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Mayor Pete Fry says he wants to review the city's finances before deciding on a property tax increase for 2027. The first major council meeting is November 18, where Councillor Lucy Maloney has five motions ready.
Pete Fry's first week in office has set the tone for his term: a 2027 budget due in December, a Nov. 18 council meeting, and a push to restore programs the previous council cut.
Mayor Pete Fry says he wants to see the full budget document before deciding on a 2027 property tax increase, signalling the end of ABC Vancouver's zero-per-cent freeze.
The BC Court of Appeal's interim order halting work at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre expired November 3. The Park Board confirmed demolition will go ahead with a 25-metre pool plan. One commissioner said the board will seek a separate 50-metre pool in East Vancouver.
Vancouver Mayor Pete Fry addressed each of the 10 city councillors by name at the new council's first meeting, nominated Sean Orr as deputy mayor, and promised to reduce his office's budget.
The four parties that hold seats on Vancouver City Council have each made specific housing commitments. The Realist newsletter compiled them party by party.
The full inaugural address Mayor Pete Fry delivered on November 2, 2026, and what it means for the four-year term now underway.
Seven newly elected Park Board commissioners took office on Monday. Tom Digby of the Green Party was elected chair and Sacia Burton of COPE was elected vice-chair. Board meetings will move to City Hall starting November 30.
Fry was sworn in on November 2 with 10 new councillors and named budget balance and a new non-police response team as the two things he will tackle first.
After being sworn in as Vancouver's 42nd mayor, Pete Fry told reporters that balancing the city's budget in December and setting up the CROW community response team are his first priorities.
Pete Fry became Vancouver's 42nd mayor on November 2, 2026, with COPE councillor Sean Orr set to be confirmed as deputy mayor at the first council meeting that same evening.
Pete Fry was sworn in as mayor and 10 councillors took their oaths of office at the Orpheum on November 2, starting a four-year term through 2030.
The nine trustees elected on October 17 take office at a ceremony at VSB offices at 1580 W Broadway on November 2 at 5 pm.
At the first City Council meeting of the new term on November 2, councillors are expected to confirm COPE's Sean Orr as deputy mayor through January 2027 and appoint seven members to the Metro Vancouver Regional District board.
Mayor-elect Pete Fry has named Dominique Damian-Wallace as chief of staff and longtime city employee Cheryl Rowley as deputy chief of staff, the Vancouver Sun reported October 30, breaking with the practice of recent mayors who staffed the mayor's office with party insiders.
The Globe and Mail reports that the new council, dominated by COPE and Green Party members, plans to focus its first months on tenant protections and renter policies.
Mayor-elect Pete Fry has appointed COPE councillor-elect Sean Orr as first deputy mayor and Rebecca Bligh to lead his transition team, with the new council sworn in on November 2.
Mayor-elect Pete Fry spoke to reporters at city hall about his first week, naming his deputy mayor and outlining his plans for housing, the police board and the plebiscite results.
Vancouver Mayor-Elect Pete Fry named his former rival Rebecca Bligh to head his transition team on October 28, one day after the outgoing City Council held its final public meeting.
The seven newly elected Park Board commissioners meet for the first time on Monday, November 2, 2026 at VanDusen Botanical Gardens to be sworn in and elect a chair.
Ken Sim told Mayor-Elect Pete Fry to knock it out of the park at the last session of the 106th Vancouver City Council on October 27.
Vancouver's mayor-elect says housing, shelter spaces and health care are his top priorities for the new provincial government, and he has already contacted the incoming MLAs for four Vancouver ridings.
The City declared the official vote count on October 21, reversing the 9th and 10th council seats: Bridget Burns (Green) finished 2 votes ahead of Mike Klassen (ABC).
The City of Vancouver released the official count of its two public safety plebiscite questions on October 21, 2026. Both received 68 per cent Yes support, but the results are non-binding.
In a CityNews interview, mayor-elect Pete Fry said the two public safety plebiscite questions are non-binding and a gimmick to drive turnout, and named his first priorities: a full budget, reversing the supportive housing ban, and reversing the supervised consumption site ban.
Campaign manager Khadoni Pitt Chambers describes the volunteer network, social media strategy and inter-party co-operation that carried Pete Fry to the mayoralty and elected every Green candidate.
Sean Orr, Annette Reilly, Lucy Maloney and Mike Klassen spoke to CTV News about what they plan to do when the new Vancouver council takes office in November.
In his first major interview after the election, Pete Fry says the new council will reverse the pause on supportive housing, launch the CROW non-police response team, and keep the property tax increase above zero.
Green Party of Vancouver councillor Annette Reilly received the second-most council votes in the October 17 election and told the Georgia Straight what she plans to do once in office.
Mayor-elect Pete Fry has told Vancouver's business community he will create a permit concierge, speed up change-of-use approvals, protect small businesses from property tax spikes, and expand a non-police crisis response team.
Mayor-elect Pete Fry says the new council's first order of business will be to reverse Vancouver's ban on new supportive housing projects, and that the new council will be sworn in on November 2.
Pancouver compiled the arts and culture platform commitments of COPE, the Vancouver Greens, OneCity Vancouver, and ABC Vancouver after the October 17 vote.
Pete Fry has been elected mayor of Vancouver, the first person to hold the office under a Green party banner in a major Canadian city. He has named community safety and housing as his first priorities.
With 148 of 149 voting places reporting, the unofficial tally shows four COPE, four Green and one OneCity councillor winning the ten elected council seats. Only one ABC councillor was re-elected.
