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May. 04, 2022 / Gordon Price

A Very Good Deal

The Mayor is proposing a ground-breaking deal to preserve rental accommodation along the Broadway corridor. The draft plan includes compensation…
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May. 02, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Supporting Vancouver’s Chinatown -“More than Just a Label”

Vancouver’s Chinatown is one of the city’s oldest neighbourhoods, and for over a century housed not only many early Canadians,…
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Apr. 29, 2022 / Gordon Price

Survey: Public Hearings and How to Improve Them

From the SFU Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue project exploring the current state of public hearings and potential improvements:…
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Apr. 27, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Despite Pedestrian Deaths & Serious Injury, Province Ignores Request for Slower Municipal Streets

As the weather warms up, everyone is out walking, rolling, biking…or driving their vehicle. Last year in Vancouver there were…
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Apr. 26, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Vancouver & Broadway Plans: Should “Livability” in Vancouver Mean Erasing Existing Neighbourhoods?

  As the City of Vancouver strives to create a new “Vancouver Plan”  and “Broadway Plan” which seems to focus…
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Apr. 21, 2022 / Gordon Price

“To do with what they want” – The Cambie Report’s Idea of Reconciliation

If you have a more-than-average interest in municipal and regional politics, I’d recommend Cambie Report – the podcast in particular…
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Apr. 20, 2022 / Gordon Price

Weaponizing Traffic Disruption: A Tactic for Left and Right

Both the extreme Left and Right (to use overly general categories) seem to have gravitated towards the same protest mechanism.…
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Apr. 13, 2022 / Gordon Price

Origins of The Grand Bargain

The origins of the Grand Bargain in the Lower Mainland trace back to the 1950s, when the concept of ‘Cities…
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Apr. 11, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Before the Draft Vancouver Plan of Today: The CityPlan of the 1990’s.

You would think from some of the media reports that there has not been an overall city plan for Vancouver…
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Apr. 10, 2022 / Gordon Price

Fun Facts (and Doubts) on Metro and City Growth

Some intriguing insights from the Backgrounder on Metro Vancouver Growth Projections: Our share of immigration in-migration for the region is…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Basel Switzerland Switches It Up for Fire Engine Siren-April Fool’s Joke on Citizens

Why do fire engine horns sound the way they do? Since World War Two electric sirens have been used for…
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Apr. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

There’s an App for That! New Technology Turns Phone into Portable Vehicular Speed Camera

Here’s a novel twist: now you can turn your smartphone or ipad into a portable speed camera, proving how fast…
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Apr. 01, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Grand Bargain Repeated

When I coined the term “Grand Bargain” in this post back in 2019, I wasn’t sure if it would be…
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Mar. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Faster Permit Process Means Private Property Tree Axing

Yesterday in Viewpoint Vancouver Gordon Price wrote about the City of Vancouver “making progress” in clearing the backlog of home…

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