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Nov. 24, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Are We Suffering from Kuebiko?

This term  as reported in the Indy 100 is a Japanese term that means “fatigue generated by senseless trauma”. “Kuebiko was…
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Nov. 23, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Where is Our Uber?

In Business in Vancouver, Peter Ladner asks what a lot of us have been pondering-“Why is it taking so long…
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Nov. 22, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Fair Trade Zones for City Renters?

It is no news that it is difficult to find an affordable place to rent in Vancouver, and that has…
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Nov. 22, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

AirBnB now providing concierges with those condos

  In what is a pretty well thought out and executed play, AirBnB has announced their latest venture. The upstart…
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Nov. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Minister of Transportation-Full Steam Ahead on Massey Bridge

In a move that will not surprise Minister of Transportation Todd Stone has come out in favour of the Mayor of Delta’s missive…
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Nov. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Solving Environmental Issues one Tree at a Time

We’ve had some very knowledgeable people as Vancouver City Arborists. Any tree planted on city boulevards, city owned parks and…
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Nov. 21, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Economic Upside of Parks

This news item written by New York City Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver describes our changing perspective on parks. New York City’s…
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Nov. 20, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver and the Secret of the 1970's

Gastown Riot, photo by Stan Douglas Vancouver has developed differently from any other city in North America in terms of…
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Nov. 18, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Tenth Avenue Bikeway, The Hospital Precinct, and the $900,000 Question

The City of Vancouver has information here on their proposed bikeway plan for Tenth Avenue between Oak and Cambie Streets which…
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Nov. 18, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-Canadian Cyclist's Houseboat makes Irish Landfall

  News media sources including the BBC report that a Canadian houseboat has shown up on the beaches of County Mayo in…
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Nov. 18, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Dark Days & Dangers of Distracted Driving vs. Distracted Walking

Here we go into the darkest months of the year when pedestrian/vehicular crashes usually spike and the very surprising and…
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Nov. 17, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

"There's a Kind of Hush"…Electric Cars to get Noisier

The BBC reports on a problem that anyone driving electric vehicles knows well-people do not hear you when you approach. So…
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Nov. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Motorists fume as the Right Bank Turns Left

As reported by the CBC and others the City of Paris is doing a remarkable thing in permanently closing the Right…
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Nov. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The "Santana Row" effect coming to your commercial area

There is a new “mall reinvention” in town-and you may  find it on a street near you.As reported in the…

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