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Feb. 19, 2022 / Gordon Price

Urban Lunch: Geller and Davidoff – Feb 24

  Michael Geller: Sustainability Lessons from Dubai? Yes, Dubai! Michael Geller recently returned from Expo Dubai 2020. He will share…
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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. 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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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. 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. 18, 2022 / Sandy James Planner

Can You Sue The City Over Snow? Supreme Court and BC Court of Appeals Plow Through

Two recent court decisions inform how cities will be handling snow removal on sidewalks. In a ruling that came down…
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Jan. 02, 2022 / Gordon Price

Predictions for ’22: Tipping Point for S-F Zoning, Van Plan Pan

It’s that time of year: making predictions for the rest of the year.  (Add your own or links to others…
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Dec. 15, 2021 / Gordon Price

Kluckner: On the Question of Racial Zoning in Vancouver

Further to the comment made by historian Michael Kluckner to this post on racism and zoning in Vancouver, here is…
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Dec. 14, 2021 / Gordon Price

LA Revelations 3: Discovering the Missing Middle

If there was a time when the California Dream seemed to match up with reality for most of its people,…
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Dec. 09, 2021 / Gordon Price

Racism and Single-Family Zoning in BC

I admit it: I get a little thrill when seeing something I wrote being referenced elsewhere – even when the…
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Dec. 09, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver City Council Approves Climate Emergency Tax for Property Owners

  It was in late November that Mayor Kennedy Stewart announced a climate emergency action levy that would be introduced…
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Dec. 06, 2021 / Sandy James Planner

Self-Driving Vehicles: A Reality Yet?

Self-driving vehicles  were to make commuting effortless, and to lower carbon emissions. It’s been a dream for decades, and  most…

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