Granville Street
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Sep 14, 2026
Simi SaraHOST
But when they take something back, oh, they sure do that quietly.
Simi SaraHOST
Why did they rescind that 50% tariff on Canadian cement three weeks after implementing it? What can that tell us about the other tariffs? And we're also gonna talk about the lessons learned from this summer's pedestrian zone on Granville Street.
Simi SaraHOST
It was so successful, and yet there is doubt about it happening next year, and you won't believe the reason why.
Simi SaraHOST
And is gentle parenting getting a bad rap? Turns out people confuse it with permissive parenting.
8 MINS LATER
Simi SaraHOST
Yeah.
Jane TalbotGUEST
Feel really good, for sure.
Simi SaraHOST
And what I think what I want to let people understand about this whole thing is everybody talks about how successful that pedestrian zone was in downtown Vancouver along Granville Street this summer, and that was really Downtown VAN, was it not? People think it was the City of Vancouver, but y- you, the D- Downtown VAN was really running that.
Jane TalbotGUEST
The, we worked closely with the city, but they trusted us to activate the street, to bring in the entertainment, to give the people reasons to come to the street.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
In one of my random walks down Vancouver's main streets, I came across a band called Sons of Granville.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
The band was named after Vancouver's main strip, Granville Street.
Dagogo AltraideHOST
I caught up with the violinist after
Thomas BeckmanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
the show.
Kristen RobinsonCORRESPONDENT
normal.
Kristen RobinsonCORRESPONDENT
With the building blocks behind Granville Street's nearly three-month run as a pedestrian zone hauled away, Vancouver's entertainment district is reopening to vehicle traffic.
Ashif SuleimanGUEST
The pubs and the restaurants did extremely well.
Ashif SuleimanGUEST
Retail, not so much because they weren't really into shopping.
Kristen RobinsonCORRESPONDENT
Still, he says keeping Granville car-free post-World Cup was probably better than FIFA in terms of attracting locals.
Kristen RobinsonCORRESPONDENT
It exceeded every expectation in terms of crowds.
Kristen RobinsonCORRESPONDENT
Final costs for the approved $4.7 million extended Granville Street Party are still being calculated.
Kristen RobinsonCORRESPONDENT
The VPD expects to be on budget for its $1.4 million while Downtown Van says it will come in just under its $1.25 million.
Bob KronbauerGUEST
The internet has collectively called them the pervert glasses because perverts buy them and perverts use them in the streets.
Bob KronbauerGUEST
You've probably seen clips of people on Granville Street with these glasses asking drunk people questions late at night, questionable questions, kind of cornering people.
Bob KronbauerGUEST
And that's the stuff that we do see.
Bob KronbauerGUEST
What's the stuff that we
Kyla LeeGUEST
Ray-Ban meta.
Mo AmirHOST
There you go.
Mo AmirHOST
Are you recording people on Granville Street late at night? What do you do with those?
Kyla LeeGUEST
No, I like to use them to keep myself in the moment when I'm experiencing things because I can just with the tap of a button or even with a verbal direction, video something or take a photo and I don't have to be spending my time pulling my phone out and aiming at anything like that.
Andrew Barber-StarkeySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
What you guys don't know is that when we first got here tonight, Dave, there was a wire that he was missing trying to get the video hooked up.
Andrew Barber-StarkeySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He ran from here all the way up to London Drugs on the corner of Granville and Georgia and back down here in about five minutes to get what he needed.
Andrew Barber-StarkeySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's a true make it happen guy, so really give him a good hand, yeah.
Andrew Barber-StarkeySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He's still tweaking, they always are.
Justin McElroyHOST
It is keep Vancouver safe and the plebiscite question, the non-binding plebiscite question asking people essentially do you think drugs are bad and do you think we should ask the province to formally ask the province to create – involuntary care center with 100 beds or more at a location, possibly St. Paul's Hospital, is part of their plan.
Justin McElroyHOST
We saw it with how much they've talked about Granville Street of making that pedestrian only more and saying our opponents voted against it, Pete Fry and Rebecca Bly, and saying we're the campaign of fun and then talking about zero means zero and if reelected that they would have another year of where the local property tax portion of your bill would remain frozen.
Justin McElroyHOST
So those are the things they're going to talk about.
Justin McElroyHOST
Like I said, the platform itself is going to come out sometime either next week or the week after that.
George AffleckHOST
That's a big...
George AffleckHOST
Kitzpool, crime, drugs, downtown Eastside, safe injections, public safety, Granville Street, clean city.
George AffleckHOST
That's what this election is about.
George AffleckHOST
And if you don't understand that, and clearly all the other candidates are saying that's not the issue, and ABC is.
Mike SmithHOST
this happens over and over and over again in our province and small business owners are fed up with it they say they don't think the government is doing enough to deal with this i don't blame them for being unhappy i got claire lynn standing by to talk about this first have a listen to another store owner here This is Ashif Suleiman.
Mike SmithHOST
He owns a clothing store on Granville Street.
Mike SmithHOST
It's called The Rock Shop.
Mike SmithHOST
And it happened to him again.
Stanislav VoloSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The realization of of this immense amount of amazing people around us, it kind of completely blows my mind out.
Jordan ArmstrongHOST
The Granville Street pedestrian zone is officially closed, and the stretch of road will reopen to vehicles later this week.
Jordan ArmstrongHOST
The area was initially set up for fans to gather during the FIFA World Cup in June, but was extended to September as part of a pilot project by the City of Vancouver.
Jordan ArmstrongHOST
Grace Key has more.
Grace KeyCORRESPONDENT
It's the last day of the Granville Street Pedestrian Zone and there were plenty of free activities for people of all ages.
Grace KeyCORRESPONDENT
Three, two, one.
Grace KeyCORRESPONDENT
Perfect.
Jay BomfordSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's expensive for sure, but I think it tracks.
Jill BennettHOST
Today, we take a closer look at what is happening in Metro Vancouver after a late Friday announcement that the CAO, Jerry Dolbrovolny, is out.
Jill BennettHOST
Plus, the end of the pedestrian-only stretch of Granville Street in downtown Vancouver, what businesses are saying, and will it come back? Plus...
Jill BennettHOST
The frontman of Our Lady Peace and singer-songwriter Chantal Krawiazek joined me to talk not only about a new show coming to town, but their new book as well.
Jill BennettHOST
That's all coming up on the Jill Bennett Show podcast.
12 MINS LATER
Jill BennettHOST
Thank you for coming on the show.
Jill BennettHOST
Thanks so much for having me and staying on this important topic.
Jill BennettHOST
It is the end of the road for the pedestrian-only zone on Granville Street in downtown Vancouver.
Jill BennettHOST
If you took part in any of the festivities during FIFA or with the extension of the zone, you know what it was like.
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