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May. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA Rejects Bremner

The NPA board has rejected Councilor Hector Bremner as their mayoral candidate, following his approval by NPA’s Green Light Committee.…
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May. 07, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Right's Fights; Left's Effed

Time to revisit the slate of candidates — and question marks — for the mayoralty in the City of Vancouver,…
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May. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Agricultural Land Commission Tells Bradner and Abbotsford Not In Their Farm Yard

Price Tags has been writing about the carving off of farmland to accommodate other uses seen as more immediate in Metro…
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May. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Agricultural Land Under Threat in Toronto too

In the City of Richmond, British Columbia, where the most arable soils in Canada are supposedly protected under the Agricultural…
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Apr. 27, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver Mayoral Madness: Spring Edition

As the October 20 civic elections slowly advance upon us, the noise level in Vancouver is beginning to rise.  Are…
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Apr. 21, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidate Review – Vancouver Civic Election

Time once again to thank Ian Bushfield (@ibushfield) for keeping an ever-lengthening list of people who have announced (with some…
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Apr. 20, 2018 / Gordon Price

Transit in Two Cities: A Comparison of Seattle and Vancouver

Last month the Seattle Times sent reporter David Gutman up to Vancouver for a story on the similarities and differences…
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Apr. 20, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The World of *Mageddons

Most things change, but some never do. It’s time for a (nearly) serious review of the World of *Mageddons™ . …
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Apr. 19, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Subway to UBC [Updated]— In Serious Talks

Similar to YVR Airport’s approach, UBC may decide to kick in some money and other inducements and approach senior governments…
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Apr. 18, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Strong 6ix — Pushing for Change on Toronto's City Council

There’s an interesting movement happening in Toronto, where a small group of millennials is determined to change municipal politics by providing…
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Apr. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Alphabetic Ballot Bias

It’s long been suspected that ballots alphabetized by candidates’ names confer an advantage to those at the ABCD end of…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA's Coupar Speaks On Video

What does Mr. Coupar stand for, what would he do as Mayor, and how? Check out the video.…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

NPA Mayoral Hopeful #4

Add Ken Sim to the candidate list for the NPA’s Mayoral nomination in the October 20 civic election.  Stay tuned…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The Cambie Report — Episode 4 Mario Canseco Research Co

Cambie Report Episode 4: Mario Canseco Research Co (49 minutes) Here’s my completely selective synopsis of the main ideas zipping…

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