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Feb. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Church Rezoning versus Single Family Neighbours

  Cheryl Chan in the Vancouver Sun  reports on the  Dunbar Ryerson United Church located in Kerrisdale that has  a…
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Feb. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

CN Rail, District of West Vancouver, and One Walkway/Bikeway

Its one of those stories that just won’t go away-why do the railways in major cities behave in such an…
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Feb. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Reboot, Renew, Rebrand that City

With a whole bunch of other issues going on, the City has decided to change its brand. As Wanyee Li reports…
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Feb. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Density and the Missing Middle-Learning from Europe

There has been a lot of discussion about housing density and what higher density can look like without going to…
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Feb. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

For Whom Does the Massey Bridge Toll?

The lack of Provincial response to the concerns of adjacent municipalities and mayors to the impending Massey Bridge mega-billion dollar…
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Feb. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Where are the "Transitioning Buyers" Going?

The Globe and Mail‘s Kerry Gold reports on a new wave of condo buyers that is happening at a faster…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to the Massey Bridge- Because it's the 21st Century

From Price Tags commentator Alex Botta:…
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Feb. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why those Drive-Through Tims Are Not Good For You

Again south of the Fraser River the editor of the Delta Optimist weighs in on the need for his morning “double double”.…
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Feb. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Less Car Congestion, Less Asthma in Children

Nala Rogers writing in In Science notes that Stockholm Sweden was one of the cities that instituted “congestion pricing” by scanning…
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Feb. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Switzerland leads-Entire Town Slows to 30 km/h

As reported  in Ville 30 the  town of Gland Switzerland with a population of 12,500 have decided that the ENTIRE road network…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Donald Trump, NYC and The Little Bench That Could

As first reported in the Boston Globe you can almost hear what Donald Trump said about the 22 foot long public…
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Feb. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown, High Density Development and Why This Matters

This article by Wanyee Li in Metro News gets to the nub of a vital issue for one of the oldest,…
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Jan. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Slow Speeds, Toughen up Laws to Deter Road Violence

  Patrick Brown is a Toronto based criminal injury lawyer-and he was recently on CBC Radio’s Ontario Today discussing something we at Price…
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Jan. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta Road Violence Fatalities: "Some Element of Speed and/or Distraction"

On the south side of the Fraser River,  Delta Chief of Police Neil Dubord is well-known for his community policing approach, and…

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