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Sep. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urbanist in the Okanagan 4 – Two Kind of Towns: Bisected or Bypassed

There are two kinds of towns in the Okanagan (and most of BC). It depends on the provincial roads that…
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Sep. 22, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Bike Boom and Winter: Will Vancouver Become a ‘Conventional’ City?

The Park Board has justified the removal of the bike lane in Stanley Park because “The data tells us we…
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Sep. 22, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

A 30 Kilometer Live Public Art Performance for Train Travellers

From Paul Caune~What about a moving theatre project that centres on a train? That’s exactly what this project from Jörn…
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Sep. 21, 2020 / Gordon Price

The Brew Normal, with Daily Scot

Items in the Inbox from Daily Scot: Have you seen the Keefer Yard in Chinatown?   My favourite outdoor Covid…
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Sep. 21, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Free Webinar~Supporting Rural Recovery & Resilience

The Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) presents a two day free online conference hosted by the Rural Policy Learning Commons.…
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Sep. 17, 2020 / Gordon Price

How do we start limiting congestion NOW?

A challenge question for PT readers: How should we start to limit congestion before it becomes unacceptable? There’s a real-life…
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Sep. 17, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Park(ing) Day 2020: Streets for People, Gehl Free Webinar

Join John Bela, Founder of Park(ing) Day to discuss the event’s creation and evolution into what we are now all…
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Sep. 16, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver’s City Manager, Sadhu Johnston Steps Down

Yesterday Vancouver’s City Manager, Sadhu Johnston resigned from the City. This is a very big thing. The job of the…
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Sep. 14, 2020 / Gordon Price

The NPA Co-opts Seniors and the Disabled for the Sake of Motordom

  A report from Global News reporter Nadia Stewart, with a headline that distorts the story: The protest had three…
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Sep. 14, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Mayor Bob & the Carson City Downtown Reboot

Mayor Robert Crowell (who is known by everyone there as Mayor Bob) passed away last week while serving his third…
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Sep. 14, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Heritage Foundation Virtual Lecture~Yucho Chow

  Vancouver Heritage Foundation – Chinatown Through a Wide Lens: The Hidden Photographs of Yucho Chow   FALL 2020 VIRTUAL…
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Sep. 11, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urbanist in the Okanagan 3 – Saviour of the Small Towns

Let’s begin in Osoyoos, the southern-most town of the Okanagan: The shot above was taken on August 27, 2020. Here’s…
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Sep. 11, 2020 / Sandy James Planner

Enough Talk~Provide Downtown Public Accessible Washrooms Now

  We have a culture that makes excuses about the fact we don’t require a public basic service for a…
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Sep. 09, 2020 / Gordon Price

Urbanist in the Okanagan 2 – An Unexpected Rate of Change

This is what Keremeos BC looks like in my memory from the 60s – the uncontested Las Vegas Strip of…

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