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Jun. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Back to Deltaport's Dirty Coal,Terminal 2, and the Green Tubes

Richmond’s Garden City Conservation outline two initiatives impacting the vital Fraser River estuary which passes through Richmond and Delta.  A citizens’…
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Jun. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Chinatown under "Siege for Densification?"

It has been an interesting time to read the different viewpoints being expressed about the proposed 12 storey Beedie development…
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Jun. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Let's Build a Bigger Mall!

In the truth is stranger than fiction category CNN Money reports   on the puzzling emergence of  “American Dream Miami” a South…
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Jun. 07, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why is Vancouver's Affordable Housing Policy Turning Out to be Unaffordable?

This piece by Nathalie Baker in the Province describes the work of  Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA) to enable the “development…
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Jun. 02, 2017 / Gordon Price

Climate: It could have been so much easier

I buy this: Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement was not really about the climate. And…
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Jun. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

City Schools Looking for Kids

The Tyee and Carlito Pablo have written about the continuing decline of student registraton in Vancouver, with a further 250 kids…
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Jun. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Trump to Humanity: Drop Dead

It may be that whatever response we were making to the challenge of climate change was insufficient.  But at least…
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May. 31, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Becoming Tunnelled Vision in New Provincial Alliance?

While the Mayor of Delta rues on CBC news that the unsustainable, overbuilt, multi-billion dollar Massey Bridge may not be constructed due…
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May. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Says Deeper Fraser River not needed, time to Twin the Tunnel, Nix the Massey Bridge?

The timing of this announcement after the Provincial election is puzzling.As reported in the Surrey Leader the Vancouver Fraser Port…
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May. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Ill Fares the Land while Richmond Farmland Mansion Builders Profit

It’s been a grumpy week. Despite the fact that megahouses are taking up the most arable lands in Canada in…
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May. 18, 2017 / Gordon Price

Antarctic Dispatches

While the world shudders at the latest inanity from the Id of Trump, this is what’s really consequential:   Antarctica’s ice sheet…
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May. 17, 2017 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: A Different Angle on Foreign Buying

Ian: Interesting flip of the normal narrative. From Better Dwelling:  According to the National Association of Realtors, the top 5 markets…
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May. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Don't Volcano Mulch the Trees Please!

As a public service announcement and as a way to positively contribute to the urban forest, this article by Kathy Thomas of…
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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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