Laura Ballance

A little walk and talk inside the Agrodome…looks good! And a little ⁦@PWHL__Vancouver⁩ talk too!

The (apparently inadvertent) Canadian stream is "the best thing that could have happened," a CBS source told me tonight, arguing that Sharyn Alfonsi piece's was "excellent" and should have been televised in the US as intended. Full web write here >>> cnn.com/2025/12/22/med…

Downtown Van welcomes City Council’s move to cut red tape and advance key recommendations from the Vancouver Business Growth Task Force. These steps—modernizing permits, simplifying pop-ups, and creating a Small Business Navigator—will help make Vancouver an easier place to do business. As our President & CEO Jane Talbot shared: “This is a positive first step toward a more responsive and supportive environment for small and medium businesses. With continued collaboration, we can further reduce barriers and make it easier to do business in Vancouver.” We look forward to building on this momentum with our partners and the @CityofVancouver.

Thank you, @LauraBallance, for hosting this morning’s press conference at the Roxy on behalf of our Granville Street members. Today, we stood up for the businesses on Granville Street that have long shouldered the impacts of persistent street disorder and the complex challenges associated with the SROs in the GED. We are encouraged to see that residents of the Luugat will soon be relocated to housing that better supports their needs and provides safe, humane living conditions. These SROs were placed on Granville by the province at the height of the pandemic as a temporary emergency measure. It is now critical that the province expedite the relocation of the remaining SROs, as Granville Street is at a tipping point and urgently needs a sustainable, long-term path forward for everyone in the neighbourhood. @KenSimCity @VancouverPD @CityofVancouver