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𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫

Yesterday afternoon, at the Bill Reid Gallery on Hornby Street, political strategist extraordinaire Kareem Allam officially announced his campaign to become Vancouver's next Mayor. #vanpoli

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Although a bit chilly and rainy, on this Saturday along West Broadway from Macdonald to Alma streets, hundreds of children in costume, accompanied by their parents, trick or treating, filling up their baskets with candy galore. #Halloween2025

VIFF Experiencing a Time of Renewal While Bringing in New Audiences In 2025, VanRamblings makes our 44th annual foray to the Vancouver International Film Festival, where the regulars we've attended the festival with all these years once again find themselves in attend...

𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝟕 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐈𝐅𝐅

Today, capsule reviews for 7 of the films I've screened @viffest.bsky.social, plus more, of course.

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Not hard to see why people are going ga-ga over Joachim Trier’s latest film, this Grand Prix Cannes winner in every way a triumph, both Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård’s performances each a revelation, although the whole cast is simply beautiful and humanely perfect. #VIFF #Oscars #OpensNov14

VanRamblings’ Top 27 Best Bet Picks | VIFF 2025 https://youtu.be/4ZkXSU9qWEY?si=rdwGcuTHQ2sZ3RPk The 44th annual Vancouver International Film Festival gets underway tomorrow! Simply click on the underlined title of any one of the films below ...

𝟐𝟕 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭-𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

Today on VanRamblings, 27 must-see, can't miss films that it'll be worth your while purchasing a ticket for. Enjoy this year's 44th edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival — it gets underway tomorrow. #VIFF

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VIFF 2025 About to Get Underway in Just Hours From Now – 44th Edition The 44th annual Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) kicks off later this week, on Thursday, October 2nd and is set to run through Sunday, October 12th A somewhat truncated, but still well ...

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿

In less than 48 hours from now the 44th annual edition of the Vancouver International Film Festival gets underway. Today on VanRamblings our coverage of VIFF 2025 to date. #viff

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Am attending the inaugural Vancouver Liberals campaign event, at Steamworks on Main, with a predominantly younger crowd (always good to see), and have made contact with Mayoral candidate Kareem Allam, the man of the hour. #vanpoli

Vancouver Liberals, Building a Civic Party Destined to Govern Ken Sim’s plan to get rid of industrial lands means more people have to travel to Richmond and Surrey for work. We’ll create the first Industrial Land Reserve to help keep good jobs here in Vancouver...

𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦'𝐬 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥-𝐎𝐮𝐭

@42kareemallam continues the roll-out of the Vancouver Liberals campaign for office in the 2026 Vancouver civic election. You see a picture of Catherine Evan below. Read why on VanRamblings today. #vanpoli

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𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬

On VanRamblings today, we share another video from Vancouver Mayoral candidate @42kareemallam. #vanpoli

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The Job of a Journalist, to Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable For journalists covering politics, and this very much includes VanRamblings, few tasks are more fraught than writing critically about political figures they have come to know well, respect, or even li...

𝐂𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦

Today on VanRamblings the job of the journalist in coverage of the political realm. #vanpoli

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𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐕𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓

A VanRamblings column today on films that screened at the recently completed Toronto International Film Festival that are set to screen next month at the 44th annual Vancouver International Film Festival. #VIFF

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Kareem Allam on the Vancouver Park Board, Preserve the Elected Board The Vancouver Liberals strongly support a democratically elected Park Board. Our parks are not a land bank for development— or a home for corporate renaming. pic.twitter.com/2TOptWM26e — Kareem Allam...

𝐎𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐦'𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝

Arbitrarily and unilaterally, on Dec. 6, 2023, Mayor Ken Sim announced his intention to get rid of the Vancouver Park Board turning over governance to the City. Today Kareem Allam weighs in on preserving the Board.

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𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐂𝐫𝐲𝐩𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲'𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲

To accompany the latest "campaign video" released Kareem Allam, I have written a brief essay on the vagaries of crypto currency.

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𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹

On VanRamblings today, my continuing coverage of the 44th annual @VIFFest. A fourth column on the award winning Galas and Special Presentations films that will screen at #VIFF2025. #VIFF.

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𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞

Well, this is it, the final chapter of my 2025 health update. I feel as if a burden has been lifted. Thank you for hanging in with me.

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VanRamblings Weighs In On Raymond’s Health. Pt. 2 Part One of my 2025 health update may be found here. At my December 5th, 2024 appointment with Dr. Brad Fritz, my family physician for the past 42 years, while addressing the issue of my prosta...

