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Jun. 24, 2021 / David Sadoway

David Sadoway: “We Need a Regional Carbon Emissions Plan”

It’s really important to move folks  (including Vancouver Council) to thinking about carbon emission reduction from a regional perspective. I’ve…
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Jun. 21, 2021 / Gordon Price

History Lesson: “That’s the end of condominiums” – but not for homeowner tax advantages

Historian Michael Kluckner provides further info on the post regarding the preservation of rental housing in Kerrisdale in 1989.  The…
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Jun. 15, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Should You Pay to Park In Front of Your House? City of Vancouver Says Yes.

    As part of the Climate Emergency Action Plan presented November 2020, the City of Vancouver released an ambitious”Climate…
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Jun. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

Reimagining Surrey City Centre – Jun 15

SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue and SFU Public Square are hosting “Beyond COVID: Reimagining Our City Centres!”  Sign…
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Jun. 09, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Developer Disses Pedestrian Friendly Street in New Zealand

  In the “you just can’t make this stuff up” department, here’s one to stick in the time machine and…
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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. 31, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Public Washrooms on South Granville Street or the New Broadway Rapid Transit Connection? Nope.

Once again I ventured onto South Granville Street and once again I was greatly disappointed when I need to find…
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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. 18, 2021 / Gordon Price

Los Angeles (Re)discovers the Missing Middle

One of Vancouver’s Sister Cities is Los Angeles (yup, LA) – a city that builds fewer new homes per capita…
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May. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Optimistic State of Downtown Vancouver

The Downtown BIA presents their State of Downtown report this year via video: It’s been particularly rough for Downtown in…
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May. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

More Ammunition in the Gentrification War

There’s a premise out there (articulated pretty much at every rezoning hearing by Councillor Jean Swanson to justify a no…
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May. 13, 2021 / Gordon Price

The Post-Pandemic Seasonal Restaurant

Here in the Gilford Street minipark in the West End, there is a restaurant – once the fabled Delilah’s (ask…
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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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Dec. 22, 2022

Human Rights and Cities – How Can Municipalities Do the Right Thing?

David Sadoway

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Dec. 21, 2022

Goodbye and Thanks!

Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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Dec. 19, 2022

Vancouver’s “Dinosaurs Against Fossil Fuels” (DAFFS) Way Ahead of Their Time

Sandy James Planner

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