Bye-byeIt’s been a blissful fall. Now the rains have come, the days are all too short, but at least we have the…
Dream CottagesBob Ransford, public-affairs consultant and Homes columnist in the Sun, did a nice piece on laneway housing that you can find…
A Breath-taking ProposalAt the provincial Liberal Party convention in Penticton this weekend, there’ll be a support motion for Gateway from Burnaby-Willingdon. Not…
A fork in the laneLast night, Brent Toderian, the City’s new Director of Planning, explained at an SFU City Program ‘conversation,’ why he chose…
Pricing GatewayIf the old line about ‘publish or perish’ is true for academia, I’m deeply appreciative to Bill Boei at the…
ChoicesWashington, D.C. needs more Choices – and we’re not talking politics, we’re talking groceries. According to Governing magazine’s blog, the…
Salon's Guide to Literary VancouverMy goodness: The first thing to know about Vancouver, British Columbia, is that it resembles the last, if not no…
The Daily AlarmThat big ‘whoompf’ you heard this morning was the arrival of the 700-page report on climate change authored by former…
DialogueIt’s so gratifying to see the responses coming in from readers, particularly the recent posts under “More or Less’ below.…
More or Less Chris Leinberger, an urban land-use strategist, developer and fellow at the Brookings Institute, makes an almost paradoxical point in an…
Paint JobEveryone likes a good demolition. There’s just something perversely gratifying about an implosion. And ever since they blew up Pruitt Igoe…
KhenkoKhenko – the Great Blue Heron – flying above False Creek in George Wainborn Park. Off to Spokane for a…
Dogs in the ParkThere’s one good reason why City Council will never disband the elected Park Board. If it did, Council would have…
Dec. 19, 2022Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their TimeSandy James Planner