This is Vancouver cover art

All Episodes

This is Vancouver — 314 episodes

#
Title
1

Who else wants to lead Vancouver?

2

Has Vancouver’s progressive vote finally united?

3

Who will be the next Mayor of Langley City?

4

Will Vancouver’s progressive parties make a deal?

5

Why did this week's byelections go red?

6

Who will be the next Mayor of New Westminster?

7

How much do council candidates matter in Vancouver?

8

What’s at stake in the North Vancouver–Capilano byelection?

9

What’s next for overdose prevention sites in Vancouver?

10

What are civic campaigns doing to get people's attention before this year's municipal election?

11

Will Vancouver’s plebiscite vote change anything?

12

What's next for Richmond after 25 years of Malcolm Brodie?

13

Should Vancouver trust Google to help cut traffic?

14

10 weeks, 10 races

15

What's next for the Richmond Night Market?

16

When should wildfire smoke change your plans?

17

Who is gaining ground in Vancouver’s mayoral race?

18

Is Metro Vancouver finally ready to change?

19

Did public backlash kill the villages plan?

20

Mayoral candidate mini-forum: Colleen Hardwick, Rebecca Bligh and Kareem Allam

21

Should (or could) Surrey leave Metro Vancouver?

22

What did Vancouver actually get from the World Cup?

23

Mayoral candidate mini-forum: the progressive candidate edition

24

Why are public hearings always so contentious?

25

Will Vancouver council act now or leave the tough calls until later?

26

Why does the car-free Granville strip extension cost so much?

27

What will Operation Hard Ball do to stop organized crime in Vancouver?

28

Vancouver's $5 million extension of car-free Granville the first big election campaign debate

29

Why this will be Vancouver's first Instagram election

30

Why are so many senior staff leaving Vancouver City Hall?

31

Here's what Vancouver condo developers think of a new affordable housing scheme

32

The unexpected FIFA World Cup business boom

33

Why Metro mayors are lukewarm on Ottawa's housing deal

34

Why is it so hard to regulate e-scooters?

35

Will the George Massey Tunnel replacement ever actually get built?

36

Has Vancouver figured out how to host the World Cup?

37

Will Vancouver catch FIFA fever?

38

Who really wins hosting the World Cup?

39

AI is in schools for good...is that a good thing?

40

What we know about the departure of SPS Chief Const. Norm Lipinski

41

Wait, how much will the World Cup cost Vancouver?

42

Richmond, the Garden City, is growing fast

43

A tale of one condo tower and a group of pre-sale buyers

44

Is Vancouver ready for the FIFA Men's World Cup?

45

Changes to a Vancouver bus route could have expected consequences

46

Midnight is the new day time...and other Vancouver bylaw changes for FIFA

47

Mayor Ken Sim has 11 AI agents and two new data centres

48

How does B.C. Ferries determine when to cancel a sailing for bad weather?

49

Police link shooting deaths of two teenagers to gang violence in Surrey

50

Are you ready to choose your (mayoral) fighter?

51

Hey Vancouver, we know what your next home will look like

52

What was the lasting impact of Expo 86?

53

Should parking be free at Metro Vancouver beaches?

54

What makes a great city street?

55

Simons takes over old Nordstrom space

56

Why is Langley taking on so much debt?

57

Healing one year after Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy

58

Will the Whitecaps leave Vancouver?

59

Will Vancouver’s left-wing parties unite — and should the city get its own baseball team?

60

Are we any closer to ending the toxic drug crisis?

61

Doug McCallum wants to be Surrey's mayor for the fifth time

62

Metro Matters: B.C. introduces province-wide code of conduct rules for municipalities

63

What’s the fix for BC Ferries’ recurring breakdowns?

64

Why do problems keep hitting BC Ferries on long weekends?

65

Dog dispute between neighbours spills over to Chilliwack council

66

Has Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Advisor Larry Cambell earned an extension?

67

How organized crime groups are targeting Metro Vancouver students

68

Why is a floating sauna causing waves — and is Burnaby politics about to change?

