[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":199},["ShallowReactive",2],{"news-list":3},[4,21,35,48,60,71,81,92,105,114,125,136,145,154,163,172,181,190],{"path":5,"title":6,"description":7,"date":8,"publishedAt":9,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":12,"image":17,"imageAlt":18,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Faquatic-centre-court-ruling-september-26","Court upholds city plan to replace Vancouver Aquatic Centre pool with 25-metre design","A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed the legal challenge to Vancouver's plan to demolish and rebuild the aquatic centre with a smaller pool, and two of the society's directors are running for Park Board.","2026-09-26","2026-09-25T20:43:00-07:00","voche.me editors","Election news",[13,14,15,16],"Park Board","TEAM for a Livable Vancouver","Vancouver Aquatic Centre","housing and infrastructure","https:\u002F\u002Fimages-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F12\u002Fvancouver-aquatic-centre-2025-design-new-f.jpg","Architectural rendering of the proposed new Vancouver Aquatic Centre design","Daily Hive Vancouver",null,{"path":22,"title":23,"description":24,"date":8,"publishedAt":25,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":26,"image":32,"imageAlt":33,"imageCredit":34,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkareem-allam-sun-interview-september-26","Kareem Allam cites congestion, population loss and housing delays in Vancouver Sun interview","The Vancouver Liberals mayoral candidate gave his first major interview of the campaign to the Vancouver Sun's Conversations That Matter series on September 25, citing city data on traffic, population and building timelines.","2026-09-26T01:55:00-07:00",[27,28,29,30,31],"Mayor","Vancouver Liberals","housing","transit","cost of living","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Fvancouversun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002Fkareem-allam-copy_305374179.jpg","Kareem Allam, Vancouver Liberals mayoral candidate, photographed for the Conversations That Matter series","Stuart McNish \u002F Vancouver Sun",{"path":36,"title":37,"description":38,"date":39,"publishedAt":40,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":41,"image":45,"imageAlt":46,"imageCredit":47,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fken-sim-family-threats-video-september-25","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.","2026-09-25","2026-09-25T15:15:00-07:00",[42,43,44],"Mayor 2026","ABC Vancouver","Harassment","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ctvnews.ca\u002Fresizer\u002Fv2\u002FIHYV4DCQFRR3PC4YJ52NQ45O3Q.jpg?auth=0d6aba714dbe18de75f8ac929ce909c0bacb43f09bebf575b4e87252c68e3e90&width=1600","Vancouver mayor Ken Sim in a dark suit walks toward the podium at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade State of the City address on April 8, 2026","Darryl Dyck \u002F The Canadian Press, via CTV News",{"path":49,"title":50,"description":51,"date":39,"publishedAt":52,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":53,"image":57,"imageAlt":58,"imageCredit":59,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fqueer-town-hall-mount-pleasant-september-25","Six Vancouver 2026 candidates take questions at Mount Pleasant queer town hall","Six candidates in the October 17 Vancouver election took questions on housing, AI, the arts and safety at a queer town hall at The Birdhouse in Mount Pleasant, The Tyee reported.","2026-09-25T15:05:00-07:00",[42,54,55,56],"City Council 2026","Park Board 2026","Forum","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F24\u002FTakeBackYourCityPanel.jpg","Disco balls hang from the ceiling of an event venue as an audience sits on folding chairs facing a panel of six Vancouver municipal candidates seated in a row on red folding chairs onstage","Dayna Finkelstein for The Tyee",{"path":61,"title":62,"description":63,"date":39,"publishedAt":64,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":65,"image":68,"imageAlt":69,"imageCredit":70,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fvancouver-candidates-online-harassment-september-25","Three Vancouver candidates describe online harassment targeting their race, religion and gender","Kareem Allam, Andy Lin and Iona Bonamis (陶思穎) spoke to The Tyee about hateful comments they have received on social media during the 2026 Vancouver municipal election campaign.","2026-09-25T17:44:00-07:00",[42,54,28,66,67,44],"Bright Future Vancouver","OneCity","https:\u002F\u002Fthetyee.ca\u002FNews\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F23\u002FCandidateHarassmentCollage.jpg","Photo illustration combining portraits of Vancouver municipal candidates Andy Lin, Kareem Allam and Iona Bonamis","Tyee staff illustration",{"path":72,"title":73,"description":74,"date":39,"publishedAt":75,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":76,"image":78,"imageAlt":79,"imageCredit":80,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fvancouver-liberals-economic-agenda-september-25","Vancouver Liberals release five-point economic agenda for