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Feb. 12, 2022 / Gordon Price

Population and Priorities: who should get the next SkyTrain?

CBC’s McElroy reports on the positioning that has already started for the next SkyTrain line. … the main goals of…
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Feb. 11, 2022 / Gordon Price

How to kill Kingsway in order to save it – and why we can’t

John Mackie is the Sun’s writer with an historic lens.  He helps us see the shape of the future through…
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Feb. 11, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Dunbar Discoveries & The Back Lane Train

Our Viewpoint Vancouver scientist, “Dr. Bourgelat”  has been walking the back lanes of the westside of the city, and made…
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Feb. 11, 2022 / Gordon Price

Heritage Week in BC: ‘Altogether Inclusive’

February 21-27 is Heritage Week in BC and across Canada. ‘Altogether Inclusive’ explores the many ways that heritage engagement needs…
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Feb. 07, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Where are Young Families in Vancouver’s “Making Home” Direction?

One of the important tasks of the Mayor and City Council especially in an election year is to heal rifts…
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Feb. 03, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Jack Webster Looks At Granville Street Mall in 1978-Has Very Much Changed?

A blast from the past that has some relevancy today-from February 1987 here is Jack Webster a journalist who was…
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Feb. 02, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Why One Station on the London Underground has a “Personalized” Voice

On London’s Underground all the voices are automated announcing what train is coming in, and of course, reminding you to…
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Jan. 31, 2022 / Gordon Price

“Settler” and Other Words – Ambiguous, Ominous and Otherwise

Am I a settler? Not by the dictionary definition: “a person who moves with a group of others to live…
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Jan. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Learn from the Dutch: Cycling for All Ages & Abilities

Chris and Melissa Bruntlett are international treasures who are sharing their lives in the Netherlands through their work in active…
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Jan. 27, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Council Explores Six Strata Units on Single/Duplex Housing Lots-Is it Enough?

Developing innovative housing policy in single housing areas is a natural progression. Thirty years ago suites in basements were illegal,…
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Jan. 26, 2022 / VWPT Vancouver

New Podcast: Three Quick Questions for Ken Sim

  Check in for Episode Two of Viewpoint Vancouver’s election podcast feature: Three Quick Questions. Where, in under ten minutes,…
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Jan. 25, 2022 / Gordon Price

Housing Reform: Why don’t we just go Kiwi?

  Here’s the clearest explanation of what New Zealand has done to address housing need and affordability – in a…
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Jan. 25, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Muskoka or Adirondack? These JUMBO Chairs Becoming New Public Space Favourites

They are comfortable, so Canadian and are perfect for Covid physical distancing. They are a huge campy set of Muskoka…
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Jan. 20, 2022 / Gordon Price

Revising History with Sam Sullivan: The TEAM Era

The fourth and final video of Sam Sullivan’s four-part development history of Vancouver.  Full playlist here.   An Alternative Opinion…

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