Michael Hall

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New Westminster Trying to get the humble bus the respect it deserves 🚍♥️

A screenshot of an Instagram story from a Member of Parliament saying "would you still vote for me if I was a worm?"
Two tall concrete bridge pillars in the distance poke out above trees and buildings that are much closer to the camera.
A very large crowd celebrates Team Canada winning a game in the World Cup. The sun is shining through smoke from coloured smoke grenades
A beautiful view of North Vancouver on a sunny from the back window of the Seabus
A farmers market with tents in the sun and a performer playing guitar
A top down view of a new scramble crosswalk intersection. Dozens of people are using it to cross the street in all directions.
A farmers market in a park in New West. There is a really good performer playing near a great area to relax on the grass, but an extremely loud generator is drowning them out.
A plastic sign stuck in some grass. The sign says "New West Farmers Market Today"
Many buses and some cars are stuck in traffic on a small street next to a bus exchange.
A farmers market taking place in a treed area with tents, people walking, and signs in front saying "New West Farmers Market TODAY"
A quiet street lined with trees and a flowering bush.
Three people stand shoulder to shoulder with their hands crossed infront of them.
A bunny is held captive on top of a countertop in a liquor store.
Four astronauts hug while floating weightless inside a cluttered spacecraft following their trip around the moon.
Asked if he had ever witnessed Sim make ad hominem attacks like this before, Fry told The Tyee that he had witnessed the mayor make a similar type of statement about former Green Party councillor Adriane Carr. “It was an in-camera meeting, so I can’t really get into what the subject matter was. But the tenor and approach was very similar: it targeted Coun. Carr, and shortly thereafter she made the decision to leave council,” Fry said. image atom ABC Councillor Accuses Colleagues of Drug Crimes read more The Tyee reached out to Carr, who confirmed a remark from Sim made during an in-camera meeting was one of the reasons she resigned from council in January 2025. “There was a pivotal moment that I made that decision, and that decision was because of something that happened in camera,” said Carr, adding she had also been disheartened by ABC motions that undid much of the climate crisis work she helped initiate, leading up to this in-camera incident. “Any staff person or councillor that was in that meeting will know what I’m talking about. After that point I made it quite clear in public that I had lost complete confidence and trust in the mayor.”
A note from city staff saying that it's not possible to have the city of Vancouver incorporate Bitcoin into its financial holdings.
A small East African grocery store. There is produce visible through the window, and large piles of onions sitting out front.
People sitting and walking their dogs in a park while the sun goes down.
A table showing that the city of Vancouver has a 400 year backlog on its sidewalk maintenance.
Many people walking on the road deck of the big orange Patullo Bridge in the final days before it is demolished. A young kid rides a bike in the foreground.
A screenshot of a video where a women stands at a podium in city hall to speak to city council.
Many bus riders wait at an exchange for their bus.
A timeline of progression of bus priority on a corridor in Vancouver. The timeline goes from 2020 through 2027, for bus lane.
A crowd of people sit on chairs in a community hall waiting for a presentation to start.
New West Council chambers. There are empty seats in the foreground and a projector screen on the back wall.
A movie poster for Paris, Texas. A women looms large, seemingly pressed against a panel of glass, above a man walking aimlessly in a desert.
A movie theatres billboard highlighting its two movies for the night. The name of the theatre "The Park" is lit up in blue neon.
People hold signs at a rally in support of public transit in Metro Vancouver. It's very rainy.
Chair Jamal Meyers at a Toronto Transit Commission meeting.
A logo from the bottom of Vancouver Council letterhead - it says: 2025 BC's Top Employers
The front of new Westminster city hall decorated with Christmas decorations
The Foo Fighters perform infront of a crowd in Tokyo, Japan. There's many flashing lights.
Mayor Mike Hurley chairs the Metro Vancouver board meeting. On the video stream, captions appear saying "Mr. Bird, the ostriches."
A translink bus stop like in the foreground. It's raining, and there's a street with cars parked near a produce store.
A small boat enters a very confined harbour. The area is very rocky with some green vegetation in the foreground.
A replica Viking furnace hut sponsored by two oil and gas companies.
New West city hall. Flags on top of the building. Green bushes in the foreground.
Someone is doing a media interview beside a road where a bus is going by. The sign on the bus says "Sorry Bus Full"
Hundreds of people are gather in the rain for a rally in support of public transit.
A theater screen showing a poster for Portrait of a Lady on Fire. There is a presenter standing at a lectern as well. Red theatre seats in the foreground.
Three shaded boxes, each with a major bus corridor in Vancouver and the total cumulative rider delay since July 24, 2024.
A yellow box with text on it describing how much cumulative bus rider delay there has been on 9 vanco bus corridors since July 24, 2024.
A bench on a boardwalk surrounded by tall grasses. There are wind socks in the background.