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Oct. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Unwrapping of the Wraps

And so it begins. I’ve been surprised how little Olympic buzz there has been in Vancouver so far.  Maybe it’s…
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Oct. 01, 2009 / Gordon Price

Missing Children

The latest from Bing Thom’s home-grown R&D division, BTA Works. Blue indicates a decline in enrolment. Research reveals that since…
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Sep. 21, 2009 / Gordon Price

TransLink Service

Some of you may have seen these comparisons of  TransLink’s service area with other regions, like Toronto: Or Chicago: These maps are…
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Sep. 17, 2009 / Gordon Price

The Bad Bet

My current Business in Vancouver article: The bets are in. The stakes are high. With billions on the table for…
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Sep. 15, 2009 / Gordon Price

Future Shack

The Seattle branch of the Architectural Institute of America just held a competition on “how to craft a better Seattle.” …
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Sep. 08, 2009 / Gordon Price

Mixed blessings

I don’t usually do a lot of postings on Vancouver’s real-estate market since it’s a favoured topic in so many…
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Aug. 25, 2009 / Gordon Price

Is a jail also a home?

You may have seen, heard or read about the Great Vancouver Versus Seattle Debate, held by the SFU City Program…
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Aug. 13, 2009 / Gordon Price

Fair-less Fareless Square

Portland is often pointed to as an example of enlightened transit policy – in particular, the existence of free transit in…
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Aug. 05, 2009 / Gordon Price

“Leave oil before oil leaves us”

An interview in The Independent (August 3) with Dr. Fatih Birol, the chief economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA)…
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Jul. 28, 2009 / Gordon Price

Blame it on Canada

David Godin sends in an L.A. Times report on the real-estate damage in San Diego: From 2001 through 2008, more…
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Jul. 28, 2009 / Gordon Price

Not just plastic toys.

In the race to build a small, affordable, powerful battery, a New York Times report details the challenges.  And, at…
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Jul. 23, 2009 / Gordon Price

Creative Accounting

There’s going to be lots of attention paid to transit financing in the next few weeks, as funding for TransLink’s…
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Jul. 07, 2009 / Gordon Price

Useful charts and boiled frogs.

James Fallows, the Atlantic Magazine writer and blogger, says the illustration below is “the most frequently-used chart in modern climate-change…
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Jun. 17, 2009 / Gordon Price

Marketing

Last Thursday: best breakfast I’ve had all year.  Reason: the Vancouver Farmers Market society was giving their annual briefing at…

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David Sadoway

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Sandy James Planner

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Sandy James Planner

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