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Oct. 06, 2017 / Gordon Price

Civic Byelection Candidates – SFU City Conversations

One of the rare occasions where people are paying attention to the candidates in the upcoming civic byelection on October…
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Sep. 28, 2017 / Gordon Price

Change in the West End: What comes next?

Chain restaurants don’t do that well in the West End.  One year, back in the 1980s, about five closed down…
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Sep. 28, 2017 / Gordon Price

Garbage Talk

This is interesting for several reasons: Ever seen a sanitation department use language like that? It’s a pro-active approach to…
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Sep. 26, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – That Supply Issue

Zoning, the missing middle and lack of supply are frequent topics in discussions regarding the housing crisis in the City…
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Sep. 24, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Migration from Main Street

Burcu’s Angels – a good example of a hip independent shop if there ever was one – has left trendy…
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Sep. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

What are the odds of Amazon HQ2 coming to Canada?

0. Imagine Amazon, the creative destructor of the 21st century, the killer of hundreds of businesses large and small, displacer…
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Sep. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

Vancouver Gavotte

In case you missed this video from the City Of Vancouver, here it is again.   Don’t watch it as…
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Sep. 19, 2017 / Gordon Price

A Good Reason To Go to Church – Sep 30

Here’s a West End (and music) institution: Jazz Vespers at St. Andrew’s-Wesley United Church – 25 years old. Tickets for…
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Sep. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Plugging your Electric Vehicle into the Street Light Pole

One of the big questions as we go towards electric car technology is where all those new vehicles are going…
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Sep. 13, 2017 / Gordon Price

SFU Courses for Environmental Professionals

Natural Resources Planning Using the Open Standards for the Practice of Conservation Friday, Sep. 22; 9am – 5pm SFU Vancouver…
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Sep. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Massey Bridge, The Mayor of Richmond and the MLA that still wants to be a Councillor

Back to the south of the Fraser River where the Massey Bridge is getting a serious rethink by the Province,…
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Sep. 06, 2017 / jamesavbligh

Vancouver Skyline from English Bay

Taken this Sunday aboard the Elision. From left to right: Lions Gate Bridge, Stanley Park, downtown, Burrard Bridge, Mount Baker, Vanier…
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Aug. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar-Lead Designer @ Smallworks

Georgie nominated and Ovation awarded Smallworks is looking for a lead designer at www.smallworks.ca The successful applicant will work in a…
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Aug. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta's "We Need A Bridge" Campaign Brings Out the Video

Back the south of the Fraser River where the Corporation of Delta  continues the sound of one set of hands…

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