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Apr. 13, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Edmonton Closes 15 of 18 Public Washrooms at Transit Stations

I have been writing about the lack of public washrooms in Vancouver,  and Gordon has posted this video by CBC…
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Apr. 11, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Before the Draft Vancouver Plan of Today: The CityPlan of the 1990’s.

You would think from some of the media reports that there has not been an overall city plan for Vancouver…
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Apr. 10, 2022 / Gordon Price

Fun Facts (and Doubts) on Metro and City Growth

Some intriguing insights from the Backgrounder on Metro Vancouver Growth Projections: Our share of immigration in-migration for the region is…
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Apr. 06, 2022 / Gordon Price

Draft Vancouver Plan: First Impressions

The Draft Vancouver has been released here: The first coverage is coming out.  Here’s Dan Fumano in The Sun, and…
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Apr. 05, 2022 / Gordon Price

Revising the Grand Bargain – with Rob Grant

If the Grand Bargain is going to be discarded or majorly revised, there needs to be a new bargain –…
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Apr. 01, 2022 / Gordon Price

The Grand Bargain Repeated

When I coined the term “Grand Bargain” in this post back in 2019, I wasn’t sure if it would be…
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Mar. 31, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver Faster Permit Process Means Private Property Tree Axing

Yesterday in Viewpoint Vancouver Gordon Price wrote about the City of Vancouver “making progress” in clearing the backlog of home…
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Mar. 30, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Public Golf Courses: Are They Future Park Land Banks?

Golf courses have come over scrutiny in the last decade as large reservoirs of space that could be used for…
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Mar. 16, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

BC’s Roadmap Hopes to Reduce Vehicle Use by 25% by 2030

The Provincial Government introduced a Climate Change Plan in October 2021 that has a “Clean BC Roadmap” for 2030. The…
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Mar. 15, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

The Last Needed Link for Fraser River Trail Greenway: Private Golf Club Shuns Completion & Why a Locked Secret Historic Site should be the Showcase

There has been much discussion about golf courses in Vancouver. Along the Fraser River there is the Marine Drive Golf…
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Mar. 10, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Post Pandemic, Where are those Much Needed Public Washrooms in Commercial Areas & along Transit Stations?

During the past two years it has been very obvious that access to clean, comfortable, monitored public washrooms was something…
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Mar. 04, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Victoria’s Government Street Redesign: No Public Washrooms, But Milano Coffee Shop Saves the Day

Victoria British Columbia is a tourist town and has a lot of businesses on Government Street. So it made sense…
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Feb. 23, 2022 / Gordon Price

Heresy in Shaughnessy

 James from Shaughnessy, a Viewpoint reader, submits his viewpoint as a long-time resident …     I am a huge…
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Feb. 22, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Remote Work, Hot Desking & Why Everyone Wants to Live in Squamish

Some big pandemic news this week, including the fact that the Covid crisis is no longer a reason to work…

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