Pete Fry foils Ken Sim’s effort to put the Integrity Commissioner’s office into a medically-induced coma. The Park Board releases a legal opinion suggesting a mid-term abolition may be unconstitutional. Surrey wants a Charter. A North Van chemical company runs an astroturf campaign. The People’s Park defeats the fire station. And lots of housing – and little parking – coming to Vancouver’s east end.

Links

• Vancouver council defers vote on integrity commissioner’s review | CBC News 
• Vancouver Park Board seeks legal advice over dissolution motion | CBC News
• PRIVILEGED LEGAL OPINION – Memo to B. Bastyovanszky 4 Sept 2024.pdf
• Surrey, B.C., council votes unanimously to request city charter | CBC News
• Mayor Brenda Locke calls for more control, exemptions with proposed Surrey Charter
• Campaign against B.C. chlorine plant was secretly funded by rival | CBC News
• Vancouver pauses plan to build temporary fire hall on Strathcona green space
• East Village: Over 900 rental homes and social housing units in towers up to 39 storeys to transform East Hastings Street in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
• This Week in History, 1935: A “religious cult” run by “a charlatan” bamboozles a wealthy housewife | Vancouver Sun