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Mar. 28, 2019 / Colin Stein

Jim Hanson’s Brilliant Idea for Housing in District of No Vancouver

You may have caught wind of the District of No Vancouver’s — how shall we say — odd approach to…
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Mar. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Who is Revising Vancouver’s Policies One Wikipedia Entry at a Time?

Wikipedia was launched in 2001 and is now one of the most popular general reference source on the internet. It…
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Mar. 28, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Duke of Data Andy Yan Was Right All Along~Vancouver Housing Ownership

What a difference four years make, and some apologies need to be made by several people to the Duke of…
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Mar. 26, 2019 / Colin Stein

Strike 3 for District of No Vancouver, and a Resident Responds

Much continues to be said and written about the District of No Vancouver’s compulsive nixing of social and non-market housing…
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Mar. 26, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Listening, not Listening at Seattle City Council

There is a very short video clip showing a member of the public in the City of Seattle that went…
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Mar. 22, 2019 / Gordon Price

Zoning Walls Going Up

  By the post-election decisions being made by some of the smaller, more affluent municipalities in Metro, the messages seem…
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Mar. 20, 2019 / Gordon Price

New York to adopt ‘Vancouver tax’ to pay for subway

Only they call it the ‘pied-à-terre  tax.   From the New York Times: A plan to tax the rich on multimillion-dollar…
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Mar. 19, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Volunteer Job Jar~Sit on a Civic Advisory Committee in Vancouver

  One of the greatest things you can do is volunteer, and even better learn about your city while doing…
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Mar. 15, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Port of Vancouver’s Deltaport Terminal 2 Expansion Torpedoed, Western Sandpipers Celebrate

In the Good News, Bad News department, Delta Optimist’s Sandor Gyarmati reports on the face-saving exercise being undertaken by Deltaport’s…
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Mar. 12, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

No Kidding Around for Mayor in Fair Haven Vermont

What do you do when you live in the small town of Fair Haven Vermont (population about 2,600) and you…
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Mar. 11, 2019 / Gordon Price

Metro Sustainability Breakfast – Mar 14

On average, we buy three times more clothes than we did in the 80’s, and it is estimated that one…
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Mar. 08, 2019 / Gordon Price

District of No Vancouver: It Gets Worse

We’ve covered the rejection by the District of North Vancouver Council of the Delbrook affordable housing proposal, CHAC funding and…
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Mar. 07, 2019 / Gordon Price

The District of No Vancouver, (dis)continued

After scrapping an 80-unit rental apartment building, with rents offered 20 per cent below market, along with a seniors’ respite…
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Mar. 05, 2019 / Colin Stein

DNV Withdraws Core Funding for Affordable Housing Committee

As a follow-up to yesterday’s post on the subject, last night the District of North Vancouver council did what it…

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