typically hide from view.

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that^ same page has a "Records not requested through FOI process" dropdown. i'm not certain why any given document ends up in this bucket, but they appear from time to time. most recently the Privacy Impact Assessment for the World Cup was posted (August 7, 2026) vancouver.ca/files/cov/ci...

okay. in honour of the province removing its staff directory (a move that follows ABC doing the same in Vancouver), here's my non-exhaustive list of various proactive disclosures routinely released by the City of Vancouver. knowledge, as they say, is power!

Tessa Rowland@tessarowland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

actually I should do a thread later on outlining various civic proactive disclosures routinely released and where to find them

I will never forget when BC and Washington state had a joint operation to tackle giant hornets BC's agriculture ministry wouldn't let me talk to anyone who wasn't political so I ended up talking to a scientist from Washington state. One of the most engaging and interesting interviews I've ever done

"Reporters in B.C. are often shocked when they call officials in Alaska or Washington for comment and mid-level government employees freely speak on the record." This is so true and so bizarre. In the U.S., public employees - scientists, program directors, analysts - actually talk to reporters 😱

B.C. disables employee directory, leaving public in the dark about who works for gov't - Today in BC

Public can no longer look up who works in the B.C. government, or access internal contact information

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Rick Westhead has a new story out about sex assault allegations in hockey. I was on X for research purposes, so I took a look at the CTV posts and the replies are just so sick, literally rape culture in action. X is truly disturbing - I wish I didn't have to interact with it, like, ever

Approximately 74% - 80% of drivers ticketed by New York City's speed camera ticket do not receive a second one. Speeding dropped by 94 percent reduction in locations where cameras were installed. www.nyc.gov/html/dot/htm...

ryan cooper@ryanlcooper.com · 2mo ago

every speed camera has a big ass sign before and next to it, and they're punched into Google maps. they do not want you paying that ticket, they want you driving in a safe and sensible manner

once again noting that an ABC staffer was using a Canadian Police Services tournament pass at the World Cup

Tessa Rowland@tessarowland.bsky.social · 3mo ago

because afaik the guy who used this during world cup isn't law enforcement or part of any canadian police service

in addition to an X algorithm seemingly radicalizing and isolating certain politicians in their worldview, i think twitter's expanded character limit for those with blue checks worsened their communication skills a 280-character cap forces you to be concise and economical w/ word choice

It looks like ABC members won't attend all-candidates debates in the lead-up to the municipal election. If you ask me, that sucks. www.straight.com/city-culture...

Once again, it looks like ABC Vancouver members won’t be attending all-candidates debates

The party did not send candidates to most of the debates during last year’s byelection.

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Bligh says shame on all of you for getting sucked into this low-level politics that belongs on X. She's now speaking to those tuning in to the Teams Meeting saying they do have a voice.

big reminder that hundreds of residents were dismissed by ABC less than a year ago for daring to overwhelmingly support increased taxes tax revenue that could have been directed to the issues at the heart of this plebiscite

isabella zavarise@isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dominato says this discussion is something happening across the province. Says the plebiscite is about giving the public a voice. Says there is a silent majority frustrated with what's happening. Calls them compassionate and that they want vulnerable residents to get help.

absolutely disgusting @lennynanzhou.bsky.social in your capacity as chair to tell a woman colleague to calm down on a public meeting livestream nothing warranted that and @rebeccaleebligh.bsky.social deserved a hell of a lot better

moral panic in hopes of further eradicating harm reduction

isabella zavarise@isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 2mo ago

SKY says this is not about the city responding to the down end of the crisis. It's about a paradigm shift. It's about getting the city out of triaging.

Tuning in briefly to this emergency meeting. Council is discussing the plebiscite ABC announced yesterday. The mayor reiterated again that the province does not have involuntary care beds IN Vancouver but my colleagues have repeatedly fact-checked this: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

Ken Sim says involuntary care beds outside Vancouver don’t ‘serve’ his city. Is he right?

For the second time in a month, Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim has issued a public letter slamming the B.C. government for failing to deliver new involuntary care beds within his city—but is that actually a ...

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k to be clear it's not on staff at all but this is brutal what the hell are we doing in local government

the -brief- Q2 2026 review of operating and capital budgets has now been posted in a memo dated august 13, 2026 continuing their fave trend, the Vancouver Police Department was $5 million over-budget Q2. FIVE MILLION. and this last minute ABC vibes-iscite seeks to only direct them more tax dollars

Tessa Rowland@tessarowland.bsky.social · 2mo ago

two weeks before an emergency meeting was called to give VPD even more $$$ so Granville could be pedestrianized beyond the World Cup, a memo was circulated summarizing the city's operating and capital budgets for Q1 2026 at the time, VPD was already $3 million over-budget

Calgary police behaving like ICE using immigration status to crack down on protests ⬇️ this is a national scandal

You should go on strike@alvincarpenter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

A hearty morning eat shit to the Calgary police.