𝐑𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝'𝐬 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐏𝐭. 𝟐

Part Two of my health series addresses the issue of my newly found heart condition(s). A much shorter column than part one.

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#𝗩𝗮𝗻𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶 | 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

A poll released by Mainstreet Research this a.m. shows a realignment in voter intention leading into 2026's Vancouver civic election, with Kareem Allam's upstart Vancouver Liberals in first place.

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𝐕𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞

Two more great films that are part of this year's @VIFFest Gala and Special Presentations programme, one of which is unlikely to return to our shores (hint: it's the latter one). #VIFF

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VIFF 2025 Galas & Special Presentations at VIFF#44 In Part One of a three part series, today on VanRamblings we take a look at this year's VIFF's Galas & Special Presentations on offer at the 44th annual Vancouver International Film Festival, set ...

𝐕𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐚 & 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐦𝐬

Today on VanRamblings, two blockbuster films that took the recently wrapped Venice Film Festival by storm set to screen at this year's @viffest.bsky.social. Both films will feature prominently in the Oscar race.

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𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐈𝐅𝐅 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 𝐁𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

Beginning today, I will seek to provide intensive coverage of the 44th annual @VIFFest throughout the month, this year's Festival set to begin on October 2nd and run for 11 days through Sunday, October 12th.

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The Politics of Personal Destruction in Vancouver In Vancouver, the politics of personal destruction has long been stock and trade for those running for office. In a city where political competition is fierce and civic identity is fragmented across 2...

𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬

Not that last time I'll be writing about the politics of personal destruction in the political realm, within which I have too often been a malefactor. Today's VanRamblings column worth a read.

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Kareem Allam, Running for Mayor of Vancouver https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rX36kEya_OY With 417 days still to go between today and election day, Saturday, October 17th, 2026 Vancouver candidate for Mayor, Kareem Allam, has begun his campaign...

𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦 | 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 | 𝐋𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝

417 days from now, political strategist Kareem Allam will be elected Mayor of the City of Vancouver. Watch this brief one minute video, and see Kareem up close and personal. Worth the watch. #vanpoli

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Festival Fever: The Fall Season That Shapes Hollywood’s Awards Race As the dog days of summer give way to the crispness of early fall, the annual transformation of the cinematic landscape begins. The summer movie “silly season” — a cavalcade of sequels, superheroes...

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬

Today on VanRamblings, I write about the four precursor film festivals, the will commence prior to our Vancouver International Film Festival in October. The serious movie season is upon us.

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Ken Sim | A Trumpian Mayor Fires the City Manager, Paul Mochrie On July 22nd, well respected Vancouver City Manager Paul Mochrie "stepped down" from his post, after serving more than four years in the job. Paul Mochrie, former City Manager in the City of Vancou...

𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐢𝐦'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥 𝐌𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐛

Today on #VanRamblings the back story on why City Manager Paul Mochrie was all but forced to / was fired from his job at Vancouver City Hall. #vanpoli

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#VanPoli | An Introduction to Kareem Allam, Vancouver’s Next Mayor Charismatic, achingly articulate and eloquent in a way we have never experienced in a member of Vancouver's political class seeking municipal office, a bold, historic, near revolutionary and unapologe...

𝐀 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐦, 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫

On VanRamblings today, a brief insight as to why I believe Kareem Allam will, and must, become Vancouver's 42nd Mayor come the evening of October 17 2026.

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𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐖𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐬

A month ago, there were 8 Mayoral aspirants looking to become Vancouver's next Mayor. Now there are 4. Read all about it on VanRamblings today.

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𝐕𝐚𝐧𝐑𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐈𝐭𝐬 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧

We're back, at least for the next 14 months leading up to the 2026 Vancouver municipal election.

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A packed, overflow @copevancouver.bsky.social AGM - being held at the 411 Seniors Centre Society building at 19th and Fraser - now underway, with more folks arriving by the minute. Electeds, Vancouver City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social and @suziemah1.bsky.social have already presented. #vanpoli

Vote for Sean Orr on Saturday, April 5th for Vancouver City Council, go to your closest polling station and cast your ballot for the serious-minded, extremely bright young man of integrity, the hope of Vancouver’s future, who will always be there to fight for you and your family. #vanpoli

An information session at #KitsNeighbourhoodHouse on the #BroadwayPlan, sponsored by @vote4team. Overflow, packed house. #vanpoli