Vancouver Rundown Tuesday June 10, 2025

Mayor Ken Sim’s former campaign manager intends to run for Mayor of Vancouver in 2026. Longtime political insider and strategist Kareem Allam says he’s received a lot of encouragement to seek the job and plans to file his papers in the weeks ahead. Allam and Sim have been involved in a recent public feud that’s spilled over into the courts. Allam is one of two people named in a defamation suit filed by Sim over public comments suggesting the current mayor had been pulled-over for drunk driving but immediately let go. An independent review found the allegation to be unfounded gossip.