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Nov. 10, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Family at 2825 Clark Street and their Great War Loss

In the last week I wrote about the house at 2825 Clark Drive and the family, Edith, Arthur and Willie…
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Nov. 03, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Author Bob Joseph on Reconciliation & the Indian Act

City of North Vancouver Councillor Tony Valente  forwarded this event on behalf of the North Shore libraries. How much do…
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Oct. 28, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Prisoners of the Pandemic in Assisted & Long Term Care

There are a whole bunch of people that have had their rights and freedoms tremendously impacted by the Covid pandemic…
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Oct. 28, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

BC Foreign Buyers’ Tax Not an Election Issue~Survey Suggests We’d Go Farther with Restrictions

Here’s an interesting poll from Mario Canseco with Research.Co and a reminder that when the BC speculation tax was passed, there…
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Oct. 26, 2020 / Gordon Price

Frances Bula Reviews “Land of Destiny”

Just out from the Literary Review of Canada: PT: Frances Bula has indispensably covered urban issues and city politics in…
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Oct. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Are you 14 to 25 years old? Applicants Needed for Global Youth and Mayors Forum, C40

  We’re looking for a group of young people from around the world to join C40 and our global mayors…
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Sep. 16, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s City Manager, Sadhu Johnston Steps Down

Yesterday Vancouver’s City Manager, Sadhu Johnston resigned from the City. This is a very big thing. The job of the…
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Sep. 08, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Political Protest or Public Art? Potty Gardens in Potsdam, New York State

Hank Robar lives in Potsdam, Upper New York State, a town with about 15,000 people. The main claim to fame…
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Aug. 07, 2020 / Gordon Price

Ann McAfee: Plans, Pandemic, Protests – Time For Cities to Pause & Pivot

PT: Ann McAfee was Co-Director of Planning for Vancouver from 1994 to 2006 at the time the extraordinary growth described…
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Jul. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Britain’s Government Prescribes Biking

It was Intelligent Health’s Dr. William Bird MBE  who led the way in Great Britain allowing medical doctors to prescribe…
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Jun. 22, 2020 / Barry Rueger

Dueling Petitions in North Van

The North Vancouver City News Facebook group exploded on Sunday with duelling petitions, one for and one against maintaining the…
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Jun. 03, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Bulldozed Africville~Halifax’s Forgotten Neighbourhood

Three years ago on the 100th anniversary of the Halifax Explosion I wrote about the 2,000 people that died when…
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May. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Sliced Meat Purveyor Gives Sound Advice for City Management

  This was supposed to be a media account to attract attention to the product, which is frozen sliced meats.…
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Mar. 16, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

New York City, the 1918 Spanish Flu & Lessons for the Corona Virus

We are in the midst of a pandemic caused by a virus that currently has no antidote. This was a…

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