Letter from Minister Fraser to Mayor Harvie (1) Mayor George Harvie Mayor of Delta Chair of the Board of Metro Vancouver via electronic mail mayorharvie@delta.ca October 23, 2023 Dear Mr. Chair, ...
This is the ninth Vancouver civic election I’ve covered and, I think we can all agree, one of the most confusing ever for voters anxious to do their civic duty and make some informed choices. I...
This is an election that is making people worker harder than ever at trying to figure out 1. Who aligns with their values 2. Who to vote for from the entire council slate in order to support what...
The province ordered a review of BC Housing last year to see whether how it was managing as the size and complexity of its mission had been expanded considerably under the NDP. That review came o...
Too long to do this as a screenshot, but here’s an interesting email someone (identifying as initials “PC”) sent me on this recent Twitter question. You mentioned the difference in reaction...
My first story of the new year. I hope it’s not going to be a year of just one disaster after another. After a severe winter storm that crumbled portions of Stanley Park’s seawall and hurled ...
NOMINATION SPEECH KEN SIM FOR MAYOR 2022 A BETTER CITY VANCOUVER Wednesday, October 13th, 2021 FLOATA SEAFOOD RESTAURANT 180 Keefer St, Chinatown Vancouver, BC V6A 1X4 I want to acknowledge t...
Former mayor Philip Owen died today. Many, many memories of him. Here’s a very early profile I did of him at the Vancouver Sun in 1996. It’s close to midnight and, on the third floor at Vanco...
https://www.francesbula.com/uncategorized/a-portrait-of-philip-owen-from-the-early-years/
My story in the Globe is here and also in text below. I’m also appending below the police statistics I got on calls to addresses of all the supportive-housing projects built since 2010. FRANCES...
I got an email from someone back in January with a list of social-housing projects that had been announced going back a few years, asking what had happened. At first, I thought it might be a prob...