Tag: municipal politics

Around Town: Running for mayor, Grounding Peace, Christmas music . . .

by Flyn Ritchie • December 3, 2025 • 0 Comments

The executive director of First United Church announced earlier this week that she would like to run against Ken Sim for mayor of Vancouver during the civic elections next fall. Amanda Burrows is seeking to be nominated as OneCity Vancouver’s…

Warm welcome for mayor and council, with warning about police presence

by Flyn Ritchie • November 10, 2022 • 2 Comments

When Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and his fellow ABC City Councillors were sworn in at the Orpheum Theatre November 7 he repeated some of the promises he made the night he was elected, where he said, for example: We heard…