69

What’s behind the steep drop in international students — and who’s paying the price?

70

Should multiplexes be allowed across all Vancouver neighbourhoods?

71

Are Vancouver's housing plans starting to stall — and could lifeguard cuts sway the election?

72

Did criminals gain access to the VPD's property office?

73

Is Vancouver ready to host the world again?

74

Why the Vancouver Canucks' push for a practice facility could face political hurdles

75

How could Sean Orr’s lawsuit against Ken Sim play out in court?

76

Why is longtime journalist Frances Bula running for city council?

77

Does Vancouver need an official development plan?

78

Accusations, apologies, and a political firestorm at Vancouver City Hall

79

What happens when a Mayor makes an unfounded allegation?

80

How serious is Ken Sim’s allegation against Sean Orr?

81

Did Lenny Zhou cross the line? Plus, Richmond now has an election race.

82

How deep does Canada’s extortion network go?

83

Where are all the Black people in Metro Vancouver?

84

Can public buzz save a bridge — and will rivals unite to challenge Ken Sim?

85

What did B.C's new budget deliver for the Lower Mainland?

86

How will people remember the old Pattullo Bridge?

87

Why has a school for Olympic Village taken 19 years to approve?

88

Could US politics disrupt Vancouver’s World Cup?

89

Why is a prime piece of Vancouver’s waterfront still empty after 40 years?

90

Why is Abbotsford lobbying Ottawa over flood protection again?

91

What tools are available to tackle extortion in Surrey — and will any work?

92

Why is Pete Fry running for mayor?

93

Has Mayor Ken Sim dropped the swagger as election approaches?

94

Should B.C. compensate businesses hit by Broadway and Main closure?

95

Does Surrey need emergency powers to stop extortion?

96

How rapid bus routes could reshape transit in Metro Vancouver

97

What rising development fees mean for the housing market

98

Why don't we have enough public washrooms?

99

OneCity debate: Which candidate should challenge Ken Sim?

100

Why can't Vancouver get a SkyTrain built to UBC?

101

What are Vancouver schools doing about AI and fake news?

102

Are things actually getting better in Vancouver?

103

Should Surrey police get 24/7 access to traffic cameras?

104

Why did home sales crash in 2025?

105

Saying goodbye to local politics in 2025 — and looking forward to 2026

106

Last-minute Christmas gift ideas — with a twist

107

Why is the Fraser Valley still so vulnerable to flooding?

108

The messy politics behind the Filipino Cultural Centre

109

How will the Broadway street closure shape life in Mount Pleasant?

110

Why couldn't the Hastings Racecourse survive?

111

Vancouver’s 2026 mayoral election becomes more crowded

112

Which international teams could Vancouver host at the World Cup?

113

What’s behind the record number of overdose calls?

114

“No Fun City” returns as Vancouver fireworks cancelled

115

Mayor Ken Sim on Vancouver’s 'zero-means-zero' budget

116

How did Aritzia become a retail giant - and what should we expect from its new store?

117

Fact checking Ken Sim’s interview on the VPD budget

118

With soccer becoming more popular in Vancouver, where are kids expected to play?

119

Why is Mayor Ken Sim's budget so contentious?

120

Will the province take over West Vancouver’s housing policy?

121

How excited are soccer fans about the Vancouver Rise playing in the first-ever Northern Super League final?

122

What's behind Vancouver's latest SRO closure?

123

Mayor Ken Sim talks budget with major cuts and $50 million more for police

124

Is Vancouver finally getting a Filipino cultural centre?

125

Is more policing the answer to Surrey’s extortion problem?

126

With the West Coast Express turning 30, what's the future of light rail in Metro Vancouver?

127

How are Vancouverites coping with rising grocery prices?

128

What does new ownership mean for Vancouver’s historic Park Theatre?

129

What went wrong with Ken Sim’s big housing idea?

130

Why is the Park Board adding parking fees at several Vancouver community centres?

