For the week of Dec. 14, 2025:
This week on thePodcast: Political football in Vancouver.
- With six months to go, city hall’s FIFA World Cup 26 managers showed off the $24 million Killarney Park training pitch where visiting teams will prepare for B.C. Place Stadium matches. It was their first major news conference since Vancouver became a host city in mid-2022.
- With less than a year until the next civic election, Mayor Ken Sim’s ABC majority city council voted to slap a $10 tax on freedom of information requests, leading critics to wonder what they’re trying to hide.
- Meanwhile, Sim gave the MLS Cup runner-up Vancouver Whitecaps a consolation prize on Dec. 11 — the opportunity to take over Hastings Racecourse and build a soccer-specific stadium. But who will pay for it and why isn’t B.C. Place Stadium good enough?
As usual, Pacific Rim and Pacific Northwest headlines and the Virtual Nanaimo Bar.
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