(With apologies to Clement Clarke Moore)
’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through The Bay,
Not a creature was stirring, what else to say?
Canada’s oldest company, in June it closed,
Creditors and workers, boy were they hosed!
Along came Mrs. Weihong Liu,
She’s just Ruby to me and you,
Owns malls on the Island and Tsawwassen,
Made a flashy bid, without caution,
But Cadillac, Oxford and Ivanhoe,
Convinced the judge to tell Ruby: “No!”
Scene from the last weekend of The Bay at the Vancouver flagship store. (Mackin)
Stands a Richmond land appraiser,
That verdict caught him off-guard,
Title to fields and warehouse yard,
Cowichan Tribes scored private land,
The locals shout “this cannot stand!”
At Mayor Brodie, on centre stage,
Shock, worry and even rage,
After 25 years, he’ll step aside,
Richmond’s gift cards aplenty,
Metro junkets for mayors, 10 or 20,
When will Eby, the Premier, get serious,
About that sewage plant, so mysterious?
Four billion dollars shame,
Corruption or bungling, it’s just lame,
Eerie clouds over Metrotower,
How long can Jerry stay in power?
Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry in Japan (X)
He ends it in the arms of Katy Perry,
Carbon tax is now zero,
Carney, not Poilievre, the hero,
Liberals and their Elbows Up,
NDP’s Singh, the big loser, yup!
B.C.’s right wing upheaval,
John Rustad is no Evel Knievel,
Autumn winds, rains and a tremor,
Interim leader Halford, that’s Trevor,
Dallas and Tara’s meteoric rise,
Mayor Ken Sim (right) and Tsleil-Waututh chief Jen Thomas on June 11, 2025 (Mackin)
Mayor Sim dressed like a jolly elf,
No stride or leap, but a tiptoe,
Extolling the virtues of crypto,
Ken is on a campaign,
To extend his reign,
Tax and spend like Nero?
He’s Mr. Zero Means Zero!
Kareem Allam and Rebecca Bligh,
Their hats in the ring, confidence high,
Who else has that mayoral dream,
Greens, OneCity, COPE or TEAM?
Whither the professor, remember K-Stew,
B.C. Place Stadium at Thomas Muller’s Whitecaps’ debut on Aug. 23, 2025. (Mackin)
White, Gauld and Ahmed feint and they deke,
Crowds grow under the B.C. Place cover,
Didn’t know you were a soccer lover?
The surprise of MLS and CONCACAF,
Came close in ’25; in ‘26 the last laugh?
World Cup coming, Aussies, Kiwis and Qatar,
Tickets will cost as much as a car,
Who is that fella, smiling on the screen,
The Whitecaps star, the German thirteen,
Thomas Muller, the beard on his face,
They call him the “Interpreter of Space”,
Knocked off his feet, hear the ref and his whistle,
Another PK, Muller let’s go like a missile,
I heard him exclaim, as he ran out of sight—
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