131

What does the Cowichan title case really mean for Richmond homeowners?

132

Which Vancouver mayors will run again in 2026?

133

How optimistic are Vancouver's Palestinian and Jewish communities feeling about the ceasefire in Gaza

134

How B.C. Place is preparing to host seven games at the 2026 World Cup

135

Why Are Vancouver Police Overtime Costs Soaring?

136

Mayor Ken Sim wants a zero per cent tax increase - but at what cost to city services?

137

How effective will the province's plan to implement involuntary care be to alleviate crime and get people unable to care from themselves off the street?

138

Who will challenge Ken Sim in Vancouver’s next mayoral race?

139

Why was Elenore Sturko kicked out of the B.C. Conservatives — and where does the party go from here?

140

Can Vancouver solve its hotel crunch without upsetting residents?

141

How should Vancouver balance access and preservation in Stanley Park?

142

What will a new policing district mean for the Downtown Eastside?

143

What led the Park Board to replace a holiday fundraiser with a Harry Potter attraction?

144

How are teachers preparing to handle cell phones and AI this school year?

145

Will staggered schedules and hybrid classes be enough to fix Surrey’s overcrowding problem?

146

How can there be so many Sockeye — and so much frustration?

147

Sex workers face uncertainty after closure of support centres

148

Can Canada really build its way out of the housing crisis?

149

Cowichan Tribes v Canada ruling

150

Housing in the news -- Debating foreign buyer bans and turning a supportive housing project into a sober facility.

151

What’s behind the Emergency Room closures in Delta and Mission?

152

Why is homelessness rising in Metro Vancouver?

153

What will Thomas Muller bring to the Vancouver Whitecaps?

154

Is Vancouver making it difficult for artists to survive?

155

What did Vancouver promise FIFA ahead of the 2026 World Cup?

156

New to This Is Vancouver? Start here...

157

Why is intimate partner violence on the rise and what can be done to stop it?

158

One year after report into 11-year-old’s death, B.C.’s child welfare system faces fresh criticism

159

Why Is affordable childcare so hard to find in Surrey?

160

Is it really too late to stop climate change?

161

Why is Vancouver's hosting of the FIFA World Cup disrupting our courts?

162

Where do you go if you want to learn more about the history of the Stó:lō people?

163

Why land scarcity is driving some companies to leave for Calgary

164

How did the Air India tragedy lead a victim's son to a career helping others?

165

Why the Sparrow Decision Still Matters, 35 Years Later

166

What will it take to stop the extortion threats in Surrey?

167

What’s the best way to vacation close to Vancouver?

168

Why are pickleball players and skateboarders fighting over a plot in West Vancouver?

169

How safe are emergency rooms in Metro Vancouver?

170

Is defunding the renter office hurting tenants?

171

What impact will more police resources have on combatting street crime?

172

How Indigenous entrepreneurs are shaping the future of tech at Web Summit

173

How many governments does Metro Vancouver need?

174

Who is Steve Rai, and what will he bring to the VPD?

175

Why are school districts across Metro Vancouver so broke?

176

How hard is it to compete on the popular game show Jeopardy?

177

Does Vancouver need a permanent city sign for tourists?

178

B.C. Ferries says they are ready for another busy summer and have announced a new schedule

179

Why was Michael Bryant hired to advise on the Downtown Eastside?

180

Is Vancouver’s former mayor the right pick for housing minister?

181

Can Surrey schools keep up with the city’s rapid growth?

182

Where will North Vancouver seniors go after second apartment fire?

183

What does a new pope mean to Catholics in Vancouver?

184

What's the province doing to protect people living in supportive housing and complex care?

185

Death in complex care

186

How are community festivals changing their security plans, in light of the Lapu Lapu Day festival tragedy?

187

How is the recent dry weather affecting our water and wildfire forecast?

188

How is the community coming together to mark the provincial day of remembrance and mourning in light of the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy?

189

Can mandatory care and bail reform prevent future violence?

