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One Chart That Explains The 2026 B.C. Election

The NDP botched the pro-rep referendum, and have refused to bring in a voting system that would mean B.C. never sees a conservative majority again. Their last pitch to voters is not how they’ll make life better, but the (painfully obvious) threat that conservatives will make it worse. #bcpoli

This is why we fight so hard for lower speeds. Kids will be kids, cars are too large and hard to see around, and frankly our streets suck. We hate seeing these stories. But travelling at 20km/h, the child escaped with minor injuries. At 50km/h we'd be writing a completely different post.

Looking forward to @ptfry.bsky.social making similar posts about all the road safety stuff he’s gonna bring to Vancouver! Cameras are out of jurisdiction here, but there’s lots you can do 😉

If they wanted an easier time in legislature, they should have run a better election last time.

Nation shocked as Alberta makes good decision

Just cast my vote for @callistaryan.bsky.social, felt I had to do it before @davidebybc.bsky.social finished his excellent work polarizing me against the @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social

My latest column out today… www.nationalobserver.com/2026/10/18/o...

The BC NDP intentionally torpedoed the referendum on getting rid of FPTP precisely so they could stay in power through this exact type of fear mongering. And this is especially fucking rich coming from a guy who couldn't even think clearly before calling an election.

Just reposting now for no particular reason…

A reminder of the 10 year-one asks that 10/11 of the new elected officials in Vancouver committed to! We think it's going to be a very exciting 4 years 🤩

Vancouver vibes rn

Harrison Hot Springs rejected both the toxic Facebook group people, but also their main enemy the last decade. Kamloops got rid of their mayor, but also the councillors that feuded most passionately with him. North Vancouver District got rid of the lady who tried to ban pigeons.

happy birthday Ken Sim

some ABC councilors are having an... interesting reaction to tonight's loss

Congrats to @ptfry.bsky.social , @lucymaloney.bsky.social , @seanorr.bsky.social , and the rest of the COPE and Green councilors who won their seats. @mikeklassen.bsky.social, we're willing to talk if you ever unblock us. The next 4 years are going to be very different than the last!

Please Council, can we get some car-free trick-or-treating streets like NYC? Brian Montague: No, we have car-free trick-or-treating streets at home! www.youtube.com/shorts/OZDNP...

This is a strawman from Dominato; no one at Vision Zero wants to abolish roads. But we're curious to know, when she says "we have to strike a balance", what's her acceptable number of deaths on our roads?

“While we want to make sure that pedestrians and cyclists are safe on our streets, we also [...]" - What a way to start a sentence. Lisa Dominato has truly been the biggest disappointment of the entire ABC party.

One day to go, one last ride. 🚲 Before election day, we’re going back to where OneCity started: active transport. It’s why Safe Mobility anchors our platform — and why Vision Zero Vancouver gave us an A+ on road safety. So we’re closing this election the only way that makes sense: with a Bike Bus.

Reallocating some road space is a broadly popular move that just makes sense. Unless it's election time in which case never mind, it's radical Pete Fry's anti-car agenda. Let's vote these liars out.

INVESTIGATION: Victoria denies that its bylaw officers put unhoused people’s new, perfectly good tents in the trash. So we tracked them with AirTags. www.defactomedia.ca/bylaw-office...

NEW: We got consent from 7 unhoused people sheltering along Pandora Ave to hide Apple AirTags in their possessions. This is after years of City of Victoria denying allegations from unhoused ppl & witnesses who said bylaw don't follow their own policies. Now we have proof. Part 1 of 2 stories ⬇️

Today is the last day of early voting, and we're revisiting our full-term council report card for all incumbents. Link here, continue reading for our assessment on each candidate: visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/09/16/v... 🧵

Minor street “bikeway” so wide, why?

