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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.
The Vancouver Liberals published a housing commitment on October 14 saying the party would replace individual lease negotiations with a single 25-year agreement for all housing co-operatives on city-owned land.
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.
Mayoral candidate Kareem Allam told Daily Hive he would revive the Vancouver Economic Commission, protect 6 per cent industrial land, and bring free Wi-Fi to the Downtown Eastside.
The Vancouver Liberals published a policy on October 13, promising to declare intimate partner violence a public health and public safety crisis and work with the Vancouver Police Board on a response plan.
Kareem Allam backed former mayor Kennedy Stewart's criticism of Ken Sim on October 13, saying Sim inherited a funded planning process and did not move it forward.
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.
The Vancouver Liberals say they will fund an accelerated sewer separation project to keep sewage out of False Creek and Vancouver's beaches, targeting completion by 2040 instead of 2070.
The Philippine Canadian Inquirer profiled Armor Valor, a cook at Children's and Women's Hospital running for Vancouver City Council with the Vancouver Liberals on October 17.
ABC Vancouver wants a yes vote on the October 17 plebiscite to convert the old St. Paul's Hospital into a secure facility with 100-plus involuntary care beds. Vancouver Liberals mayoral candidate Kareem Allam is asking voters to say no.
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.
Kareem Allam, Colleen Hardwick and COPE all say Vancouver should elect councillors by neighbourhood rather than city-wide, according to the Vancouver Sun.
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.
Mayoral candidate Kareem Allam announced on October 7 that the Vancouver Liberals would create a dedicated task force to study and address the city's rat problem.
Mayoral candidate Kareem Allam's party published its complete platform on October 5, setting out commitments on housing, transit, public safety, and parks.
The Vancouver Liberals published a press release on October 5 saying mayoral candidate Kareem Allam will cancel a second city hall project and redirect the savings to a $1.35B parks funding commitment.
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.
Kareem Allam and the Vancouver Liberals announced on October 2 that they would eliminate parking fees at beaches and community centres in their first year in office and review two-hour time limits across the city.
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.
Mayoral candidate Kareem Allam says converting the old hospital campus for involuntary care would place a large secure facility in the heart of Downtown Vancouver.
Kareem Allam and the Vancouver Liberals say the ABC-proposed ballot question on open-air drug use should not be on the October 17 ballot because the VPD already has authority to enforce existing laws.
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.
Business in Vancouver reports that four Indigenous candidates are on the 2026 Vancouver ballot, all running for Park Board or School Board, while ABC Vancouver, the Greens, Vote Vancouver, and OneCity fielded none.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.