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Feb. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

For Whom Does the Massey Bridge Toll?

The lack of Provincial response to the concerns of adjacent municipalities and mayors to the impending Massey Bridge mega-billion dollar…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Bridge- Because it's the 21st Century

From Price Tags commentator Alex Botta:…
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Feb. 09, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

New Transit Finance Plan From Prov Gov't

With Phase 1 of the 10-year TransLink plan funded and work well underway, people are wondering where the money will…
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Feb. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cashing In on the Pre-Sale Condos

Business in Vancouver writer  Frank O’Brien outlines an interesting story to watch-what is  happening  with those assignment sales of uncompleted highrise…
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Feb. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

Gordon Price on "Civic Politics Over the Last Half Century"

Last year I received an invitation (thanks, Bruce Watson!) to speak to the Vancouver Historical Society.  We chose a nice…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Donald Trump, NYC and The Little Bench That Could

As first reported in the Boston Globe you can almost hear what Donald Trump said about the 22 foot long public…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown, High Density Development and Why This Matters

This article by Wanyee Li in Metro News gets to the nub of a vital issue for one of the oldest,…
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Feb. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

TransLink: Getting on Board

Thanks to the deadlock on transit funding broken by the promise of big bucks from the federal government, TransLink is…
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Jan. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Mike Harcourt and the Massey Tunnel-"Let's Get Moving"

Michael Harcourt was Mayor of Vancouver for six years and Premier of this province for five years. In the Vancouver Sun…
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Jan. 25, 2017 / Gordon Price

Don't Cry for Me …

Let’s bring forward a comment by Geof from the post two below, to give PT readers a chance to vent on the…
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Jan. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Beware — Elephant Entering Room

Campaign financing continues to rise as a topic of concern in our alternately sleepy and wild-west lives.  With a Provincial…
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Jan. 24, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Local Election Reform

City of Vancouver’s Council will hear a report today from the Independent Election Task Force. Created in early 2016, the…
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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

#2. Doug Massey responds to Todd Stone Letter-Massey Bridge/Tunnel "Conspiracy"

On his Metro Vancouver transportation blog, Stephen Rees has a letter from guest editor Doug Massey in response to Minister of…
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Jan. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

#1. Back to the Massey Bridge-Todd Stone on Why It’s Good For You

In that story that just won’t go away, the Delta Optimist has printed on January 20th a letter from the Minister…

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