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Jun. 13, 2019 / Colin Stein

A Night on the North Shore: Live Recording of the Price Talks Podcast

Do you live or work on the North Shore? Are you a fan of Price Talks, the podcast? Want to…
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Jun. 12, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Parksville’s Seniors’ Residence Cancelled Due to Homeless Housing Proximity

  There has been a lot of discussion in Parksville on Vancouver Island regarding Orca Place a nearly $7 million…
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Jun. 07, 2019 / Colin Stein

Why We Need Mayors on the Metro Vancouver Board

What’s the big deal about District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little’s decision to step off the Metro Vancouver Board?…
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Jun. 05, 2019 / Colin Stein

Inspire Jericho Talks 3: Margie Ruddick on life-enhancing landscapes

At 7pm this evening, award-winning landscape designer and author Margie Ruddick presents the third of the Inspire Jericho Talks public…
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Jun. 04, 2019 / Gordon Price

White City Alert: We Need a Name

Hopefully, PT readers are following my exploration of Tel Aviv’s White City on Instagram. As mentioned in the leading post…
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May. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Urbanist Jeff Speck in Vancouver~Walkable City Rules and the Cheese

Last week Jeff Speck was in Vancouver as part of the Jericho Talks series looking at the future planning of the…
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May. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

May 30th Workshop on the new Rental Housing Zones in Victoria

There is an interactive workshop being  held in Victoria this Thursday on the new “Residential Rental Tenure Zoning”, a new…
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May. 27, 2019 / Gordon Price

City Conversations: Dirty Money 2

. Dirty Money 2: the Dirt on Housing Prices The province recently released Peter German’s report on money laundering in…
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May. 23, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Free Tickets Still Left to Hear International Urbanist Jeff Speck Tonight!

How can walking, biking and transit shape neighbourhoods? Come hear author and urbanist @JeffSpeckAICP discuss this topic at the @InspireJericho…
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May. 21, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Mulhouse’s Magical Downtown Transformation

If you have been on the eastern border of France near Switzerland and Germany you may have visited Mulhouse, a…
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May. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

Tough Questions I Wanted To Ask

[Update: Do read Geoff’s comment at the end of this post.  Powerful and provocative.]   SFU Vancouver – the downtown…
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May. 17, 2019 / Gordon Price

Momentum: Ending Single-Family Zoning in America

In cities across the States, councils and legislatures seem ready for sweeping change – in this case, sweeping away the…
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May. 10, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Surprise! Money Laundering DID impact Real Estate Market

While there has been lots of finger pointing about how real estate prices in Vancouver could be so celestial that…
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May. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

Panel: Best High Street Design – May 29

Information and registration here.…

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