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Mar. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Up Is Down; Left Is Right; and It's Always Tea Time

George Affleck provides his amusing view on the changing civic election landscape.  In his mind, the NPA is the new,…
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Mar. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidate List – October Civic Election

The October civic election in Vancouver will bring one new mayor and around 5 new people to serve as councilors…
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Mar. 12, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Election Word Play – 3

The NPA won a council seat by running Hector Bremner in the recent by-election.  He’s now an NPA mayoral hopeful.…
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Mar. 08, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Election Word Play — 2

Perhaps this could be titled “Rear-view Mirror Politics”.  Other names could be “vision-less politics”, or perhaps “hot-button campaigning”. I’ve scraped…
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Mar. 06, 2018 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Civic Election: A Candidate's Statement – Christine Boyle

Price Tags will post candidate’s statements – who they are, what they’ll do – for the upcoming civic election.    …
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Mar. 02, 2018 / Gordon Price

An historic Trump hotel in Vancouver

The one that helped bring bring down Ivanka and Jared? From CNN: The FBI has been looking closely at the…
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Feb. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Civic Election~City Councillor Candidate Brandon Yan

Price Tags Vancouver will be following the civic election, and posting the statements of all candidates running for City of…
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Feb. 28, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

How We Pay For Urban Transportation~ New Westminster's Innovation Thursday

From City Councillor and Urbanist Patrick Johnstone, on the City of New Westminster’s Transportation Forums at Innovation Week: Thursday March…
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Feb. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Civic Election: A Candidate's Statement – Tanya Paz

Price Tags will post candidate’s statements – who they are, what they’ll do – for the upcoming party nominations and…
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Feb. 27, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

A Tale of Road Pricing in Three Cities

What can London, Stockholm and Singapore teach New York City and other places considering  congestion pricing? The New York Times explores how…
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Feb. 25, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

The New NPA?

Here’s an oddity for Vancouver’s next civic election, sure to be a season of oddities and rancor — as City…
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Feb. 23, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Bigger, Better TransLink

This morning’s TransLink announcement is most welcome to the vast numbers of people who use SkyTrain and Canada Line to…
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Feb. 22, 2018 / Gordon Price

Lecture and Webcast: Shaping the New Mobility – Feb 28

​Disruption All Around! How People, Platforms and Planning are Shaping the New Mobility Speaker: Robin Chase, former CEO of Zipcar…
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Feb. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Environment Canada Expressing Habitat Concern with Deltaport's Proposed Expansion

Price Tags Vancouver has been reporting on the proposal for the Port of Vancouver’s two billion dollar container terminal expansion planned…

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