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May. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Party turn into Parks as Sydney Australia Mayor leads Sustainability

The City of Sydney Australia and the Lord Mayor Clover Moore have been championing climate change, and have led a campaign…
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May. 10, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The word "Compromise" means to "Co-Promise"-new era ahead at the Province?

The Provincial Election is over and the electorate gasps as results indicate that no one (yet) really has the reins…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"Creme de la Creme" Reappears in Shaughnessy Property Owners Association "Slavery" Analogy

About fifteen years  ago at a hearing regarding the future of the Arbutus rail alignment (now a greenway) a resident…
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May. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How Can the Province Support a 3.5 Billion Dollar Sinking Massey Bridge?

. One of the great things about the readership of Price Tags is that the readers are a well-educated bunch who…
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May. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Cities in a Sea of Uncertainty – May 4

Cities in a Sea of Uncertainty: Metro Vancouver at Risk Have we lost our way? For the last half century,…
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May. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Premier Still Says the Massey Bridge is Good for you-The Right Work or Doing the Work Right?

Sandor Gyarmati in the Delta Optimist reports that the Premier knows what is good for you and the Massey Bridge will…
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Apr. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Harbour to Harbour Vancouver to Victoria Coming Soon

Scot Hein, architect and urban designer said that once you had a  subway system that connected your downtown, you had…
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Apr. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is Driving a Privilege or a Right?

The National Post‘s Chris Selley tells the story of a woman in Toronto who by mistake drove a Mercedes SUV…
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Apr. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Have Latte, Will Talk in the "Third Place".

In 1989, Ray Oldenburg coined the phrase “third place” in his book The Great Good Place.  The “third place” was…
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Apr. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Metro Vancouver Housing Prices Down, but Not For Long

Metro News and  Jeff Hodson reports that the latest Royal LePage housing price survey shows  a decline in housing prices in…
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Apr. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

A Provincial Election, Tolls, and Public Transit

There has been some disappointing rhetoric about bridges, tolls, and congestion coming out of the stirred soup of next month’s…
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Apr. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File: Pay Attention to the Zebra in the Streets in Bolivia

The Atlantic Monthly describes the innovative attempts of the City of La Paz Bolivia in  changing driver behaviour in the streets,…
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Apr. 13, 2017 / Gordon Price

City Conversation: Fixing Health Care – Apr 20

Fixing B.C.’s Healthcare System We’re smug about having better healthcare than the United States. But on the respected Commonwealth Fund’s…
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Apr. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Homelessness Numbers Up 30% Since Last Count

The CBC has reported that the number of people sleeping on the street in Metro Vancouver has increased by 30 per…

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