Vancouver rundown for Monday, May 26, 2025. The
city of Vancouver had to clear the Burrard Street
Bridge of anti -Semitic graffiti ahead of Sunday's
Walk with Israel event. Several beams were spray
-painted with anti -Israeli symbols and words,
along with Gaza. A statement from the city says,
while the right to free speech and peaceful protest
is recognized, acts of hate and discrimination
are not tolerated. Other news. Two high -profile
political insiders are being sued by Mayor Ken
Simm for defamation. Simm's former campaign manager
and Chief of Staff Kareem Elam and businessman
and political pundit Alex Akumas are named in
a suit that claims a too -disgusted allegation
that the mayor was pulled over for drunk driving
but let go without documentation. An outside
investigation concluded the DUI rumor was baseless
Sim is seeking general aggravated and punitive
damages. Delta Police and Siakam's secondary
administrators spent the weekend asking parents
to check in with their kids about Friday night's
planned fights during Ladner's May Day events.
Police think students from the high school in
North Delta and those from Ladner's Delta secondary
had pre -planned a weekend of fights. Other details
have not yet been made public. It's time to reduce
Metro Vancouver from 21 municipalities down to
only half a dozen. That is the opinion of Mike
Harcourt. The former NDP Premier and Vancouver
Mayor says such a move would carve down costs
and avoid disasters like the massive cost overruns
on the North Shore Water Treatment Plant. He
says a city like Coquitlam would be better off,
including Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and more,
and Balcara. A few showers for Monday morning
clearing by the afternoon, a mix of sun and cloud
for Tuesday, sunshine and warm inland with highs
near 30 degrees on Wednesday. For all the details
on these local Vancouver area stories, along
with those links, go to vancouverrundown .substack
.com.