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Aug. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Party Time In a Vancouver Alley

Ackery’s Alley is another addition to people places in Vancouver, and is set to launch with a fun party: Thursday…
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Aug. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Thoughts On Vancouver Rapid Transit – Broadway to UBC

TransLink, UBC and City of Vancouver engineers and planners have told us what they think about the technology for the…
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Aug. 02, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Dwindling Of the Incumbents — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

In October, Vancouver’s 2018 civic election will produce a Council with, at the most, 3 incumbents: Adriane Carr Heather Deal…
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Aug. 01, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

A Summer Night With Vancouver’s Biennale

Doin’ Vancouver stuff the other night and strayed purposefully to check out two sculptural pieces and a film event from…
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Jul. 31, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

2018 Vancouver Civic Election — the Party Scene

It’s almost completely an NPA news day in the upcoming 2018 Vancouver civic election.  But the party scene is getting…
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Jul. 30, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver 2018 Civic Election – Yes Vancouver Slate

Vancouver’s field of candidates in the 2018 civic election has just widened, now that Yes Vancouver (not to be confused…
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Jul. 28, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

City of Surrey — Congestion Relief Strategy

The City of Surrey is ready to “speed up traffic”, reports the Surrey Now-Leader, in transportation news from the second-most…
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Jul. 26, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Careful Progress, Baby Steps: Vancouver’s Jericho Lands

The 90-acre Jericho Lands, a huge greenfield, sits in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighbourhood. We all wonder what will rise…
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Jul. 25, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver 2018 Civic Election Update: Summer Swelter Edition

Incremental change in the still-big field of entrants, as we edge under the 90-day mark on our trudge towards the…
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Jul. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Bike Share Milestone

Mobi by Shaw Go (Vancouver’s bike share system) has reached a new milestone — a 3-ride-per-bike, per-day average (well, 2.99…
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Jul. 20, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Cambie Report with Price & James

You will enjoy the latest live version of the funny and lively Cambie Report, featuring Price Tags’ Editors Gordon Price…
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Jul. 20, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Let’s Talk Vancouver Civic Election

And then there were seven. Continuing developments around Vancouver’s 2018 civic election include polling, endorsements and withdrawals. Latest Canseco poll: …
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Jul. 20, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Friday Funny: And Now, Cannabis Yoga

It’s time for the latest in a most Vancouver-like unfolding epic saga:  the ever-mutating world of yoga. The latest:  …
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Jul. 18, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver’s New Community Park

Real estate developer Concord Pacific is turning a big chunk of well-located, but mostly unused, Vancouver asphalt into a community…

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