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Jul. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Stanley Park’s Tally-Ho: Equine to Engine in 1906

The word “Tally-ho” used to refer to the cry of a huntsman chasing a fox on horseback, and also applied…
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Jul. 05, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Canadian Cities Parks Report

The 2022 Canadian City Parks Report Be there when Park People launches the 2022 Canadian City Parks Report, the fourth…
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Jul. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Overall Vancouver Plan Creates Capacity, Nixes Neighbourhood Input

It is kind of in reverse order, but after passing the Broadway Plan with a myriad of amendments Vancouver City…
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Jul. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Comment Policy on Viewpoint Vancouver: Play Nice

Just a reminder about Viewpoint Vancouver’s Comment Policy. Sure you may be enraged about things and wanting to rage against…
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Jul. 01, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Summer Solstice Sidewalks on Charles Street, Vancouver

We asked Viewpoint Vancouver readers to send in photos of their  favourite summer sidewalk  in our summer solstice post. Artist…
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Jun. 28, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Taking it Back in Delta: Waving the Canadian Flag on Canada Day

In the dusk of the pandemic the Canadian Flag was used as a rallying cry by anti-vaxxers and  truck protesters…
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Jun. 27, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Mount Pleasant Park Board Pool Duels: City of Vancouver Says You Never Told Us

In the “You Just Can’t Make This Stuff Up” department the City of Vancouver is deciding not to fund the…
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Jun. 27, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Vancouver Summer Sunday By Photographer Ken Ohrn

Ken Ohrn’s images never disappoint: In this image taken yesterday in Kitsilano he writes “Out again this morning on my…
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Jun. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

David Ley on Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Tower Densification Does Not Mean Affordability

David Ley is a thoughtful and well known  urban geography professor emeritus at University of British Columbia who is just…
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Jun. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Michael Geller, The Broadway Plan & The Great Myth: Density Does Not Make for Affordability

This week the Broadway Plan will be back at Council committee. Everyone has an opinion on this plan which impacts…
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Jun. 21, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Summer Solstice: Where is Your Favourite Summer Sidewalk?

Throughout Vancouver there are some remarkable sidewalk vistas that completely embrace the fact this place was originally a rainforest. Take…
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Jun. 20, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Indigenous Peoples Day with Musqueam First Nation

The xʷməθkʷəy̓əm/Musqueam Indian Band invites you to participate in Indigenous Peoples Day. We are so excited to come together for…
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Jun. 20, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Is It Time to Put Vancouver’s Park Board Out to Pasture?

  In Vancouver there’s a crowded starting line for Mayor, and many people running for Council and Park Board  that…
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Jun. 17, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Decolonizing the Shoreline

  Indigenous knowledge has defined and protected the health of our coastal waters since time immemorial, and today re-establishment is…

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