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Seven things I learned from Vancouver’s FIFA World Cup 26 host committee
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Seven things I learned from Vancouver’s FIFA World Cup 26 host committee
Countdown: 186 days until B.C. Place’s first match.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Seven things I learned from Vancouver’s FIFA World Cup 26 host committee
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WATCH: Exclusive footage of Vancouver police, firefighters and paramedics gearing-up for World Cup
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WATCH: Exclusive footage of Vancouver police, firefighters and paramedics gearing-up for World Cup
Simulated gunfire, smoke and shrieking crisis actors took over the PNE Agrodome.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
WATCH: Exclusive footage of Vancouver police, firefighters and paramedics gearing-up for World Cup
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Inside the Whitecaps contract with B.C. Place Stadium.
Why should they move?
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Why should they move?
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Exclusive: Read the Whitecaps/B.C. Place contract
MLS Commissioner says it's not viable. But what's the cost of the alternative?
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December 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Inside the Whitecaps contract with B.C. Place Stadium.
Why should they move?
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Why should they move?
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PODCAST PREVIEW
Almost two weeks before Christmas, Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver city council majority voted Dec. 9 to slap a $10 tax on FOI requests.
Full edition premieres Dec. 14.
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Almost two weeks before Christmas, Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver city council majority voted Dec. 9 to slap a $10 tax on FOI requests.
Full edition premieres Dec. 14.
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Your source for news, opinion and analysis about British Columbia issues, institutions and influencers, published by Bob Mackin.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
PODCAST PREVIEW
Almost two weeks before Christmas, Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver city council majority voted Dec. 9 to slap a $10 tax on FOI requests.
Full edition premieres Dec. 14.
Become a paid subscriber, get early access to podcasts.
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Almost two weeks before Christmas, Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC Vancouver city council majority voted Dec. 9 to slap a $10 tax on FOI requests.
Full edition premieres Dec. 14.
Become a paid subscriber, get early access to podcasts.
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Exclusive: As Ken Sim seeks to lure the Whitecaps to Hastings Racecourse, peek inside the contract with BC Place. bobmackin.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: Read the Whitecaps/B.C. Place contract
MLS Commissioner says it's not viable. But what's the cost of the alternative?
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December 11, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Exclusive: As Ken Sim seeks to lure the Whitecaps to Hastings Racecourse, peek inside the contract with BC Place. bobmackin.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
Exclusive: With less than a year to go, B.C. government official pressed FIFA executive for local ticket access
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Exclusive: With less than a year to go, B.C. government official pressed FIFA executive for local ticket access
Email obtained by theBreaker.news under freedom of information.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Exclusive: With less than a year to go, B.C. government official pressed FIFA executive for local ticket access
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Vancouver official Dave Jones gave a candid assessment of FIFA World Cup 26 at the Vancouver International Security Summit.
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The 2026 learning curve: History's biggest World Cup is a daunting task for security planners and FIFA
Vancouver official Dave Jones gave a candid assessment at the Vancouver International Security Summit.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Vancouver official Dave Jones gave a candid assessment of FIFA World Cup 26 at the Vancouver International Security Summit.
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With an election looming, will Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's ABC tax freedom of information?
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With an election looming, will Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's ABC tax freedom of information?
B.C.'s info watchdog says the proposed $10 charge sends the wrong message to citizens in an age of distrust and disinformation.
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December 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
With an election looming, will Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim's ABC tax freedom of information?
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This week on #thePodcast
Did Vancouver win or lose the #FIFAWorldCup lottery?
Bob Mackin spoke with Mario Canseco after the official Vancouver watch party.
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#vanpoli #bcpoli #WeAre26 #FIFA26
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Did Vancouver win or lose the #FIFAWorldCup lottery?
Bob Mackin spoke with Mario Canseco after the official Vancouver watch party.
CLICK. WATCH. SHARE. SUBSCRIBE.
#vanpoli #bcpoli #WeAre26 #FIFA26
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thePodcast: Did Vancouver win or lose the World Cup lottery?
Guest Mario Canseco
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December 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This week on #thePodcast
Did Vancouver win or lose the #FIFAWorldCup lottery?
Bob Mackin spoke with Mario Canseco after the official Vancouver watch party.
CLICK. WATCH. SHARE. SUBSCRIBE.
#vanpoli #bcpoli #WeAre26 #FIFA26
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Did Vancouver win or lose the #FIFAWorldCup lottery?
Bob Mackin spoke with Mario Canseco after the official Vancouver watch party.
CLICK. WATCH. SHARE. SUBSCRIBE.
#vanpoli #bcpoli #WeAre26 #FIFA26
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Vancouver spent millions of taxpayer dollars on VIP tickets and luxury suites for FIFA World Cup 26.
But all the invoices are censored.
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But all the invoices are censored.
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Exclusive: How many World Cup tickets, suites and lounges did Vancouver city hall buy?
All dollar figures and quantities censored from invoices obtained by theBreaker.news
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December 2, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Vancouver spent millions of taxpayer dollars on VIP tickets and luxury suites for FIFA World Cup 26.
