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May. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown and a Twelve Storey Building

Business in Vancouver has published a think piece by Kirk Lapointe regarding the contentious development of a twelve storey building by…
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May. 30, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Two Wheels To Work

At Dunsmuir and Richards early (for me) Monday morning, watching the people go by in droves on their way somewhere…
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May. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Motordom Reigns Supreme in Ontario where a Pedestrian Crossing is a Courtesy

Perth Ontario is located 83 kilometers from Ottawa and is an old town established after the War of 1812 in…
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May. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Says Deeper Fraser River not needed, time to Twin the Tunnel, Nix the Massey Bridge?

The timing of this announcement after the Provincial election is puzzling.As reported in the Surrey Leader the Vancouver Fraser Port…
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May. 26, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Arbutus Greenway Still Rolling Along

I visited the Greenway a few days ago and saw lots going on, as the temporary Greenway takes shape, giving…
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May. 25, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image — Waitin' For a Train

On Union St. yesterday afternoon.…
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May. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Something's Afoot on Edmonton's Jasper Avenue

As noted by the CBC there is a lot happening in Edmonton this summer, and you can add removing the curb…
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May. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Ill Fares the Land while Richmond Farmland Mansion Builders Profit

It’s been a grumpy week. Despite the fact that megahouses are taking up the most arable lands in Canada in…
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May. 23, 2017 / Gordon Price

Who gets the best view in the world?

Well, maybe one of the best views in Vancouver: Who regularly accesses this marvelous view?   Easypark Lot 10: Absurd,…
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May. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Horseshoe Bay Condo Developers Put Locals First

Jane Seyd in the North Shore News  describes the unusual policy of allowing local people to buy into a new…
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May. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Disconnected Wind Phone

As reported in City Lab, Otuschi Japan lost ten per cent of its population in the 2011 Tsunami-about 1,600 people…
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May. 18, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

My Town, My Way

Here’s a place where people have changed a little part of their town into something lovely.  An old traffic-calming barrier…
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May. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are there 800,000 Empty Bedrooms in Metro Vancouver?

Metro News and reporter Jen St. Denis reports on Toronto economist Paul Smetanin who has ascertained that if an elderly couple…
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May. 17, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Connected Greenway

Connecting things, people and places is an opportunity, if not major rationale, for the Arbutus Greenway. It’s already happening on…

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