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Andrew Weichel @andrewweichel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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...
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‘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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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
‘Like a prisoner in his own home’: Wheelchair user awarded $30K in discrimination case over inaccessible rental
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‘Like a prisoner in his own home’: Wheelchair user awarded $30K in discrimination case over inaccessible rental
A landlord has been ordered to pay his former tenant who uses a wheelchair $30,000 in damages for discrimination because the rental unit was inaccessible, according to a recent decision from the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.
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Andrew Weichel @andrewweichel.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
“The goal was to remove Mr. Hackl from the residence for arrest, have a lethal confrontation with Mr. Hackl, or have Mr. Hackl perish in the fire.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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RCMP officers ‘intentionally’ set home ablaze during tense standoff, court documents reveal
A house fire that erupted during an armed standoff in B.C.’s Lower Mainland three years ago was “intentionally” ignited by RCMP officers on scene, court documents have revealed.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Mayor Ken Sim threatened to take action against the province over its rollout of involuntary care, but refused to say what that action will be—and could not answer why new beds must be located within the city. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Vancouver mayor threatens ‘unprecedented’ action against the province, can’t say why it is necessary
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim threatened to take action against the province this week over its rollout of involuntary care, but refused to say what that action will be—and could not answer why he is arguin...
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Penny Daflos @pennydaflos.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The mayor said what?? Vancouver mayor Ken Sim threatened the province (without specifics) and made misleading claims today You have to WATCH this story (which is a reminder of the power of broadcast news) My latest: www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vi...
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Vancouver mayor threatens province with ‘unprecedented’ action
Mayor Ken Sim issued a dramatic but vague warning to the province over its handling of involuntary care but refused to provide specifics when pressed.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
If you know, you know. If not, read this. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘It’s game time’: Vancouver bar expecting hundreds for Summer House watch party
A Vancouver woman, propelled by the momentum of a TikTok account with thousands of followers, a collaboration with a downtown venue and a scandal in the Bravo universe, is set to co-host an event wher...
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Looks like the Vancouver Police Board - which did not respond to my request for comment on how many meetings are being held this year - has quietly updated its website. Where it used to say “seven” meetings per year it now just says “meetings”
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
How many public meetings is the Vancouver Police Board having this year? No one will say. Here’s why an expert says the prospect of significantly slashing public meetings combined with the refusal to answer a basic question is cause for concern. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Vancouver Police Board’s lack of transparency ‘raises alarm bells’: expert
After receiving a $175,000 boost to its budget, the Vancouver Police Board has only scheduled four meetings for all of 2026—half the number held last year, the bare minimum required by provincial legi...
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
'The Tyee requested that the RCMP provide the current status of each officer investigated by Project E-Prevails... The RCMP declined to provide the information, citing privacy and solicitor-client privilege.' Reporting by @amandafollett.bsky.social thetyee.ca/News/2026/03...
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After Decades, Advocates Await Justice in Prince George RCMP Probe | The Tyee
Stalled investigations, inaction and missing evidence have meant no answers to allegations of abuse of girls.
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Tarnjit Parmar @tarnjitparmar.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
In about 3 minutes, the Mayor of Vancouver said “I spoke with Councillor Orr & apologized for my comments” 16 times. That was his answer to every question about why he claimed Sean Orr had handed out illegal drugs to people on the street during Christmas.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A man whose parents are fighting for a $22,000 refund from a travel agency that has had its licence cancelled by B.C.’s consumer protection watchdog is sharing his family’s story—as a troubling pattern emerges among the business
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B.C. travel agency has licence cancelled, as frustrated customers fight for refunds
A man whose parents are fighting for a $22,000 refund from a travel agency that has had its licence cancelled by B.C.’s consumer protection watchdog is sharing his family’s story— as a troubling patte...
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CTV News Vancouver @ctvnewsvancouver.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
B.C. man ‘overtly and repeatedly’ said he planned to kill his elderly wife with Alzheimer’s, court hears
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B.C. man ‘overtly and repeatedly’ said he planned to kill his elderly wife with Alzheimer’s, court hears
A Vancouver Island man who “overtly and repeatedly” said he planned to kill his wife—who is 77, has advanced Alzheimer’s and lives in a care home—has been stripped of the power to make medical decisions on her behalf after the health authority took the case to court.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
“We’re looking at things like removing change tables for babies in high-vandalism areas, which, believe it or not, actually take a lot of time and money to actually replace.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Removing fixtures from some public washrooms pitched as part of cutting Vancouver’s budget
Removing change tables and hygiene product dispensers from some public washrooms in Vancouver is one of the ways the city’s proposed budget will seek to reduce costs to deliver a zero per cent propert...
