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Nov. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Looks like Foreign Ownership was a Vancouver Issue After All

After being vilified for doing the right work for the right reason,  urban planner and Duke of Data Andy Yan…
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Nov. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City Approves Short-Term Rentals~but no Basements or Laneway housing

As reported in Metro News by Jen St. Denis, Vancouver’s city council  has been considering how to regulate short-term rentals like Airbnb.…
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Nov. 03, 2017 / Gordon Price

SFU City Conversations: Rethinking and Repurposing Waste – Nov 9

SFU City Conversations: Rethinking and Repurposing Waste In coordination with the launch of New Delhi-based artist Asim Waqif’s new installation at Offsite, SFU…
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Oct. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Google 's Sidewalk Lab Chosen for Toronto's Quayside Development

As reported in the Toronto Star a federal-provincial-city agency overseeing Toronto’s Quayside 12 acre  project site  announced that Sidewalk Labs a sister…
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Oct. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Trying to Stop Condo Flipping at One Burrard Place Vancouver

One Vancouver developer is dealing directly with the problem of condo buyers who purchase condos prior to occupancy, and then…
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Oct. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Low Income Households on the Rise in Metro Vancouver

Aiken Lao image In a review of just released Statistics Canada data, Andy Yan, director of  the City Program at…
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Sep. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Musqueam First Nation Builds "Lelem"

As reported in the Vancouver Courier the Musqueam First Nation is going ahead with the development of 21 acres of  land they…
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Sep. 14, 2017 / Gordon Price

SFU City Conversations on Market Day – Sep 21

SFU Market Day: Local Food, Food Security, and Saving Local Agriculture On Thursday September 21, SFU City Conversations visits the…
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Sep. 06, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Scuttled for New Process Inclusive of the Metro Vancouver Region

You would think that a large metropolitan region like Metro Vancouver would have a good relationship with the Provincial government…
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Sep. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

BC Hydro Plans for Change from Massey Bridge Provincial Marching Orders

  Back to the south side of the Fraser River where the B.C. Hydro corporation, a crown agency is already…
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Aug. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Toronto's Chief Planner Leaving City Hall

There is a changing of the guard in the City of Toronto with head planner Jennifer Keesmaat leaving after five…
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Aug. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Film Location Scouting in a City of Vacant Houses

Years ago, one Vancouver post and beam house was scouted for a major music network as their “1970’s Clubhouse”. Unfortunately…
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Aug. 09, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning

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Aug. 04, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

The Curious Effect of AirBnB

Writing in “Building“, Andrew Sobchak and Laura LeBlanc look at short term rentals (STR’s) in Vancouver, from a broad perspective…

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