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Aug. 18, 2007 / Gordon Price

Woodward's Rising

As I learned on Council, when it comes to the issue of housing, especially in the Downtown East Side, advocates…
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Aug. 15, 2007 / Gordon Price

Boiling Over

Given the person, the place and policy, this is an extraordinary statement : “It’s a very major matter that threatens…
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Aug. 10, 2007 / Gordon Price

Strip Search

My current colmn in Business in Vancouver (unabridged): B.C. Towns Seek New Vision After a tour by rail and road…
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Aug. 08, 2007 / Gordon Price

Lifestyle over Life

Read this story – Road Kill: Why are we so worried about terrorism when so many more people are dying on…
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Jul. 29, 2007 / Gordon Price

How We’re Seen

By, in this instance, the Washington Post: Vancouver’s Olympic Challenge City Faces Pressure to Fulfill Social Pledges That Helped It…
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Jul. 26, 2007 / Gordon Price

Sprouts

The downed Catalpa tree at the entrance to Stanley Park – blown over in the December windstorm – has served…
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Jul. 17, 2007 / Gordon Price

Taking Advantage of a Good Crisis

My latest column in Business in Vancouver: July 10-16, 2007; issue 924 Housing crises can generate solutions Having been on…
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Jul. 06, 2007 / Gordon Price

Closing the Door

Mayor wants transit ‘terrorists’ banned, said the headline in the Surrey Leader. The ‘terrorists,’ according to Maple Ridge Mayor Gordy…
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Jul. 05, 2007 / Gordon Price

Perth Gets Pricey

The New York Times reports on how the commodities boom in Western Australia has affected the price of housing in…
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Jul. 03, 2007 / Gordon Price

Serious change

As far as I know, this didn’t get reported in the MSM.  (Sean Pander passed it along.) Last night Vancouver…
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Jun. 25, 2007 / Gordon Price

Future Shock with an Irish Accent

Hey, Peak Oil fans, this just out: The following documentary produced by Irish national television … predicts what Peak Oil is…
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Jun. 24, 2007 / Gordon Price

Beached Tanker

This is Newcastle, Australia, where the weather is still too unstable to pull this grounded tanker off the beach on…
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Jun. 19, 2007 / Gordon Price

Gordon Campbell Gets Religion

The Sun reported on the Premier’s speech to the Board of Trade conference “A Climate for Change” – another indication…
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Jun. 14, 2007 / Gordon Price

Is Geen Just the Colour of Money?

Do you have to be rich to be green? Sustainability, it seems, is associated with affluence – at least if…

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