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Sep. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

New Stuff 1 – Golden Ears Bridge

I’ve been doing a bit of travelling this last week, mainly around the region. In the next few days, some…

Sep. 08, 2008 / Gordon Price

With respect to Sarah Palin …

Will Americans knowingly elect a dispensationalist?…

Aug. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

TEAM Comes to the Paradise Makers

Former city planner Ray Spaxman, when asked to discuss “Vancouverism”, had this to say in a recent Courier article: “I…

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Aug. 22, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Air in Beijing

It’s been fascinating, when watching the Olympics in Beijing, to see how dramatically the air quality can change from day…

Jun. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

I want my carbon-funded tax reduction

It’s been the best piece of public policy in years: more tax on what we want less of; less tax…

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Jun. 09, 2008 / Gordon Price

A Blight on the Weather

Yeah, it’s been bad. Vancouver in June. But what a loss for the World Triathlon, held this last weekend on the…

Jun. 02, 2008 / Gordon Price

Candidate Interviews

Here’s a nice use of technology by Dan Froidevaux, a UBC and Langara Digital Arts grad, to interview some of…

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Apr. 28, 2008 / Gordon Price

Bike-sharing in North America Starts in D.C.

I suppose there was a remote chance that Vancouver could have had North America’s first Paris-style bike sharing program (see…

Apr. 23, 2008 / Gordon Price

Why Bother?

Michael Pollan, author of The Omnivore’s Dilemma, wrote the best seven words to open an article on nutrition that I have…

Apr. 12, 2008 / Gordon Price

Some speculation on some speculation

Here’s the unedited text of my most recent column in Business in Vancouver: News item: Metro Vancouver’s transportation authority is…

Mar. 19, 2008 / Gordon Price

Civic Substitution

Given the messy state of municipal politics, wouldn’t it be better to replace councils with appointed boards of business people…

Jan. 21, 2008 / Gordon Price

TransLink's unstrategic strategy

So: The new chair of the Translink board of directors says media will not be allowed into regular board meetings.…

Jan. 12, 2008 / Gordon Price

Memoriam

Allan McEachern Ian Mulgrew pens a fine memoriam to the recently departed Chief Justice of B.C., in today’s Sun. Among Allan McEachern’s many…

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Jan. 10, 2008 / Gordon Price

The Hillsdon Plan

This is astonishing: A comprehensive strategy for transit south of the Fraser, costed out, well presented and persuasive. At first…

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