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Jan. 24, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

World of Renting

More than 50% of households in Vancouver rent their home, and the vacancy rate is below 1%. Here’s an another…
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Jan. 23, 2019 / Gordon Price

Spending and Sending Messages on the 800-Block Robson

For all of Vancouver’s history, one thing has been invariably true: we prize our public spaces, our parks and waterfront…
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Jan. 22, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

The Planetary Health Diet

Among people in Metro Vancouver paying attention to climate change and its mitigation, what we eat is a rising issue.…
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Jan. 21, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

The Plecas Report Is In the Wild [Update]

Those in BC, like me, puzzled by the mysterious firing of two Legislature employees, can now read the Plecas report.…
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Jan. 21, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Civic Politicos’ New Year’s Messages

Cambie Report has something new for you, which gives a sense of where some of Metro Vancouver’s leaders wish to…
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Jan. 20, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver City Council: Climate Stuff

Vancouver City Council has declared there is a “global state of climate emergency“.  Staff are to return in 90 days…
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Jan. 16, 2019 / Colin Stein

South of Fraser Rail Proposal Includes Salvo Fired at Surrey’s McCallum

Former Township of Langley Mayor Rick Green is advocating for 99km of passenger rail to connect Surrey to Chilliwack. In…
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Jan. 15, 2019 / Ken Ohrn

Zoning, Consulting, and the Citywide Plan

Coming to Vancouver City Council from staff sometime real soon now are the parameters of a Citywide Plan process.  It…
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Jan. 14, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

The Most Important Factor for Vancouver’s Mayor & Council

Before we go any further into the year, I wanted to say how grateful I am to the folks that…
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Jan. 11, 2019 / Sandy James Planner

Real Estate, Money Laundering and the Petition to Get a Provincial Inquiry

We’d be remiss writing on Price Tags without talking about the elephant in the room~and that is the alleged money…
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Jan. 10, 2019 / Gordon Price

SFU Forum: Rethinking Referendums – Jan 31

Electoral reform. Harmonized Sales Tax. Transit funding. The last few years have seen British Columbians participate in an unprecedented number…
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Jan. 03, 2019 / Gordon Price

The Incremental Ending of Single-family Zoning

As Vancouver and Seattle engage in discussion about new forms of housing in what were once single-family housing zones, other…
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Dec. 29, 2018 / Colin Stein

BC’s Public Health Crisis — Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide (map)

This week, during my chat with Karen Ward about the human toll of the opioid, health and homelessness crises all…
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Dec. 25, 2018 / Colin Stein

The New Political Axis?

In August, our friends at Cambie Report — with their podcast guest, political science researcher and professor Stewart Prest —…

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