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Jan. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Agricultural Land Reserve, Vicki Huntington, and the Future of the Region

Vicki Huntington needs no introduction to the people living in Delta. Ms. Huntington was the former MLA for Delta South…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 For Work with the Biggest Planning Impact

In the category of the Gordie Award for  Work with Biggest Planning Impact, Price Tags Vancouver unanimously chose the ambitious New…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: Millennials and the "Missing Middle" in Housing Form

Tom Durning of the Daily Durning sends this article from the Washington Post which quotes our very own City of Vancouver Planner,…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Vancouver We Know Gone?

    Christopher Cheung has written an evocative piece in Metro News  that really resonates with the remarkable changes Vancouver…
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Dec. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Season's Greetings From Price Tags Vancouver

    This image is courtesy of Price Tags contributor, author and artist Michael Kluckner. The Co-Editors of Price Tags’…
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Dec. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

T'was the Night Before Christmas in Vancouver's West End…

From CBC’s Stephen Quinn in the Globe and Mail~ a Vancouverized twist of an old Classic: T’was the night before Christmas, and…
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Dec. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: What Vancouver Can Teach Seattle about Affordable Housing

It’s always interesting to see ourselves through other people’s perspectives, and this article from Crosscut.com via Tom Durning contextually examines Vancouver from…
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Dec. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Statistics Canada Figures on Who is Buying What in Vancouver Real Estate

Statistics Canada  and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation released some new figures about housing in the Metro Vancouver market,…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro House Prices Go Up, Vancouver Taxes Too

As reported in Business in Vancouver housing prices in Metro Vancouver are not doing a southern retreat anytime soon,  despite any policy…
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Dec. 13, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Halifax Explosion~Reforms,Racism and Trees

December 6, 1917 marked a horrifying event in Canada when over 2,000 people lost their lives in the explosion of…
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Dec. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Can the "Pimp My Zimmer" Campaign translate into more Colourful Streetscapes?

From Britain and the BBC News comes this interesting piece that may also have impacts on how we design and think…
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Dec. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Battle of the Clayton Heights Basement Suites

There is a tempest in Clayton Heights, where home owners (who also have rentable coach houses in their back lanes)…
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Dec. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A "Poor Door" and Why is it used in New Vancouver Developments

Urban reporter Jen St. Denis with Metro News has been following the controversy regarding different  doors in developments for separate entrances to…
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Dec. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Foundation's New Report on Our Connections and Engagement

The Vancouver Foundation produced a study in 2012 that looked at the “strength of connections and engagement” among Metro Vancouver…

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