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Dec. 06, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

B.C.'s Climate Plan-What Climate Plan?

  It’s had the feel of a strange year. A good point was at the C40 meeting in Mexico City,…
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Dec. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart – Evergreen Impressions

By Gord Price What makes me take the Evergreen Line? Beer. There is a cluster of breweries and craft pubs…
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Dec. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Get Rid of Speed Bumps, Fix Air Pollution.

As reported in the British Telegraph, Motordom’s last gasp is alive and well with a science reporter letting us know that…
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Dec. 02, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-Public Art and Not So Public Art

Thanks to the quick eye of an artist and an article in a British newspaper, a large piece of public art has…
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Dec. 02, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart – The Greatest Security Threat in Vancouver

By Gord Price … and not just Vancouver. A building branded with the name of an American president — any…
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Dec. 01, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart – Hope, Change and Climate in the Age of Trump

By Gord Price I think it’s time to cut the comment responses on Trump’s Climate Legacy – 2.  But to give those…
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Nov. 30, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart – Revising the Metro Identity

By Gord Price: The desired image of the Metro Vancouver economy may be ‘resorts and real-estate’ or ‘green jobs and…
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Nov. 29, 2016 / Gordon Price

Found Art

Art:   The artist: Some symbolism in there somewhere.…
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Nov. 29, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Avoiding the Vancouver Vacancy Tax

  The Better Dwelling.com folks  describe it here:  “You get a Vancouver address, live in one of the city’s nicest…
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Nov. 28, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart – Tolling and TSPs

By Gord Price Mayor John Tory of Toronto announced last week that he’s going to try getting road tolls on…
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Nov. 28, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Tunnel, Massey Bridge and Politics.

  In the recent  Delta Optimist, Doug Massey, son of George Massey has taken a look at the recent report by…
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Nov. 25, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart – November 25

Gord Price: An analysis of the regional economy has just about been completed by UBC profs Tom Hutton and Trevor…
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Nov. 24, 2016 / Gordon Price

Kickstart- November 24

By Gord Price Finally: The total cost of the first phase of the plan is $2 billion, with $370 million…
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Nov. 24, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Are We Suffering from Kuebiko?

This term  as reported in the Indy 100 is a Japanese term that means “fatigue generated by senseless trauma”. “Kuebiko was…

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Sandy James Planner

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