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Oct. 18, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Taking an Election Break — 5

Charleson Park, Saturday, while I escaped for a few hours from the steady drumbeat of 2018 civic election tweets, robocalls,…
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Oct. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Taking an Election Break — 3

It looks like a carefully curated theme, but really, there are just so many families with kids out there in…
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Oct. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Taking an Election Break – 2

On a break last Saturday from the 2018 civic election’s swirl of dueling slates, loopy publicity shots, sneaky snarly snark…
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Oct. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Taking an Election Break

During these waning days of the Vancouver civic election, I took an afternoon pause to enjoy our wonderful city —…
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Sep. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Triple Tweets — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

On the emerging election issue of a subway to UBC, we have a few diverging opinions — within the same…
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Sep. 24, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Cycling Survey — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

HERE‘s another terrific job being done by HUB, the cycling advocacy group, on behalf of its members and all people…
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Sep. 19, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Bike Share — A New Generation

UBC’s Dropbike is in operation at the Point Grey campus. You can see the bright orange and white bikes rolling…
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Sep. 17, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Cycle Superhighways In London

This video (below – it runs 8:47) tells quite a story about what happens when you get ambitious about encouraging…
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Sep. 14, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Candidates Talk Bikes — 2018 Vancouver Civic Election

After a Vancouver civic election mayoral candidates meeting, we have a much clearer picture of where some candidates fall on…
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Sep. 13, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Vancouver’s Broadway Rapid Transit — Elevated or Tunneled?

Vancouver, in 2025, should be home to a new mostly-tunneled Skytrain route through BC’s second-largest jobs centre. It’s rapid transit…
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Sep. 13, 2018 / Gordon Price

Great Streets for Seniors – Sep 26

Join PT editor (and director of Walk Metro Vancouver) Sandy James for this ULI event — a morning conversation to…
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Sep. 11, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Pachal On Light Rail South of the Fraser

Nathan Pachal is a councilor in Langley City, and a friend of Price Tags.  HERE, he discusses the business case…
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Sep. 10, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Switcheroo, Mayor and City Manager Running for Council on ex Provincial Liberal Agenda

Everything old is new again as the former city manager of the City of Delta vies for the Mayoral seat…
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Sep. 07, 2018 / Gordon Price

The Cambie Precedent: Extraction for Construction

Given the implications, this story should have been on the front page: A B.C. Supreme Court justice has awarded three…

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