190

How can tragedies like the Lapu Lapu Day ramming be prevented in the future?

191

Who were some of the people killed in the Lapu Lapu Day tragedy?

192

How does a community recover after a deadly event?

193

How a TikTok Video sparked new interest in a Vancouver police case

194

Will the Jericho Lands plan deliver the homes Vancouver needs?

195

Female police officers speak out about sexual harassment case

196

What issues matter to people in Burnaby?

197

Vancouver Park Board sends proposal for paid parking at 8 sites back to staff

198

Should You Have to Pay to Park at Your Local Community Centre?

199

Controversial East Vancouver Development Going before City Council

200

What will the federal election outcome mean for drug policy?

201

How should police handle sexual misconduct?

202

What Happens When Global Politics Halt School Trips Abroad?

203

How Does Poetry Shape How We View the World Around Us?

204

What do Vancouver’s by-election results say about voter sentiment?

205

What will two new faces bring to Vancouver City Council?

206

What happens when funding for at-risk seniors disappears?

207

How are small businesses coping with crime in Vancouver?

208

Why did the NDP change its mind on carbon pricing?

209

Will cutting the carbon tax actually save you money at the pump?

210

What does the closure of a major clinic mean for abortion access in Vancouver?

211

What’s Driving the 4% Transit Fare Increase?

212

What do Surrey voters want in this election?

213

How Burnaby is making music lessons more accessible

214

Why Is Vancouver looking to shrink its biggest pool?

215

What will Gregor Robertson bring to the Liberals' election campaign?

216

Wait… Am I Voting in a New Riding?

217

What does a surge in Canadian nationalism mean for a country built out of colonialism?

218

Should Surrey have Waterfront Entertainment District?

219

What a historic land agreement means for the Tla’amin Nation and Powell River.

220

How a Vancouver software developer is helping consumers to buy Canadian

221

Local Vancouver Band Getting Closer to Juno Win

222

What happens when an intrepid municipal reporter travels the world for a year?

223

Why you should vote in Vancouver's next by-election

224

Vancouver MLA booted from B.C. Conservative caucus for 'mocking' testimony of residential school survivors

225

How is a Richmond firm converting pickup trucks into electric vehicles?

226

Is Surrey Being Shortchanged?

227

How Will Trump’s Tariffs Hit B.C. Businesses?

228

Why some in Chinatown are backing Vancouver’s housing freeze

229

How is Langley City Handling its Population Boom?

230

Why did this councillor break ranks on housing?

231

Vancouver city council passes pause on new supportive housing

232

What will the closure of 3 Metro Vancouver community news outlets mean for local communities?

233

How do you fix the Downtown Eastside?

234

Is Vancouver Ready for the Big One?

235

Is Vancouver’s City Hall Too Connected to the police?

236

John Rhys-Davies has a laugh you won't soon forget

237

Why is Vancouver shrinking Its biggest public pool?

238

Trying to deepen the available spots for swimming lessons in Metro Vancouver

239

What does Rebecca Bligh's departure mean for the ABC party?

240

What can Vancouverites do to take control of their finances?

241

What impact will Vacouver's new $5 million policing plan for the Downdown Eastside have to alleviate crime?

242

Should off-leash dogs be allowed on trails at Pacific Spirit Park?

243

How New Westminster Plans to Help its Most Vulnerable Residents

244

What happens when neighbourhoods push back against new homes?

245

Richmond's controversial supportive housing project

246

What's the story behind the Sen̓áḵw towers?

247

From historic hub to struggling strip: What's needed to transform Granvrille Street?

248

How mentorship is empowering Black entrepreneurs in Vancouver

249

What Are the Invictus Games Bringing to Vancouver?

250

What’s the Story Behind "A Night of Obsidian"?

251

Why Is Vancouver’s mayor boycotting regional meetings?

252

Could Congestion Pricing Help Fix Vancouver’s Traffic?

253

What's missing from Ottawa's TransLink funding?

