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Aug. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Climate Adaptation and Resiliency: Flood Proofing & The Living Dyke Project

There’s some interesting work happening in Metro Vancouver regarding climate change and flood protection. Viewpoint Vancouver wrote about the need…

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Aug. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Smart Growth Network Free Webinar: Enhancing Planning & Emergency Management Capabilities

Collect, Create, Classify, Curate: Enhancing and Integrating Planning and Emergency Management Capabilities Participants of this live webinar are eligible for…

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Aug. 29, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Two Cities: Seattle now Providing Electric Vehicle Charging Stations on Residential Streets

In “Green” Vancouver which has adopted a transportation hierarchy which supposedly favours the lowest level of micromobility, walking and rolling, …

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Aug. 29, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The End of Summer with Photographer Ken Ohrn

Nobody quite captures Vancouver the way photographer Ken Ohrn does. You can review his documentary photos of the undoing of…

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Aug. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Most Vulnerable at George Pearson Centre are Pawns in Onni Developer Spat with City

Viewpoint Vancouver has written before about George Pearson Centre (GPC) at 650 West 57th Avenue that houses some of the…

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Aug. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Edinburgh Saves 60 Million Canadian Dollars Just By Slowing Driver Speed Limits to 30 Km/h

While we are still struggling to urge the Provincial government to allow municipalities to declare areas of their towns as…

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Aug. 24, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

New York City Installing 30,000 Window Sized Heat Pumps in City Owned Apartments

In Vancouver sixty percent of carbon pollution is due to the use of natural gas to heat buildings and hot…

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Aug. 24, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Event with the Urbanarium: Splash Pads & Community Water Parks

All Day All Night All Seasons All Ages All Abilities About this event What do you like about splash pads…

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Aug. 23, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Road to Zero: The US National Safety Council Free Webinar on Best Practices

Reducing transportation deaths takes hard work and decisive action. On August 24, attend the Road to Zero Coalition’s next webinar…

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Aug. 23, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Rethinking the Right Turn on Red

Do you know the history of how vehicle drivers were allowed to turn right at a red light? And did …

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Aug. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

“Vanbikes” by Colin Stein: Finally a Definitive History & Recounting of the Modern Cycling Movement

Vancouverite Colin Stein has written what is arguably one of the most important books of this year, and one that…

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Aug. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar: Soft City Building Density for Everyday Life

This is part of Gil Penalosa’s “A Walk in the Park” series. Gil is currently running for the Mayor of…

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Aug. 19, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Former Expo 86 Plaza of Nations Site Now Redeveloping for Condos, Public Waterfront

There is one more piece of False Creek North that will now be developed, the former “Plaza of Nations” property…

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Aug. 18, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Return to Pleasantville: Photographer Ken Ohrn Documents The Barge Bidding Adieu to English Bay

Our very own Ken Ohrn is a remarkable photographer and storyteller. He has been following the saga of Vancouver’s largest…

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Sandy James Planner

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