Ken Sim | A Trumpian Mayor Fires the City Manager, Paul Mochrie On July 22nd, well respected Vancouver City Manager Paul Mochrie "stepped down" from his post, after serving more than four years in the job. Paul Mochrie, former City Manager in the City of Vancou...

𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐦'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐛

Today on #VanRamblings the back story on why City Manager Paul Mochrie was all but forced to / was fired from his job at Vancouver City Hall. #vanpoli

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#BCPoli | Falcon | The King is Dead, Long Live the King - VanRamblings When BC United leader Kevin Falcon announced yesterday afternoon in a joint press conference with BC Conservative leader John Rustad that he would be resigning as leader of his party — while suspendin...

#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐀 𝐒𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬

Today on #VanRamblings, background that led up to Kevin Falcon's decision to leave the 2024 electoral race. #bcpoli

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#𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 | #𝐓𝐨𝐩𝟏𝟎𝟎𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦𝐬 | 𝐓𝐨𝐝𝐝 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟐 𝐃𝐞́𝐛𝐮𝐭

Today on #VanRamblings, a bit of Todd Rundgren déjà vu, a redux column on a seminal artist who set a new musical standard in the 1970s.

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#BCPoli | Polls, Polls and More Useless Damn Polls - VanRamblings VanRamblings’ believes that Quitto Maggi’s Mainstreet Research poll on the positioning of the four main political parties in our province to be so much malarkey. Unlike the Abacus poll we quoted yeste...

#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬

Mainstreet Research — never a friend to centre-left parties — has released a poll placing John Rustad's BC Conservative party ahead of David Eby's @bcndp. #VanRamblings questions the veracity of the poll. #bcpoli

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#BCPOLI | Two Months Out from British Columbia's 43rd Provincial Election - VanRamblings Two months from today, at 9pm on the chilly mid-autumn evening of Saturday, October 19th, British Columbians will be apprised of who will form government in the coming four years, from November 2024 t...

#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐎𝐋𝐈 | 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐁.𝐂.'𝐬 𝟒𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Coverage of the upcoming provincial election on #VanRamblings continues today, in a mercifully short column. #bcpoli

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Today on #VanRamblings, a story of my children's and my shared love of film and cinema over the years. There's also mention made of my daughter Megan's decided personality (a girl, now a woman, who does not hide her light under a bushel).

Enjoy.

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#OscarWatch | The Late Summer / Fall Film Festival Season Is Almost Upon Us - VanRamblings Each late summer / early autumn brings the four major film festivals where 80% of the future Oscar contenders for the year début. First up, there’s the Telluride Film Festival, high atop the mountains...

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 / 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐍𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬

Today on #VanRamblings, an introduction to the four major film festivals set to début this year's Oscar contenders, the first two of which get underway at month's end.

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#VanPoli | Mayor Ken Sim and the Sadly Premature Death of ABC Vancouver - VanRamblings ABC Vancouver, the upstart Vancouver civic party that only 22 months ago ascended to super majority status at Vancouver City Hall, with mayoral candidate, businessman and novice politico Ken Sim achie...

#𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐁𝐂 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫

#VanRamblings. Back again for a 2nd day. Today covering the sorry state of Vancouver politics. #vanpoli

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𝐁.𝐂. 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝐭𝐡?

#VanRamblings returns after a 5-month absence, ostensibly to cover the upcoming provincial election. I'll publish daily for the next 67+ days. #bcpoli

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#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐁𝐨𝐳𝐨 𝐄𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐧

Day 2 of #VanRamblings' advance coverage of 2024's British Columbia provincial election, focusing today on B.C. Conservative Party leader John Rustad's campaign for office, and prospects for that campaign. #bcpoli

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#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐁𝐂 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐬𝐞, 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐂 𝐍𝐃𝐏, 𝐁.𝐂. 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 & 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥?

#VanRamblings. The first of a couple of columns on the upcoming B.C. election, still 6½ months away. #bcpoli

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𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 — 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐘𝐞𝐭

On #VanRamblings today, Part II of our treatise - well, sort of - on last Thursday's #KitsPlan Town Hall, held at Kitsilano Neighbourhood House. #vanpoli

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𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐢𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐍𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝

#VanRamblings. The first of two columns on the #KitsPlan meeting held last week. #vanpoli

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#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | #𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐍𝐃𝐏 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞

Today on #VanRamblings, an update on the Andrea Reimer / Christine Boyle battle for the Vancouver-Little Mountain NDP nomination. #bcpoli #vanpoli

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐲: 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

Immigration is a feature of political & social controversy across the globe. Today on #VanRamblings, I address the issue of The Great Replacement Theory.

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#𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 | 𝐀𝐏𝐆 | 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

#VanRamblings. The Association Presidents Group letter asking the Premier to reconsider his decision to eliminate the independent, elected Vancouver Park Board. #vanpoli

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#𝐁𝐂𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐄𝐛𝐲 | 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐉𝐚𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲

What a mess! Today on #VanRamblings, I call on Premier David Eby to heal the wounds of division within his caucus, apologize to Selina Robinson, and get back to work. #bcpoli

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𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟗 | 𝟐𝟕-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫-𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐍𝐃𝐏 𝐑𝐨𝐠𝐮𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Today on #VanRamblings, another historical piece that oughta prove instructive to the Vancouver-Little Mountain NDP nomination teams.

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#𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐞 | 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐓𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲

Today on #VanRamblings, insight into the BC NDP nomination battle in Vancouver-Little Mountain. #bcpoli

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𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦

Today on #VanRamblings, an interview with Naomi Klein, conducted by #PoliticsJoe's Oli Dugmore. A human scale interview with a wildly sympathetic Naomi Klein, and a must-watch.

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#𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 | 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐘𝐞𝐭 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬

Today's #VanRamblings' post: humility as an essential attribute of good governance. #vanpoli

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𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐍𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐞 | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩

My gift to you today on #VanRamblings, the full video of the phenomenally moving, must-watch documentary, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗽, which you can watch on my site, or on your Smart TV at home. #bced

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#𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢 | 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Today on #VanRamblings, a reminder of the importance of reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous Peoples, to foster inclusivity, promote healing and to recognize and respect Indigenous rights.
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𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 | 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐲 | 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏 | 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐩 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬

Today on #VanRamblings, a little insight into Azure Ray, a lovely, soulful Alabama / Georgia based duo consisting of Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor who began their career with this self-titled début album.

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#𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 | 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 | 𝐀 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥-𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠

#VanRamblings. Today's column offers a defense for the preservation of Vancouver's Park Board. With a twist. Presented at 722 words, a readable and accessible length. #vanpoli

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𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 | 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐦𝐚𝐧 | 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟖 | 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐞́𝐛𝐮𝐭

Today on #VanRamblings, I continue my foray into #TheTop100DebutAlbums of the past 75 years.

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𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 | 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐱 | 𝐀 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞

In 1972, Cathy and I took an impromptu vacation to Mexico. Today's #VanRamblings post is about that adventure, and (almost) all that occurred in our lives during our two-month sojourn.

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𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 | 𝐍𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐢𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲

Today on #VanRamblings, insight into the most recent Sundance Film Festival, an "indie" film festival of 40 years duration. Also: 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹 & 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗿, a road trip movie that delves into Harper's trans transition.

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𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 | 𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐄𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐬, 𝐓𝐕𝐬, 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐑𝟏 & 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞

A break today from politics on #VanRamblings, in favour of coverage of a few AI consumer products that débuted at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that'll be available to you soon.

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Today on #VanRamblings, another foray into Vancouver political history, the role of political movements, and citizens rising up to take back their power. #vanpoli

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