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Zakir Suleman

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I organize information, research, and people.

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BUSTED!
Photographic evidence of Vancouver City Councillor Sean Orr dealing drugs in the Downtown Eastside on Christmas day!

04.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 110 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

New: Councilllor Sean Orr is suing Mayor Ken Sim. Notice of civil claim filed in BC Supreme Court today says Sim "acted deliberately, maliciously and in bad faith" in making Xmas drug distribution statement and damaging Orr's reputation. Seeks damages, injunction prohibiting further such statements

10.03.2026 19:29 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3
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Sean Orr has filed legal action against Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim for saying to media without evidence that Orr was dealing drugs on Christmas Day

10.03.2026 19:20 πŸ‘ 519 πŸ” 96 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 43
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BC drug crisis: β€˜Mass death on this scale is incomprehensible’ [Editor’s note: This article talks about overdose fatalities, including of youths, and the ongoing toxic drug crisis’s outsized impact on.

mass death on this scale is incomprehensible and we have to confront this reality honestly if we want our government to do what's needed to stop the deaths because they've decided to allow them to continue indefinitely; this is a policy choice

#bcpoli

www.kamloopsbcnow.com/watercooler/...

08.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In light of Sim saying that he said Orr dealt drugs based on seeing a mystery photo from a mystery person, I think it’s important to reflag this.

If this is an uncharitable interpretation, the mayor is free to provide more details of how he ended up seeing such a photo and believing it.

03.03.2026 22:41 πŸ‘ 241 πŸ” 54 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4

I've been told that Ken Sim told his team that a stranger waived a physical photo at him during a Chinatown event and falsely claimed that it was Orr dealing drugs on Christmas Day.

The mayor doesn't remember the specific contents or style of the photo, and can't remember who showed it to him.

04.03.2026 00:27 πŸ‘ 134 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 32

What

04.03.2026 00:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nobody around the mayor thinks "spend multiple days explaining why you falsely accused a councillor of dealing drugs on Christmas because you uncritically believed shit a member of the public waived at you" is a good PR strategy

04.03.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

Sim abruptly leaves after three questions, not answering who gave him the photo or if he will post an apology on WeChat, saying saying that’s all the time he has.

A question is asked of a member of the mayors’ office, who says β€œsend us an email” and leaves.

β€œWhat a farce,” says someone.

03.03.2026 22:08 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 12

No Car Free Days
No Celebration of Light Fireworks
No Dragon Boat Festival

My "free" event list for Metro Vancouver is getting smaller and smaller...

02.03.2026 21:49 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

There have been conversations ongoing since summer where Greens and COPE have both advocated for the idea of some sort of "progressive primary" to consider getting behind or out of the way of a unity mayor candidate. Grounded in clear rational analysis, not partisanship, I am supportive of the idea.

28.01.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

COPE welcomes Pete Fry to the People's Primary for Mayor.

"I’m focused on the day-to-day work on Council. I’m not involved in the talks with other parties, but I know COPE is committed to evicting Ken Sim and ABC." - Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social

www.votecope.ca/news/cope-we...

#EvictKenSim

31.01.2026 22:23 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
People holding signs on bridge sidewalk. Sign reads, "Kids matter, teachers care."

People holding signs on bridge sidewalk. Sign reads, "Kids matter, teachers care."

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Today COPE showed up in solidarity with BC teachers at the Vancouver #RedforBCED rally. Teachers and their students deserve better conditions and a fair deal and we will always fight alongside public educators!

30.01.2026 02:10 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Vancouver council directs federal government to create limits on LED headlight brightness A Vancouver councillor’s motion directing the federal government to create clear, enforceable limits on headlight brightness passed unanimously this week, which is a rare occurrence in the current cit...

β€œProbably one of the biggest issues on how did we get here with these headlights being so bright is that Canada has long handcuffed itself to the U.S. regulations on how cars are built and equipped, and the U.S. regulations don’t care about headlight glare.” www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...

26.01.2026 03:42 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hootsuite's work with ICE is shameful.

We proudly support Vancouver's Access Without Fear policies.

Solidarity with everyone in Minneapolis and across the U.S. pushing back against xenophobia and fascism.

25.01.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@kwardvancouver.bsky.social has become houseless in the past week. she is an incredible and badass human who has given so much life to movements rooted in care especially in the dtes. she could really use some financial support while she’s in this volatile spot.

etransfer: thefool.ward@gmail.com

23.01.2026 02:11 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 6
Hi Sam,

Hi Sam,

Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca

06.12.2025 16:58 πŸ‘ 2664 πŸ” 437 πŸ’¬ 236 πŸ“Œ 355
ZERO MANDATE

PEOPLE POWER SAYS NO TO ABC CUTS

ZERO MANDATE PEOPLE POWER SAYS NO TO ABC CUTS

People Power showed up at City Hall.

And this is just the beginning. 360+ still on list to present.

Every single ABC Councillor should be doing some soul searching about what they've heard so far. Do the right thing. Stop these cuts.

Vancouver doesn't have to be this way.

#vanpoli #StopTheCuts

13.11.2025 07:03 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My city councilor livetweeted summaries of 269 speakers to council for like 13 hours. Amazing.

13.11.2025 10:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Genuinely love that we have a politician/journalist in the room for this important hearing.

13.11.2025 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Speaker 25. Budget is opaque. Misinformation is a result of lack of detail. No plan. 2024 was 500 pages. 2025 was 138. Why is this only 28. Calls out Donny van Dyk salary. Mayor cuts her off saying she negative view of character not tolerated

12.11.2025 23:10 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Zakir. I cannot be silent. You don’t even know what you’re planning to cut. Who benefits? Homeowners? Avg will save 24 bucks a month. No regard for voters. We should know what we are getting. Vast majority say we will pay because we care. Only people who benefit are ultra rich.Mayor asks him to slow

12.11.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In the video they say that OC is talking with the other parties. Long time until the next election!

12.11.2025 16:52 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I do not know the record β€” number of speakers aren’t automatically recorded in minutes, though there were a number of motions in the Stewart era that got close to 200.

But this means a vote on the preliminary budget likely won’t happen for a week or two.

11.11.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 3

Thanks! Looks like around 550 at least now.πŸ˜΅β€πŸ’«

12.11.2025 06:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@jmcelroy.bsky.social Do you happen to know what the largest number of speakers at a public hearing at Vancouver City Hall has been? I'm hearing that there are over 300 people signed up to speak to the budget on wednesday.

11.11.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Request to speak at a Council meeting Request to speak at a Council meeting

"Vancouver doesn’t have to be this way. Vancouver will be badly damaged in ways that will take years to repair if this awful plan goes through." - @seanorr.bsky.social

Your voice matters. Sign up to speak to City Council against Ken Sim's reckless cuts: vancouver.ca/your-governm...

#vanpoli

10.11.2025 07:06 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

That BC Greens Instagram post is pretty outrageousβ€”it effectively calls Emily Lowan a liar & insists their member verification process is fine. Then, days later the party is forced (probably feeling under scrutiny by a lot of media attention) to add yet ANOTHER method for members to verify. #bcpoli

16.09.2025 22:41 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2

The @bcgreens.bsky.social are trying to limit the impact of @emilylowan.bsky.social's excellent organizing, like the BCNDP did to @anjaliappadurai.bsky.social. Whether this is incompetence or malice, the Greens need to rectify this, ASAP, or face irrelevance.

05.09.2025 02:47 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0