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isabella zavarise @isabellazavarise.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
A Vancouver city councillor is defending his attendance record after selling his local home and buying a property in the Okanagan.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
A B.C. philanthropist worth an estimated $150 million has been ordered to pay his former fiancée more than $5 million after a judge rejected his argument that the much-younger woman was never his spouse and never loved him www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Love not a ‘requirement’ for marriage, B.C. judge says in ruling on multimillionaire’s separation
A B.C. philanthropist worth an estimated $150 million has been ordered to pay his former fiancée more than $5 million after a judge rejected his argument that the much-younger woman was never his spou...
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A man who was found not guilty of sexual assault has been convicted of perjury for lying on the stand at his trial about an email from his accuser he had “fabricated” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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B.C. man convicted of perjury for testimony during sexual assault trial
A man who was found not guilty of sexual assault has been convicted of perjury for lying on the stand at his trial, according to a recently published court decision.
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Jen St. Denis @jenstden.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
“The Tyee is just learning about this now because it took 16 months for the Vancouver Police Department to release requested data about how many of its officers were trained on decriminalization.” thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
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VPD Officers Weren’t Fully Prepared for Drug Decriminalization | The Tyee
Data released 16 months after an FOI request shows one-third hadn’t finished the available training by the launch of the pilot project.
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Andrew Weichel @andrewweichel.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Three years and four FOIs later, here's everything we know about the stranger assault scare that gripped Vancouver in an election year – as the attacks were dramatically decreasing in frequency, unbeknownst to voters. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
VPD was aware of the intense public interest – and also of the “fear and anxiety” news of stranger assaults was causing in 2022. VPD issued at least 52 releases mentioning stranger assaults, but provided no updated data about the frequency of these crimes. www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘Fear and anxiety’: What our police FOI requests uncovered about Vancouver’s stranger assaults scare
Internal emails obtained through Freedom of Information requests shed light on the Vancouver Police Department's media strategy related to stranger assaults ahead of the city's 2022 election.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
“We essentially just held our breath for the minute that this was taking place. He came up and started licking the side mirror. Then he started licking our door, and the next thing you know, he was sticking his head into the car” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Video shows B.C. woman’s ‘incredible’ up-close encounter with massive moose
A B.C. woman who recently took her South African husband on a “Canadian safari” in the Rockies says the pair’s up-close encounter with a massive moose was quite literally breathtaking.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
“He engaged in predatory and exploitative criminal behaviour toward a large number of vulnerable young victims. His conduct was punctuated by coercion and sexual violence toward a number of them…All were traumatized” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Notorious B.C. pimp, trafficker has sentence reduced on appeal
Reza Moazami, a B.C. man who was convicted of 30 crimes involving the trafficking, pimping, sexual assault and exploitation of 11 young female victims, has had his prison sentence reduced.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
“They’re so delightful…It gives you a really good feeling. It’s something you can ‘joy scroll’ to counteract all of the scary and bad things going on in the world right now. That seems like something that is resonating with a lot of people.”
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‘Really beautiful to watch:’ Meet co-parenting cats Casper and Edie
A feral cat named Casper is defying the stereotypes about feline fatherhood – and the doting dad’s every move is being livestreamed by a B.C. rescue.
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
A B.C. man who is already in prison for sexually assaulting an adolescent girl has been sentenced for crimes against two additional victims – both vulnerable teens in foster care.
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Man with ‘pattern’ of sexually abusing vulnerable teen girls sentenced in B.C. court
A B.C. man who is already in prison for sexually assaulting an adolescent girl has been sentenced for crimes against two additional victims – both vulnerable teens in foster care, according to a recen...
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lisa-steacy.bsky.social @lisa-steacy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
‘No one is talking to us:’ B.C. woman searching for answers after brother’s death in jail www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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‘No one is talking to us:’ B.C. woman searching for answers after brother’s death in jail
Cassie Savage’s brother Kurtis Champagne was 37 when he was taken off life support at a northern B.C. Hospital last month. He was also in the custody of B.C. Corrections, having been arrested and take...
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