Preliminary results from the Vancouver civic election show left-wing parties won all seven Park Board seats and all nine School Board seats. ABC Vancouver won no seats on either board.
With 59 of 149 polls counted late Saturday, COPE's Sean Orr led all council candidates and ABC Vancouver faced a sharp reduction from its 2022 sweep.
Global News projected Pete Fry as Vancouver's next mayor on election night, October 17, 2026, after results put him ahead of incumbent Ken Sim. The official result is due by October 21.
A Vancouver Sun analysis of Meta ad data found ABC Vancouver spent more than $62,000 on social media ads in the 90 days before October 11, while the Green party spent $355 over the same period.
Daily Hive Vancouver asked the five main mayoral candidates where they stand on extending the SkyTrain line to the University of British Columbia the day before the election.
A Canada Pulse Insights poll conducted for CityNews and OMNI TV finds most Vancouver residents want a new mayor, but with support divided among the challengers, Ken Sim could win a second term.
The Tyee surveyed every party running for the Vancouver School Board on seismic upgrades, student mental health, school land, police in schools, AI chatbots, and board transparency.
Green Party mayoral candidate Pete Fry gave his explanations for three council votes that ABC Vancouver has used in attack ads targeting his record.
Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, and Colleen Hardwick each said they are not splitting any vote as the Vancouver municipal election closes in on Saturday, Oct. 17.
Mayor Ken Sim turned down a challenge from Green Party mayoral candidate Pete Fry to debate on the steps of Vancouver City Hall on October 14.
The Tyee surveyed four years of housing decisions by Vancouver's ABC-led council and collected housing commitments from each of the six main parties running in the October 17 election.
Mike Harcourt, Peter Ladner, and Geoff Meggs say they backed Rebecca Bligh over Pete Fry based on her council record and experience leading a national federation of cities.
The Vancouver Greens' mayoral candidate told the Vancouver Sun on October 9 that cost of living, good governance and community safety are his top three issues, and that he wants to shift away from concrete tower construction.
A Leger survey of 1,207 Metro Vancouver residents conducted September 23 to 30 finds Pete Fry ahead of Ken Sim in the mayoral race, with 62% of Vancouver voters saying the city is on the wrong track.
The Green Party of Vancouver published a challenge on October 9 asking Mayor Ken Sim to meet Pete Fry in a one-on-one debate on the steps of City Hall before the October 17 election.
A poll done for CityNews and OMNI TV shows Green Party candidate Pete Fry at 28 per cent and incumbent Ken Sim at 27 per cent among all respondents, within the poll's margin of error.
Ken Sim, Kareem Allam, Rebecca Bligh, Pete Fry, and Colleen Hardwick face questions in a live Vancouver Sun debate at 5 p.m. Pacific time on October 8.
Vancouver Magazine lists every City Council candidate by party, with brief platform summaries from each group, nine days before the October 17 election.
Seven seats are on the ballot October 17. Parties differ on how much to spend and how fast to build, with a $438-million borrowing question also on the ballot.
Vancouver Is Awesome compiled economy platform positions from all seven mainstream parties ahead of the October 17 election, covering property taxes, small business, permitting, and job creation.
Vancouver Is Awesome compiled housing platform positions from all seven mainstream parties ahead of the October 17 election, covering affordable homes, supportive housing, renter protections, and zoning.
Vancouver Is Awesome compiled public safety positions from all seven mainstream parties ahead of the October 17 election, covering policing, drug use, mental health response, and crime prevention.
Hundreds of people marched from Mount Pleasant to downtown Vancouver on October 3 to oppose AI data centres. CBC News reported on four council candidates' positions on a moratorium: two COPE candidates and a Vancouver Greens candidate say they support one, while one Bright Future candidate does not.
Ken Sim, Colleen Hardwick, Rebecca Bligh, Kareem Allam and Pete Fry took questions from the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade on October 2, 2026, with two weeks left before election day.
Three parties running in the October 17 election are now pledging to reverse the park board's 25-metre pool plan for the Vancouver Aquatic Centre. The Green Party proposes a 50-metre pool at a different site.
Global News asked all mayoral candidates about the ballot plebiscite question on involuntary care beds at the old St. Paul's Hospital site and their broader plans for public safety.
The party's full election platform sets out housing, transport, parks and public safety commitments ahead of the October 17 vote.
A group of businesses and residents is pressing the next city council to follow through on a 2015 decision to tear down the Georgia and Dunsmuir viaducts and redevelop the surrounding land.
Jas Virdi is the sole returning ABC Vancouver commissioner on the party's 2026 Park Board slate. The Vancouver Sun reports the other five moved on, with one withdrawing after a criminal investigation was launched into a charity she was once connected to.
The Green Party of Vancouver says its City Council, Park Board, and School Board candidates each made distinct commitments to protect trees, replace stumps, and add schoolyard shade, published September 25.
Daily Hive examined the published platforms of ABC Vancouver, Vote Vancouver, Vancouver Liberals, Green Party of Vancouver and TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, covering housing, public safety and economic promises.
Pete Fry, elected mayor of Vancouver on October 17, 2026 for the Green Party of Vancouver, is the eldest son of Hedy Fry, the Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre. What each one does and why they sit in different parties.
How an April agreement among three parties, two September withdrawals and a mid-September poll changed the shape of Vancouver's mayoral race, and what it means for how you mark a ballot with 8 names on it.
A sourced profile of the Green Party’s mayoral candidate: his family and design career, three losing campaigns before two wins, eight years in opposition, the criticism of his record, and what he promises.