the city","Kareem Allam's Vancouver Liberals released a five-point 'Vancouver Economic Agenda' proposing UBC SkyTrain, demolition of the Dunsmuir and Georgia viaducts, absorbing UBC and the University Endowment Lands, adopting the B.C. Building Code, and merging 12 permit departments, Daily Hive reported.","2026-09-25T15:25:00-07:00",[42,28,77],"Platform","https:\u002F\u002Fimages-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2025\u002F06\u002Fkareem-allam-f.jpg","Kareem Allam, mayoral candidate for the Vancouver Liberals in the October 17, 2026 municipal election, in a portrait photograph","Kareem Allam campaign, submitted to Daily Hive",{"path":82,"title":83,"description":84,"date":39,"publishedAt":64,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":85,"image":89,"imageAlt":90,"imageCredit":91,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fvancouver-parties-platform-comparison-september-25","Five Vancouver parties' campaign platforms compared on housing, safety and the economy","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.",[42,43,86,28,87,14,88,77],"Vote Vancouver","Green Party of Vancouver","Housing","https:\u002F\u002Fimages-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F07\u002Fabc-vancouver.jpg?format=auto","Vancouver City Hall building exterior","Diego Grandi \u002F Shutterstock, via Daily Hive",{"path":93,"title":94,"description":95,"date":96,"publishedAt":97,"author":10,"category":11,"tags":98,"image":103,"imageAlt":104,"imageCredit":19,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcambie-corridor-court-ruling-september-25","Court dismisses challenge to 229 rental homes approved near Cambie and 29th","A B.C. Supreme Court judge dismissed the Cambie Corridor Neighbourhood Association's challenge to a 229-unit rental project approved without below-market homes, and ordered the association to pay court costs.","2026-09-24","2026-09-25T23:50:00-07:00",[99,29,100,101,102],"City Council","court ruling","Cambie Corridor","rental housing","https:\u002F\u002Fimages-dh-production-baselayer.dailyhive.com\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F520-590-West-29th-Avenue-4510-4550-Ash-Street-Vancouver-development-permit-2025-f.jpg?format=auto","Development site at 520-590 West 29th Avenue and 4510-4550 Ash Street in Vancouver's Cambie Corridor",{"path":106,"title":107,"description":108,"date":96,"publishedAt":109,"author":10,"category":110,"tags":111,"image":112,"imageAlt":113,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fpete-fry-hedy-fry-related","Is Pete Fry related to Hedy Fry? He is her eldest son","Pete Fry, the Green Party candidate for mayor of Vancouver, is the eldest son of Hedy Fry, the Liberal MP for Vancouver Centre. What each one does, why they sit in different parties, and what the family link does and does not mean for the October 17 ballot.","2026-09-24T07:00:00-07:00","Election analysis",[42,87],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fpete-fry-hedy-fry-related.webp","Two portraits, one above the other: Pete Fry in a blue suit in Chinatown labelled Pete Fry, and Hedy Fry in a red jacket labelled Hedy Fry, beside the words mother and son, Vancouver 2026",{"path":115,"title":116,"description":117,"date":118,"publishedAt":119,"author":10,"category":110,"tags":120,"image":123,"imageAlt":124,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fvote-splitting-2026-vancouver-mayor","Why 8 mayoral candidates could split Vancouver's progressive vote","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.","2026-09-23","2026-09-23T07:00:00-07:00",[42,87,121,122],"OneCity Vancouver","COPE","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fvote-splitting-2026-vancouver-mayor.webp","A metal ballot box holding a stack of paper ballots on a table in a municipal government building",{"path":126,"title":127,"description":128,"date":129,"publishedAt":130,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":132,"image":134,"imageAlt":135,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fscott-gilbert-mayoral-candidate-profile","Scott Gilbert: the Downtown Eastside campaigner running to “end the nonsense”","A sourced profile of the independent mayoral candidate: what he says about his engineering studies and research work, his decade in the Downtown Eastside, his bus, his proposals, and what has not been checked.","2026-09-18","2026-09-18T07:00:00-07:00","Candidate profiles",[42,133],"Independent candidates","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fscott-gilbert-profile-2026.webp","Downtown Vancouver seen across False Creek beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, Independent candidate, Scott Gilbert, Mayor, ballot 57",{"path":137,"title":138,"description":139,"date":140,"publishedAt":141,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":142,"image":143,"imageAlt":144,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fkareem-allam-mayoral-candidate-profile","Kareem Allam: the strategist who elected Ken Sim and now runs against him","A sourced profile of the Vancouver Liberals’ founder: his Richmond upbringing, 40 campaigns, three months