But all the invoices are censored.
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But all the invoices are censored.
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The BC Liberals were shamed into paying back the public purse for partisan expenses. Should the NDP do the same?
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Exclusive: theBreaker.news reveals how much taxpayers were billed to defend the NDP's 2020 election law breach
Government lawyers fought to keep sum secret, but adjudicator ruled in favour of theBreaker.news.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The BC Liberals were shamed into paying back the public purse for partisan expenses. Should the NDP do the same?
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Bylaws demanded by FIFA get rubber-stamp.
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As World Cup draws nearer, Vancouver city council to rubber stamp FIFA-demanded bylaw changes
Seven bylaws to be amended and/or relaxed in Vancouver, host of seven World Cup matches.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Bylaws demanded by FIFA get rubber-stamp.
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OneBC gets support for anti-#CCP bill from an unlikely place.
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WATCH: On “Hump Day,” a rare OneBC bill got over the hump
Proposal to ban B.C. government contracts with China passes first reading, with NDP support.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
OneBC gets support for anti-#CCP bill from an unlikely place.
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Money manager for Ryan Wedding's drug ring seeking bail in Vancouver. bobmackin.substack.com/p/cocaine-ki...
Cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding’s alleged money manager appears in Vancouver court
U.S. authorities seek extradition of Rasheed Hossain, 32.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Money manager for Ryan Wedding's drug ring seeking bail in Vancouver. bobmackin.substack.com/p/cocaine-ki...
thePodcast: Are the Cowichan and Haida decisions the beginning of the end of private property in B.C.?
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thePodcast: Are the Cowichan and Haida decisions the beginning of the end of private property in B.C.? - theBreaker
For the week of Nov. 16, 2025: Guest Geoffrey Moyse, aboriginal law expert.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
thePodcast: Are the Cowichan and Haida decisions the beginning of the end of private property in B.C.?
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Eby suggests British Columbians were murdered for being transgender, but NDP government provides no proof #bcpoli
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Eby suggests British Columbians were murdered for being transgender, but NDP government provides no proof - theBreaker
theBreaker.news query baffles NDP government communications department
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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Eby suggests British Columbians were murdered for being transgender, but NDP government provides no proof #bcpoli
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Now you see them, now you don’t: the day the B.C. Legislature’s clerk and sergeant-at-arms were shown the door #bcpoli #corruption #scandal
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Now you see them, now you don’t: the day the B.C. Legislature's clerk and sergeant-at-arms were shown the door - theBreaker
ooking back at the corruption scandal when it erupted on Nov. 20, 2018.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Now you see them, now you don’t: the day the B.C. Legislature’s clerk and sergeant-at-arms were shown the door #bcpoli #corruption #scandal
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Developers outside downtown Vancouver warned of FIFA World Cup ripple effects #vanRE #vanpoli #bcpoli #FWC26 #WeAre26 #FIFA26
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Developers outside downtown Vancouver warned of FIFA World Cup ripple effects - theBreaker
Letter to architect behind Oakridge-area project told to expect World Cup-related parking restrictions.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
PODCAST PREVIEW
Guest Mubin Shaikh sat down at the Vancouver International Security Summit to discuss trends in extremism and how to deradicalize.
Full edition premieres Nov. 23.
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Guest Mubin Shaikh sat down at the Vancouver International Security Summit to discuss trends in extremism and how to deradicalize.
Full edition premieres Nov. 23.
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WATCH: Podcast Preview
Guest Mubin Shaikh
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November 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
PODCAST PREVIEW
Guest Mubin Shaikh sat down at the Vancouver International Security Summit to discuss trends in extremism and how to deradicalize.
Full edition premieres Nov. 23.
Become a paid subscriber, get early access to podcasts.
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Guest Mubin Shaikh sat down at the Vancouver International Security Summit to discuss trends in extremism and how to deradicalize.
Full edition premieres Nov. 23.
Become a paid subscriber, get early access to podcasts.
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Federal, provincial, territorial freedom of information watchdogs sound the alarm.
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Secrecy and spin are damaging democracy
Federal, provincial, territorial freedom of information watchdogs sound the alarm.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Federal, provincial, territorial freedom of information watchdogs sound the alarm.
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This week's podcast.
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thePodcast: He won with elbows up, now Carney goes deficit up
Guest Timothy Renshaw of the Substack Shipping News.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This week's podcast.
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Annual United Nations climate party underway in Brazil until Nov. 21 #UNCOP30
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No B.C. NDP cabinet ministers flying to COP 30
Annual United Nations climate party underway in Brazil until Nov. 21.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Annual United Nations climate party underway in Brazil until Nov. 21 #UNCOP30
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November 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Taiwan is a country. 🇹🇼
Exclusive: Four-in-10 District of North Vancouver Halloween fireworks permits bought outside the municipality
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Exclusive: Four-in-10 District of North Vancouver Halloween fireworks permits bought outside the municipality
District hall says changes made for 2025 to restrict Oct. 31 permits to the municipality.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Exclusive: Four-in-10 District of North Vancouver Halloween fireworks permits bought outside the municipality
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