Ken Sim posts video about threatening messages to his family
Mayor Ken Sim, running for re-election on October 17, released a video saying his wife received a threatening Instagram message, and citing a 2024 bomb threat and Halloween graffiti at their home, The Canadian Press reported through CTV News.
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim, who is running for re-election on October 17 with ABC Vancouver, released a video on September 25 saying his wife received a threatening message on Instagram, and citing a 2024 bomb threat and graffiti at their home. The Canadian Press reported the video through CTV News. In the video, Ken Sim said he and his wife, Teena Sim, had planned to film together and then decided she should stay off camera after she got the Instagram message days before the shoot.
What the video shows
The Canadian Press wrote that the video shows a series of threatening messages, one saying the recipient has "an ugly family" and referring to skin colour, and another proposing removing "his head from his body." Sim said threats reach the family in different ways, some dropping into online direct messages and some going to their house. He said that while he has "a pretty thick skin," his family did not ask for this.
The 2024 incidents Sim cites
Sim said the family has been targeted by multiple threatening incidents and hate-fuelled attacks. He named a bomb threat and their home being defaced with what he called "hateful" graffiti on Halloween night in 2024. voche.me has not seen a police statement confirming those two incidents, and carries them as Sim's own account, in the form CTV News published.
What a voter can do
CTV News reports that eight candidates are running for mayor of Vancouver on October 17. Every one of them is on the mayoral ballot on this site. If harassment on the campaign trail matters to you as a voter, check whether the candidate you plan to vote for has addressed it in their platform on their own profile page. Voting-day places and hours are on the City of Vancouver election page and on where to vote.
Questions this profile answers
What did Ken Sim say in the video?
Ken Sim says in a video published September 25, 2026, and reported by The Canadian Press through CTV News, that his wife Teena Sim received a threatening message on Instagram days before filming. He said the couple had planned to film together and then decided she should stay off camera. The video shows a series of messages including one about "an ugly family" that refers to skin colour and one proposing removing "his head from his body."
Have there been other incidents at their home?
Sim says his family has been targeted by multiple threatening incidents and hate-fuelled attacks. He cites a bomb threat and their home being defaced with graffiti he calls "hateful" on Halloween night in 2024. CTV News's article carries these two incidents by Sim's account. voche.me has not seen a police statement confirming the 2024 incidents and reports them as Sim's own account.
Was a police report filed?
The Canadian Press's account through CTV News does not name a police force or a case number for the Instagram message or the 2024 incidents. voche.me reports only what the source carried, so the question of an active investigation is unresolved on the record voche.me is writing from. If a police statement follows, voche.me will report it in its own brief.
Who is Ken Sim?
Ken Sim has served as mayor of Vancouver since 2022, and is running for re-election with ABC Vancouver on October 17, 2026. His candidate profile on voche.me lists his campaign biography and party affiliation. This brief carries facts from his September 25 video and no material from his campaign platform.
How many candidates are running for mayor?
CTV News reports that eight candidates are running for mayor of Vancouver in the October 17, 2026 election. voche.me's ballot page lists each mayoral candidate and links to their profile. Voting day for every Vancouver municipal race is October 17.
Why is Ken Sim's wife named?
Sim named his wife, Teena Sim, in the video that is the subject of this article. The Canadian Press's account, through CTV News, also names her. voche.me carries her name because both she and the mayor have put it into the public record in this event. voche.me does not name a family member who has not chosen to be public in the story.
Has Ken Sim's opponents commented on the video?
CTV News's account of the video does not carry a response from another mayoral candidate. voche.me reports only what the source published. If a response is issued and reported, voche.me will report it in its own brief.
How do I vote on October 17?
Voting day for the Vancouver 2026 municipal election is October 17. Advance voting places, voting-day places and hours, and vote-by-mail rules are on the City of Vancouver's election page and on voche.me's own where-to-vote page. The rules for registering are on the same City page.
Sources
- CTV News: Vancouver mayor tells of hateful messages targeting his family (The Canadian Press, 25 September 2026)
- voche.me: Where to vote