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Jun. 07, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Cutting Trees for Quicker Development Processes, Axing Tree Retention for Development Expediency?

  Take a step back into 1996, twenty-five years ago. It was exactly this time of year when the City…
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May. 24, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown: Tying In Vancouver’s Early Stories, Rediscovering Our Past

Catherine Clement probably never thought she would become a gifted curator, author and historian.  Her work uncovering and putting together…
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May. 10, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Senakw’s Federal Environmental Impact Approval Process Begins

The Federal Government through Indigenous Services has just closed a request for written comments regarding environmental impacts of the proposed…
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May. 06, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Breckenridge Colorado: Pedestrian Main Street too Successful, Council Votes to Return Traffic on Street Instead

In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, here’s Breckenridge Colorado with a population of 5,000  nestled close…
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Apr. 29, 2021 / Gordon Price

Bike Lanes: Kits Point and the Coupar Strategy of Endless Delay

A few weeks ago, BC Cycling Coalition board member Peter Ladner got an op-ed in The Sun on that perennial…
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Apr. 16, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Race is On: Sim versus Coupar

In case there was any doubt, this is going to be a hard-fought (and long) civic election.  At least one…
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Apr. 13, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Not in My Back Yard! Marine Drive Golf Course Says No to Public Access on the Fraser River Trail Greenway

  Take a walk on the Fraser River Trail Greenway which is the perfect thing to do on a brisk…
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Mar. 17, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver: Where One More Director of Planning Bites the Dust

On March 15 2021 at 12:15 p.m. a note went out that the Director of Planning Gil Kelley was leaving…
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Feb. 22, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

The Number One Fear On Sidewalks & Why Vancouver City Council Doesn’t Care

What is the biggest fear of someone who is classified as a “vulnerable” sidewalk user?  It is falling on the…
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Jan. 19, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Making it Harder for Mr. Peanut to Run for Vancouver Mayor

  It’s no secret that when election ballots were alphabetized in the City of Vancouver that they seemed to favour…
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Jan. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

An Article of the Year: Doug Ward on Vancouver’s Housing Mess and Its Politics

It’s only mid-January, and already we have a nomination for ‘Article of the Year.’ Doug Ward’s long-form analysis in The…
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Jan. 12, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Passing the Torch: Lessons Learned from Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Shirin Ebadi

  Passing the Torch: Lessons Learned for Future Generations of Women Advocates~A conversation with Shirin Ebadi at Simon Fraser University…
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Nov. 30, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Fraser River Estuary & Its Diverse Species Extinct in our Lifetime?

The Fraser River runs 1,300 kilometers from the Rocky Mountains to the Salish Sea, and creates a wide river delta…
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Nov. 17, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver Park Board & Commissioners~ Staying in their Lane?

Vancouver is the only city in Canada that still has a separate park board. That means that there is a…

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