Every time I peek at my block’s WhatsApp chat I am reminded that street parking drives people crazy, making the streets wide enough for it was Vancouver’s original sin

There's a special place for local politicians who actively pay money to a man who thinks our country should not exist, and that place is... never, ever on my ballot. I say this across party lines. It might seem like a silly heuristic but I'm adamant about it.

We’re at it again today Vancouver! Do the thing today if you haven’t yet 🗳️🗳️🗳️

🚨 Two new Vancouver mayoral polls are out 🚨 LEGER (includes undecideds) Fry 21% Sim 17% Allam/Hardwick/Bligh 5-7% CANDA PULSE INSIGHTS (only likely voters) Fry 28% Sim 27% Allam 19% Hardwick 13% Bligh 7% Eight days before the election, and it's pretty clearly a Fry-Sim race.

On Wednesday morning as our volunteers were out bright and early campaigning for safer streets, the keyboard warriors in the mayor's office were simultaneously putting out a release promising to remove hard-fought and life-saving traffic calming. (1/3)

A police department changing its press release AFTER THE FACT is a very, very, very serious matter - not least when it publicly attacked the journalist who reported its original contents. There are questions to answer here.

All this. And what's more, the VPD's own data show that in 2022, when they were on a moral panic crusade about crime under Kennedy Stewart, Vancouver had actually seen the biggest 4-year drop in crime of any time period on this chart.

While the debate over traffic calming is grabbing the headlines, Ken Sim has also proposed a much more profound—and destructive—change to the way that we plan our streets, notes Ruofan Wang.

It’s perfeclty legal to break the law when you have the backing of the local police force, right?

Iona hates traffic. On City Council, she'll fix it. Early voting in Vancouver's local elections is on TODAY, 8am-8pm. And you can vote for Iona Bonamis 陶思穎, and elect an honest to goodness transportation planner to City Council. Ken Sim probably voted early. Will you?

Two candidates for a Vancouver political party were on their phones while driving, with clear video evidence, and no local journalists have picked it up. Today, UK media are posting about an actor driving 4mph over the limit. Disturbing how not-newsworthy dangerous and illegal driving is here!

The brave people at the "party of public safety" don't care if you die as long as it saves drivers 10 seconds

I wonder what sparked this. Did Lina Vargas hit a barrier while filming her campaign video?

Hey Vancouver, tomorrow is the next early voting day. Find a polling station near you and go vote! If you don’t know who to vote for & one of the things you care about is active transportation / safe streets, check out @visionzerovancouver.ca’s election guide here. visionzerovancouver.ca/vote/

Distraction is the second leading cause of fatal crashes in our region and province. We hope that all candidates take that seriously, especially those from a party campaigning on public safety. (Video from ABC School Board Candidate Lina Vargas on Instagram)

We've gone through all the platforms & past actions, and today we're releasing our final all-in-one-place Vancouver City Council voting guide! Read this if you think vision zero - and all adjacent issues (climate, safety, equity) - should be an election issue. visionzerovancouver.ca/2026/10/03/v...

Last year I tried to make Vancouver’s streets car-free for Halloween, but ABC blocked it due to their "zero means zero" budget freeze. If I’m reelected, I’ll bring this back. Kids deserve a safe, fun Halloween!

"If you were to completely cancel and refund all of the money spent on bike lanes, even in the last 10 years in the city of Calgary, you wouldn't even barely be able to afford just one single interchange that's built in the suburbs," -Mayor Farkas @jeromyyyc.bsky.social #yycbike #Calgary

We tried to do something in Vancouver but ABC voted it down. They put cars over children. Oh by the way it's the first day of early voting and the sun is shining ☀️

Genuinely so disappointing, we don't really know what else to say. Great article from Justin.

Mayor Sim calls for 'safe streets', but has done almost nothing to stop deaths like that of the pedestrian killed by a driver at Granville and 52nd this week. If you are a Vancouverite who worries for your family's safety and that of your fellow citizens, vote OneCity + COPE. Evict Ken Sim.