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Jan. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Why City of Vancouver Proclamations are not really City of Vancouver Proclamations

Here’s the spoiler: you would think that City of  Vancouver proclamations would be based upon the approved criteria as listed…
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Jan. 27, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor & City of Vancouver Still Won’t Recognize Mount Pleasant’s Davis Family

I have been writing about Nita (Pat) Davis and her son John Davis junior, who after the death of John…
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Jan. 27, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Coupland Primer 2: Who Grows Where

  (Click on headline above for illustrations.) We asked stats-and-numbers guy Andy Coupland to do a background on The Grand…
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Jan. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Welcome Lon LaClaire, Vancouver’s New City Engineer/General Manager of Engineering Services

In the very good news department,  Sadhu Johnston the City Manager of the City of Vancouver has announced the new…
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Jan. 21, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Coupland Primer: Some of the Basics on The Grand Bargain

Andy Coupland was the go-to guy for stats and data at Vancouver City Hall – and who periodically visits Price…
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Jan. 15, 2020 / Gordon Price

A Livable Region Plan for the Province

  It’s not often that a political columnist will delve into the details of urban and regional planning.  Those are…
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Jan. 13, 2020 / Gordon Price

The World’s Richest People – and their education

Another intriguing one from Maps on the Web: Have you ever wondered what the world’s richest people studied in college?…
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Jan. 07, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver Life and Times of Postman and Usher Vern Frick

It is not often that a  Vancouver person’s  working life has a half century of documentation and film.  In 1964…
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Jan. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Being a Citizen in a Suffocating City

Via Kris Olds and Croakey.org this story is from Gemma Carey who lives in Canberra Australia and is an associate…
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Jan. 06, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Women are More At Risk In Car Crashes Because Vehicles Are Not Designed for Them

Last Fall Consumer Reports revealed that although most Americans killed in car crashes are male, data shows that it is…
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Jan. 02, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Not-So-Grand Bargain, as seen from above

The New York Times published a wonderfully interactive perspective on “A Decade of Urban Transformation” – the changes in the…
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Dec. 18, 2019 / Gordon Price

Twinning Tweets: Why the housing crisis won’t be solved in Vancouver

At Vancouver City Hall, December 18: Vancouver council approved a contentious rezoning application to build a five-storey rental building at…
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Dec. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

Larry Cudney’s Revenge – The Story of the Vancouver Special

A big shout-out to author Jesse Donaldson: “Land of Destiny: A History of Vancouver Real Estate” is a fun, fascinating…
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Dec. 17, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Senákw Project Approved by Squamish First Nation in Vancouver

There’s some new information on the proposed Senákw project in Vancouver which is on Squamish Nation land near Burrard Street…

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