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Dec. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto Gets Lyft RideShare

Anyone downtown late in the evening knows how challenging it is to get taxi service. Price Tags Vancouver has previously written about…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are Seniors Close to Being Homeless in the Vancouver Market?

It appears that there are two population cohorts being severely pinched~younger people trying to find a place to live in…
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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Meet You for Barbeque in Chinatown~Legacy Business Success Story

It is in the 100 block of East Pender Street right beside the New Town Bakery and it truly is…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tim Louis, Lawyer, City Councillor & Outspoken Advocate~Retiring from COPE?

One of the kindest people I have worked with and without a doubt one of the smartest has just announced…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

That Semi~Private Public Space

The Guardian has written about the rise of that  open public space that appears to be public but can be controlled…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why is the West Side of Cities the Best?

In cities and towns why was the west side always seen as the best? Market Watch’s Steve Goldstein observes that researchers have…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

High Density Rental in the very West of Point Grey?

In the thinking out of the box department newly minted City of Vancouver Councillor Hector Bremner introduced a motion at Council…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro House Prices Go Up, Vancouver Taxes Too

As reported in Business in Vancouver housing prices in Metro Vancouver are not doing a southern retreat anytime soon,  despite any policy…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Colourful Stairway to Health In NYC

We all know them-those anonymous grey stairs that are just about everywhere. At the north side of Vancouver City Hall.…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Halifax Explosion~Reforms,Racism and Trees

December 6, 1917 marked a horrifying event in Canada when over 2,000 people lost their lives in the explosion of…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Driverless Buses Trialled for Seniors in Japan

As reported to the World Economic Forum  cities with large aging populations such as Singapore and Paris are trialling experimental self-driving buses. …
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Second Beach

Ride with the sun, beside the sea.…
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Dec. 11, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Foggy Beneath Burrard

Sun and fog at midday in December, and people are as active as usual beneath Vancouver’s newly fabulous Burrard Bridge.…
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Dec. 10, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Only In Vancouver, You Say

As Vancouver moves towards changing it’s housing priorities via zoning and other methods, it seems we’re not alone in our…

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