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Jan. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Carving out the ALR one slice at a time

The ALR-or Agricultural Land Reserve-is one of the most precious things we as citizens of this province own.This article in…
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Jan. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Farm Land or Large Mansions on the Agricultural Land Reserve?

From the Richmond News the City of Richmond has decided to create a bylaw restricting the size of houses built on…
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Jan. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Everything Old is New Again- Vancouver Art Gallery Hornby Location

A compelling video from 2014 (quoting 2014 budget prices) is narrated by Vancouver architect Peter Cardew about how the current…
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Jan. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Day Six: The Gordie Award for Moments of Courage

Today is the final day of the Gordie Awards where the Editorial Committee of Price Tags ranks the good, the…
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Jan. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Day Five of the 2016 "Gordie" Awards for "Most Polarizing Planning Issue"

  For 2016 there were four stories that were deemed by the Price Tags Editorial Board as being the Most…
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Jan. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Day Four of the 2016 Gordies-"Most Puzzling Planning Work"

For Day Four of the 2016 Gordies, two awards are being given in the category of “Most Puzzling Planning Work”.…
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Jan. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Day Three of the 2016 Gordies-Award for Planning for Big Impact-Positive or Negative

On Wednesday we are awarding the  2016 Gordie for “Planning for Big Impact [Positive or Negative]” There were a lot…
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Jan. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver-Roberts Bank Expansion and Environmental Assessment

The year 2017 will be a telling one in Delta, with a development hat trick: the consideration of  Port Metro…
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Jan. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

First of Six 2016 Gordie Awards-Biggest Transportation Story-

The “Gordies” are awarded annually by the Editorial Board of Price Tags with input from readers. “Gordies” for 2016 will…
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Dec. 30, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Time for the Annual 2016 Gordies

The Price Tags Editorial Board has met at the secret undisclosed location near Lost Lagoon in Stanley Park to ponder…
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Dec. 19, 2016 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: What's in a name?

From the New York Times: Rochelle LaPlante, who works for Mechanical Turk, an internet platform for people to post and…
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Dec. 19, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver and continuing habitat losses to the Fraser River Estuary

The Globe and Mail newspaper reporter Mark Hume has just reviewed the Community Mapping Network (CMN) work which sampled the 151…
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Dec. 13, 2016 / michaelkluckner

Language spin #2: the gig economy

If the billionaires behind Uber and Car2Go can offer “ride shares” and “car shares,” as in an earlier post, how…
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Dec. 13, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Housing Prices up 40%, Despite Foreign Buyer's Tax

This article by Bloomberg News via Frances Bula says it all.While housing price increases went up by 40 per cent in the…

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