Recent Work by Mike

Vancouver Airbnb operator rents downtown apartment 439 out of 489 days

Lawyer says panel’s refusal to renew short-term rental licence for client is punishment for ‘unusual lifestyle’

Jul 16, 2025 2:00 PM Read more >

Vancouver council approves Rupert, Renfrew station area plan

Infrastructure, including water system to fight fires, not in place to accommodate growth

Jul 14, 2025 4:30 PM Read more >

Vancouver’s auditor general: ‘My job isn’t to make people look bad’

Mike Macdonell became the City’s first-ever auditor general in September 2021

Jul 14, 2025 3:30 PM Read more >

Vancouver council aims to activate empty storefronts in DTES

Mike Klassen: 'This is not a gentrification process as much as a revitalization.'

Jul 11, 2025 4:15 PM Read more >

Broadway plan sees 146 projects in development pipeline

Total of 22,842 residential units among new housing planned for corridor

Jul 11, 2025 3:30 PM Read more >

Proposal for 21-storey social housing tower in Kitsilano heads to Vancouver council

Vancouver city council will consider a proposal Tuesday for a 200-unit social housing tower in Kitsilano.

Jul 8, 2025 2:30 PM Read more >

City of Vancouver identifies five sites to relocate Granville strip tenants

City won't release locations, whether properties are empty lots or have existing buildings on them

Jul 4, 2025 3:30 PM Read more >

Vancouver has a new civic party — the Vancouver Liberals

Mayor Ken Sim’s former chief of staff Kareem Allam to seek party’s mayoral nomination

Jul 4, 2025 11:30 AM Read more >

Officers don’t have drug arrest quotas in DTES, says Vancouver police report

'Police officer' lodged complaint over $5M Task Force Barrage

Jul 2, 2025 3:30 PM Read more >

Vancouver building inspector in ‘ongoing undocumented and unmitigated’ conflict of interest

Auditor general’s office will refer allegations of bribes to Vancouver police

Jun 27, 2025 10:48 AM Read more >

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