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Feb. 01, 2012 / Gordon Price

Beyond Vague Terrain: Finding Vancouver in Surrey

For some of the most intriguing perspectives on Vancouver, the City, you’ll have to go to Surrey, the Art Gallery.  Beyond…
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Jan. 26, 2012 / Gordon Price

A Useful Resource: Metro Vancouver Housing Data

As the debate heats up over housing affordability (and what to do about it), actual facts may help – like…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

The $100 Hot Dog: Enough Already

Please, please stop the media excess.  No more stories about the cognac-infused hot dog on Granville Street. I think maybe VREAA…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

131 Years of Global Warming in 26 Seconds

Sure, most of you know (and accept) this*: But in this 3-D age (Doubt, Deny, Delay), it helps to be…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

NPA in need of fresh civic vision to survive

My Business in Vancouver column: . What happened to the NPA? And what now? This once-dominant civic party barely survived…
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Politician’s Quandary – Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (7)

More quotes from my InRoads article: The politician is in a difficult place. Constituents expect problems of congestion to be…
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Jan. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

What we get for our taxes

As municipal budgetary deadlines approach, expect to hear  a lot from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation – in particular, spokesperson Jordan…
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Jan. 23, 2012 / Gordon Price

Urban Futures Redux

A 40-year old legacy lives on –  on-line. URBAN FUTURES SURVEY 2012 LAUNCHED It started in 1973. It happened again…
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Jan. 20, 2012 / Gordon Price

Surrey ENERGYShift Panel & Open House

Join the City, experts and members of the community to move Surrey towards an energy efficient, low carbon, healthy community that supports…
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Jan. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

The Cycle of History – and Vancouver real estate

Jesee Donaldson captures the spirit of Vancouver – and the truth about our speculative past – in this piece in The…
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Jan. 18, 2012 / Gordon Price

One Year’s Growth: Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (6)

More quotes from my InRoads article: Consider, for instance, the growth in vehicles in Metro Vancouver. Currently, there are 1.48…
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Jan. 16, 2012 / Gordon Price

Price Points – The first new town centre

It could have been this: . . This rendering from 1971 was a vision of a new regional town centre.  But where? …
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Jan. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

Why climate change is like walking your dog

A Norwegian video simply explains the difference between weather and climate in 65 seconds:…
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Jan. 10, 2012 / Gordon Price

May in January: Where to from Durban?

Carbon Talks starts off its Spring series: International Climate Change Diplomacy: Where To From Durban? January 26:  At the SFU Harbour…

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