Isabella Zavarise
@izavarise
journalist @CTVVancouver | @USCAnnenberg alum | instagram: @imzav11 |
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."
Port Coquitlam sends affordable housing project back to drawing board over parking and operator concerns ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Longtime restaurant’s lease at Vancouver’s VanDusen Gardens in limbo ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Vancouver could reduce speed limits on side streets to 30 km/h ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Michael McCown, father of Linnie, went to Camp Mystic to walk and search. He needed to find his daughter. I respectfully share this short dispatch about a grieving father and am so grateful to him for letting me in. washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07…
Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim’s former chief of staff has started a political party in his bid to be the city’s next top politician.
Vancouver mayor’s former chief of staff launches new political party in mayoral run ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Reporting on this took me months 🫠 please read my original 3 stories that prompted this CBC piece. vancouver.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/vide… ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti… ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Ken Sim announced Task Force Barrage in front of a bunch of cameras. Right before a by-election, as it happens. It didn't come from the Police Board, and it didn't come from City Council. Perhaps he should inform us where it came from.
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…
Vancouver mayor asks staff to look at property tax increase scenarios as low as 0% for 2026 ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Vancouver mayor suing his former chief of staff for defamation ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
It's been a few weeks since the Burnaby Now, Tri-City News and New Westminster Record shuttered. The lack of local reporting is already being felt. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
We need to be demanding more answers on this. Who gave the direction? How is the VPD able to just spend $5M with no approval (when they are already over budget)? Don't let up on this @izavarise
Vancouver mayor can’t answer how $5M for ‘Task Force Barrage’ was approved ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
In March, the mayor had about 9 meetings/events/ podcast interviews etc. related to crypto and BTC. vancouver.ca/files/cov/2025…
Mayor Ken Sim's January calendar shows at least 10 meetings/events/interviews related to cryptocurrency and/or blockchain companies. vancouver.ca/files/cov/2025…
Injured Vancouver man who lost his mom at Lapu Lapu festival speaks from his hospital bed ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
A former Vancouver Police Board member is questioning what role the board played in how the budget for an initiative targeting crime on the Downtown Eastside was approved.
Former Vancouver Police Board member questions budget approval process for $5M crackdown on DTES crime ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
B.C. updates coming fast and furious. Follow along here for the latest. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
A packed service today at St. Mary’s the Virgin Church. A very emotional day for people in the community as they mourn what happened Saturday evening.
Back and forth between Councillor Pete fry and Dpt. Steve Rai about the 5 million dollars bookmarked for Task Force Barrage.
The Vancouver Police Department is projecting to be millions of dollars over budget by the end of year, according to a report. ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…
Complaint alleges Vancouver cops being told to meet ‘arbitrary quotas’ for drug arrests on Downtown Eastside ctvnews.ca/vancouver/arti…