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Aug. 20, 2007 / Gordon Price

Negacity

After the GVRD announced a change of name to Metro Vancouver, editors assigned reporters to another story on that old…
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Aug. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

Boiling Over

Given the person, the place and policy, this is an extraordinary statement : “It’s a very major matter that threatens…
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Aug. 08, 2007 / Gordon Price

Lifestyle over Life

Read this story – Road Kill: Why are we so worried about terrorism when so many more people are dying on…
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Jul. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

How We’re Seen

By, in this instance, the Washington Post: Vancouver’s Olympic Challenge City Faces Pressure to Fulfill Social Pledges That Helped It…
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Jul. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

Closing the Door

Mayor wants transit ‘terrorists’ banned, said the headline in the Surrey Leader. The ‘terrorists,’ according to Maple Ridge Mayor Gordy…
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Jun. 19, 2007 / Gordon Price

Gordon Campbell Gets Religion

The Sun reported on the Premier’s speech to the Board of Trade conference “A Climate for Change” – another indication…
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Jun. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Is Geen Just the Colour of Money?

Do you have to be rich to be green? Sustainability, it seems, is associated with affluence – at least if…
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Jun. 13, 2007 / Gordon Price

Cascadia Scorecard

Are you better off? Cascadia Scorecard 2007 gives British Columbia its annual check-up. Sightline’s annual state-of-the-region report finds some big…
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Jun. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

Sustainability as National Defence

 My Business in Vancouver column this week: Leaders need to view sustainability as a policy of national defence More than…
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Apr. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

TransLink: The Smell Test

No doubt the Minister of Transportation, Kevin Falcon, would like to thank all those who criticized TransLink for its failings…
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Apr. 27, 2007 / Gordon Price

TransLink: A Special Interest Group.

The Minister of Transportation is turning TransLink over to a special-interest group. One board member will be appointed by the…
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Feb. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Eco-Density Rolls Out

First up: a column by the Mayor in the National Post. It’s time to talk about urban density Tue 13…
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Feb. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

The Sound of a Vacuum Filled

That’s the Gordon Campbell I know. Over 30 initiatives were announced in yesterday’s Throne Speech to respond to global warming…
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Jan. 26, 2007 / Gordon Price

Denigrating Mr. Sullivan

The most circulated article around City Hall yesterday was Gary Mason’s column in the Globe and Mail. (Here, if you’re…

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