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Dec. 14, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Proposed New Port of Vancouver Delta Terminal Done Deal? Hiring for Construction

What does the Port of Vancouver know that it is not telling us? Former British Columbia  Premier and former Mayor…
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Dec. 08, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Precarious State of Bowinn Ma

Bowinn Ma is the provincial Minister of State for Infrastructure.  A Minister of State, not an actual Minister (as many…
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Dec. 03, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Did Child Safety Car Seat Requirements Lower Birth Rate?

For everyone that has three kids, you know how hard  it can be to put those three kids in a…
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Nov. 30, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Port of Vancouver’s Deltaport Terminal Two Expansion Decision Deferred

It has been frustrating watching the proposed shipping container terminal expansion at Deltaport near Tsawwassen. This is the  Port of…
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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. 26, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Planning for the Post-Pandemic City~SFU Public Square

Planning for the Post-Pandemic City by Simon Fraser University Public Square When Planning Vancouver Together started in November 2019, no…
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Nov. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Oil, Cars & China~Is the Gas Guzzler Period Officially Over?

It is not small shifts in technology but big moves in governmental policy that will be the last gasp of…
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Nov. 25, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Enrique Penalosa: Equity by Design~Sustainability & Mobility

The City of Cleveland is sponsoring this talk by Enrique Penalosa, the past mayor of Bogota, Colombia on Equity by…
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Nov. 24, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Brussels Belgium Skipped Apartments, Went to “Maisons de Maitre”.

Bloomberg’s Feargus O’Sullivan has been writing an interesting series on housing in world cities. He took a look at Brussels…
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Nov. 23, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Hudson’s Bay Company Paddling Away From Landlord, Employee Obligations?

Three years ago I wrote about the turf of the  iconic Hudson’s Bay store in downtown Vancouver at Granville and…
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Nov. 23, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Federation of Canadian Muncipalities~Measuring Climate Action Progress

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Partners for Climate Protection program will be hosting a free webinar on the…
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Nov. 17, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Shalanda Baker on Wind, Energy Transition and Revolutionary Power

ASU SUSTAINABILITY SERIES | SHALANDA BAKER Arizona State University’s (ASU) School of Sustainability and Island Press are  featuring Island Press…
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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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Nov. 16, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

City Program~Regional Planning Fundamentals Course~Starts Tuesday Nov.16

In place since 1967, the Greater Vancouver Regional District (now called Metro Vancouver) has been addressing safe water supply, accessibility…

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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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