The City of Vancouver is planning to introduce temporary bylaw changes that will limit street vendors and performances, block unauthorized commercial advertising and loosen noise restrictions during the two months the city hosts World Cup matches.

The city will also ramp up municipal ticket enforcement during the period, with fines ranging from $250 to $1,000.

Those are just some of the temporary changes being proposed before the 2026 FIFA World Cup that will go before city council on Wednesday. The changes will be in place from May 13 to July 20 of next year.

The City enacted a similar bylaw for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

At the time, it initially faced a backlash over concerns that the bylaw changes would restrict freedom of political expression. A lawsuit, sup

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