as the mayor’s chief of staff, the defamation suit Sim filed against him, his lobbying work, and his 2026 promises.","2026-09-17","2026-09-17T07:00:00-07:00",[42,28],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fkareem-allam-profile-2026.webp","Kareem Allam photographed above a marina beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, Vancouver Liberals, Mayor, ballot 56",{"path":146,"title":147,"description":148,"date":149,"publishedAt":150,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":151,"image":152,"imageAlt":153,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Famauri-caliman-mayoral-candidate-profile","Amauri Caliman: the independent who wants City Hall to publish its own scorecard","A sourced profile of the independent mayoral candidate: what reporting says about him, what he has submitted himself, his housing and accountability proposals, and how much remains unverified.","2026-09-16","2026-09-16T07:00:00-07:00",[42,133],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Famauri-caliman-profile-2026.webp","Downtown Vancouver seen across False Creek beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, Independent candidate, Amauri Caliman, Mayor, ballot 55",{"path":155,"title":156,"description":157,"date":158,"publishedAt":159,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":160,"image":161,"imageAlt":162,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fken-sim-mayoral-candidate-profile","Ken Sim: the record of a first term, promise by promise and finding by finding","A sourced profile of the incumbent: his Vancouver childhood and business career, the 2018 loss and 2022 win, what happened to the 2022 promises, two integrity investigations, two defamation lawsuits, and ABC’s 2026 platform.","2026-09-15","2026-09-15T07:00:00-07:00",[42,43],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fken-sim-profile-2026.webp","Ken Sim speaking on stage beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, ABC Vancouver, Mayor, ballot 54",{"path":164,"title":165,"description":166,"date":167,"publishedAt":168,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":169,"image":170,"imageAlt":171,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmuhammad-ahmad-mayoral-candidate-profile","Muhammad Ahmad: a first-time candidate with a new party and a rent-to-own plan","A sourced profile of Bright Future Vancouver’s mayoral candidate: his Lahore upbringing, his campaign-stated career, the party registered in January 2026, the Blueprint platform, and the questions a community group has raised.","2026-09-14","2026-09-14T07:00:00-07:00",[42,66],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fmuhammad-ahmad-profile-2026.webp","Muhammad Ahmad in a portrait beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, Bright Future Vancouver, Mayor, ballot 53",{"path":173,"title":174,"description":175,"date":176,"publishedAt":177,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":178,"image":179,"imageAlt":180,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Frebecca-bligh-mayoral-candidate-profile","Rebecca Bligh: two parties, one expulsion, and a run for mayor","A sourced profile of Vote Vancouver’s founder: her New Zealand childhood, her consulting career, why she left the NPA, why ABC removed her, her national role at the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, and her 2026 promises.","2026-09-13","2026-09-13T07:00:00-07:00",[42,86],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Frebecca-bligh-profile-2026.webp","Rebecca Bligh at the launch of Vote Vancouver beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, Vote Vancouver, Mayor, ballot 52",{"path":182,"title":183,"description":184,"date":185,"publishedAt":186,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":187,"image":188,"imageAlt":189,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fpete-fry-mayoral-candidate-profile","Pete Fry: from Strathcona print shop to the progressive candidate for mayor","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.","2026-09-12","2026-09-12T07:00:00-07:00",[42,87],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fpete-fry-profile-2026.webp","Pete Fry at a Vancouver City Council desk beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, Green Party of Vancouver, Mayor, ballot 51",{"path":191,"title":192,"description":193,"date":194,"publishedAt":195,"author":10,"category":131,"tags":196,"image":197,"imageAlt":198,"imageCredit":20,"updated":20,"linkedinPostUrl":20},"\u002Fnews\u002Fcolleen-hardwick-mayoral-candidate-profile","Colleen Hardwick: the councillor who said no, and what she promises now","A sourced profile of TEAM’s mayoral candidate: her family’s civic history, her film and technology careers, four years on Council, 250 abstentions, two election defeats, and her 2026 platform.","2026-09-11","2026-09-11T07:00:00-07:00",[42,14],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fcolleen-hardwick-profile-2026.webp","Colleen Hardwick in a studio portrait beside the words Candidate profile, Vancouver 2026, TEAM for a Livable Vancouver, Mayor, ballot 50",1790413169989]