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Jan. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Well, Long Ago, It Was Legs

But now, that’s so passe. This time, it’s a hydrogen fuel cell.  With thanks to Reuters. French startup launches hydrogen-powered…
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Jan. 16, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Frankencar Planning

As the age of fully-autonomous vehicles rumbles our way (seemingly unstoppable), you might feel the nag of a few questions…
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Jan. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Making the Office Not Just Green, but Healthy for Humans Too

With the call for sustainability, why are we not seeing health benefits and energy reductions going hand in hand in…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Foggy Sunday Greenway

Maybe it’s just me, but it seems that the Arbutus Greenway is busier each time I travel on it.  Even…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

When Cities Say No to Fossil Fuel Investment

Imagine if a city like New York City decided to get rid of  five billion US dollars of fossil fuel…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Bridge~ Liberals Suppressed Report on Twinning the Massey Tunnel

The Delta Optimist  has published a  letter that really should have  been their big headline. But never mind~Price Tags Vancouver…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Winter Olympics Cities Are Warming Up

  The experience of Vancouver hosting the Winter Olympics in 2010 pointed to an issue~what do you do when it’s…
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Jan. 12, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Bike Lane Sanity, and Nonsense

As Vancouver city council prepares to vote on Wednesday on a separated bike lane southbound on the Cambie Bridge, opinions…
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Jan. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Culture, Food Security and Development in Chinatown~

There’s an event at  Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre location with the principal author of the Hua Foundation’s Vancouver Chinatown Food…
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Jan. 12, 2018 / Gordon Price

Discovered on Google: Thai Wiring

While wandering around on Google maps, the online traveller can find all kinds of intriguing things – like the sheer…
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Jan. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

Clever Dutch: A 3-D printed bike bridge

Tim Pawsey thought this was interesting: This small bridge over the Peelse Loop canal happens to be the first ever…
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Jan. 10, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Nix the Farmland,Build a Mansion in Richmond~Make Millions for Shell Company

If anyone ever doubted that farmland was being usurped and transferred into private gated estate cash cows, this story in the…
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Jan. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Seymour Street Hisses with the Mosquito Anti-Loitering Device

  If you have been walking on Seymour Street between Robson and Smithe you have probably heard it~kind of a…
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Jan. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Canadian Shopping Mall Report Card Released~Urban Malls are "In"

The Retail Council of Canada has released its   annual  report  on how Canada’s shopping malls are doing. Canada’s top…

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