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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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Jun. 01, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Post Pandemic Trends~The Return of the Corner Store

Remember the corner store in your neighbourhood? Coming out of the pandemic is the need to access goods right in…
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Jun. 01, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Post Pandemic Homeless & Businesses Need Assistance from City, Province

As Vancouver enters the recovery phase in the pandemic and starts opening up commercial businesses, it is important for locals to…
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May. 28, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Declares 2020 Year of the Post Pandemic Patio

I have been writing  that cities need to be nimble during this slow reopening shops and services.  Facilitating reopening of…
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May. 27, 2020 / Gordon Price

The biggest non-story of the covid emergency

When I first saw the news report in early March, I was astonished: the City and Park Board, in conjunction…
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May. 20, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Why Open Streets Are Good for Everyone & What They are Doing in Newcastle

I have been writing about Open Streets, and how they are being used Post-Covid to make accessing services more comfortable…
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May. 18, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Where is the Leadership in Post Pandemic Vancouver?

Gordon Price and I have been discussing how internationally cities are responding to the Covid-19 lock-downs by making it easier…
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May. 15, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

SMAK Debuts New Streetwise Design~City Ponies Up Potential Covid Road Measures

I have been pretty outspoken on the need to support  local retailers as they start opening up their businesses in…
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May. 13, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Achieving Low Carbon Resilience For Local Governments~Free Webinar

The Public Sector Digest is co-presenting this webinar with the international landscape design firm Arcadis. Climate change can pose considerable physical…
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May. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

A World Redesigned: What will be our most challenging urban transportation issue?

For urban centres, it will be this: (Click on title for answer.)…
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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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May. 06, 2020 / Gordon Price

Covid City Trends – Did 1918 Matter?

Richard Florida’s observation, in M GEN: “The Harsh Future of American Cities”: Much of our current aversion to crowds will…
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May. 03, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Two Percent Solution

Sun columnist Doug Todd, who has been writing insightfully about the housing market for years, reported this comment from a…
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Apr. 20, 2020 / Gordon Price

Remember “peak oil”?

From HuffPost Canada: In a tweet late Sunday, Kenney shared a screenshot showing Western Canadian Select oil falling to minus-$0.01…

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