254

Can TransLink’s funding promise be trusted?

255

What's next for the Downtown Eastside?

256

What Happens When Language Classes for Newcomers Disappear?

257

What’s the Deal with False Creek South Redevelopment?

258

What happens when Vancouver says no to FIFA?

259

How one artist is using recycled materials to inspire climate action

260

Is it time for Vancouver to embrace water meters?

261

How Abbotsford researchers are shaping the futue of sustainable food

262

What Do Two Empty Seats Mean for Vancouver’s City Council?

263

Can Jesper Sorensen Lead the Whitecaps to the Next Level?

264

What's going on with the Plaza of Nations as it changes owners?

265

Would Christy Clark have a chance of winning if she enters the Liberals' leadership contest?

266

Could the Conservatives overturn the Surrey-Guildford election results?

267

What’s Next for Vancouver’s Last Expo Lands?

268

What’s next for Vancouver’s False Creek?

269

Can Running Be Fun If You Go Slow?

270

What does Vancouver’s new women’s shelter mean for the Downtown Eastside?

271

What's the difference between going dry for January and going sober for life?

272

B.C. home flipping tax comes into effect with aim of discouraging speculators

273

North or south, people in B.C. jump in for polar bear swim no matter how cold

274

Remembering artist and advocate Joe Average

275

How are the Vancouver film and music industries closing off 2024?

276

What Is the Sandwich Generation, and How Does It Cope at Christmas?

277

Who will buy the Vancouver Whitecaps?

278

How are suspected bot accounts amplifying misinformation about Canadian Sikhs in Surrey?

279

Why are Metro Vancouver communities so vulnerable to landslides, and what can they do to prepare?

280

What’s Next for a 115-Year-Old Vancouver Landmark?

281

Can new incentives help revive Vancouver's film industry?

282

What are community theatres in Vancouver working on this holiday season?

283

Should Vancouver Become a Bitcoin-Friendly City?

284

How can knot theory help you untangle your Christmas lights?

285

What happened during Taylor Swift’s final Eras Tour shows?

286

How safe are Vancouver streets?

287

What went wrong with Vancouver’s $600M Art Gallery?

288

What’s behind the rise in mountain biking injuries?

289

What does Trump’s tariff threat mean for Vancouver’s border security?

290

Craft sellers in Vancouver rely on Canada Post to sell their products. How are they coping during the strike?

291

How can you avoid Taylor Swift ticket fraud?

292

How did a Surrey man end up on Canada's 'no-fly' list?

293

Who should get the road -- cyclists or drivers?

294

What happens when neighbourhoods say no to more housing density?

295

What’s the real cost of scrapping Vancouver’s Park Board?

296

Is the City Doing Enough to Tackle Hastings Street Crime?

297

Can the Wicked Movie Live Up to the Musical?

298

How will B.C.'s new government confront the toxic drug crisis?

299

"Commerce kidnapped" -- How Vancouver businesses are coping with the Canada Post strike

300

Swiftie Scammers -- How hackers stole a pair of Eras Tour tickets

301

What’s next for Vancouver’s Broadway Plan and Langara College?

302

How will B.C. remember John Horgan, and what will it take for Vancouver to meet its housing targets?

303

Is Vancouver ready for a major earthquake?

304

How should we remember Indigenous and Chinese Canadian veterans?

305

Remembering B.C. businesswoman Faye Leung

306

How Could a Second Trump Presidency Impact Vancouver Businesses?

307

Can Vancouver's aging population afford to stay housed?

308

What’s fueling tensions at protests in Surrey and how is Vancouver helping seniors find affordable housing?

309

What was Murray Sinclair's Legacy?

310

Vancouver Whitecaps will try to force a Game 3

311

Should you give candy to kids who don't dress up on Halloween?

312

What’s happening in Vancouver for Diwaloween?

313

How will the B.C. NDP govern with a razor-thin majority?

314

What Should We Expect from B.C.'s 2024 Election Results?