Dan Fumano
@fumano
City Columnist for @VancouverSun & @TheProvince // Please send tips, story ideas & sandwich recommendations to [email protected]
Replacing top positions at city hall can be very pricey, and the public pays. Paul Mochrie was respected, well liked and doing a good job by all accounts. And for the record, if someone really leaves willingly (or “mutually”), they don’t usually need to be paid a severance.
5/ Mochrie is Vancouver’s 4th city manager in 17 years. Gregor Robertson replaced Judy Rogers ($572K severance) with Penny Ballem ($556K severance) then replaced her too. A pricey tradition of turnover continues. #vanpoli #bcpoli
Just in: The City of Vancouver's most senior bureaucrat, City Manager Paul Mochrie, is out, after Mayor Ken Sim announces that he and Mochrie have "mutually agreed that it was the right time for a leadership change."
Today, Vancouver finally set to approve bylaw for 30km/h limit on local residential streets. Six years since this resolution passed at Council/UBCM; again unanimously in 2024; building on work of local/global #VisionZero active transportation advocates Slow, safe, stoked. 😀
My motion for 30k/h speed limit on residential streets comes before City Council Tuesday. It's work based on advocacy of many local orgs like @WeAreHub and @bccycle, the previous council, my own personal experiences, and a growing worldwide safety-first movement to slow down...
Pleased to announce 2025 Lifetime Achievement recipient @keithbaldrey, Bill Good Award recipient @seanmholman, Shelley Fralic Award recipient Laura Palmer @palmerla. Congratulations! Read about them jackwebster.com/wp-content/upl…
There’s a new political party in Vancouver. And it’s Liberal! vancouversun.com/news/local-new… via @VancouverSun
"Vancouver building inspector engaged in years-long 'unmitigated conflict of interest,' auditor general finds" as told by @fumano via @VancouverSun #vanpoli #bcpoli vancouversun.com/news/vancouver…
The office’s creation stemmed from a 2019 motion introduced by then-Coun. Colleen Hardwick, who said Macdonell’s hiring in 2021 would mean that “for the first time, the city will have independent assurance of the stewardship of public funds.” theprovince.com/news/vancouver…
My latest from Ireland: Families gather to mourn victims of Canada's deadliest terror attack | Vancouver Sun vancouversun.com/news/air-india…
A dying child deserves more than a B.C. politician passing the buck when cutting her medication. Charleigh Pollock deserves compassion from a government that needs to search its soul for what it professes to stand for. My latest in @TheOrcaBC: theorca.ca/provincial-pol…
This recent Paris development has 50% subsidized housing (plus 30% privately owned & 20% rent-controlled), a grocery store, schools, a metro station, & a park maned for MLK Jr. And beautiful architecture. They're kicking our butt.
NEW PARIS CENTRE: This is VERY good. Clichy-Batignolles (former rail yard lands), one of many transformations/new centres at Paris Metro transit stations planning or being built around the city. Dense, mixed (with an urban IKEA, grocery store, shops, services, community…
The legislated oversight board for the Vancouver Police only found out about DTES street sweep operation Task Force Barrage and $5m price tag after Sim & ABC announced it in a public media event. Legal? This seems inconsistent w/ 27 & 28 of the Police Act. Heckuva scoop here.
The chair of the Vancouver Police Board said it learned about Task Force Barrage through the mayor’s announcement in February. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
1/ New info from Richmond council docs — made public ahead of Monday’s meeting — shows Mayor Malcolm Brodie’s total 2024 compensation: $379,974 Mayor salary: $207,510 Benefits - $35,337 Metro Van: $50,694 TransLink: $58,222 Muni Fin Authority: $28,211 #bcpoli #vanpoli #cdnpoli
PARIS CITY HALL EXHIBITION TO OPEN JUNE 21st! I’m proud to join Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, iconic artist Shepard Fairey @OBEYGIANT & many local leaders next week to open this conversation-changing EXHIBITION on bold city leadership in climate action! The exhibition will have…
BIG NEWS: I’m very honoured to announce that I’ve been collaborating with the CITY OF PARIS under Mayor Anne Hidalgo’s leadership to co-curate a unique exhibition opening this summer at Paris City Hall on BOLD URBAN TRANSFORMATION around the world. Stay tuned for details!
This Day in History: Vancouverites object to building city hall at 12th and Cambie vancouversun.com/news/this-day-…
Hastings Racecourse — and Whitecaps' — future no clearer after Tsleil-Waututh interest vancouversun.com/sports/hasting…