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May. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Part Two: “Compromise” on “Co-Promise”-A View from an Informed Reader

  Price Tags is blessed with an educated base of very informed readers, who richly  contribute to the comment section.…
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May. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tsawwassen Mills, Warren Buffett, and the On-Line Retail Shift

You are not hearing a lot in the press about the Tsawwassen Mills Mega Mall, built by the Quebec Ivanhoe…
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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. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Sound of One Mayor Clapping Against Mayor's Council #CureCongestionGuide

In one of those puzzling moments, the Mayor of Delta has spoken out against the Mayor’s Council on Regional Transportation-which…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Friday File-Mr. Floatie Flushed from Victoria

Metro News reports that Mr. Floatie has been around a while, and he has made the point quite clear at his…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Port Mann Bridge, the Massey Bridge and the French Connection

  If you go  through the Massey Tunnel, you’ve seen an increase in machinery and people wearing hard hats at…
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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. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Census Canada Says: We Are Getting Old

  Yesterday was a very exciting day for planners and statisticians who eagerly anticipated the new release of Census Canada…
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May. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Crossing in "heart" of Musqueam Territory, but First Nations Not Consulted

In a press release from the Musqueam Nation, Chief Wayne Sparrow stated  “Musqueam has not been meaningfully consulted nor accommodated for…
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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

"Show Courage, Please U-Turn on the Massey Bridge Decision"

Another cogent letter in the Richmond News written by Andy Hobbs questions the expenditure of $3.5 billion dollars (now forecast to…
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Apr. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Port's Dirty Secret-Vancouver Biggest Exporter of Coal in North America

Alberta Oil Magazine reports that Vancouver is now North America’s largest coal  exporting port. Imagine-even though 66,000 people in China died…
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Apr. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tide Changing in Seattle as Neighbourhood Council Input nixed by City

Next City describes the changes occurring to the thirteen neighbourhood district councils in Seattle. These groups of activist homeowners have “held…
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Apr. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge, Billion dollar Boondoggle?

Imagine in fifty years what people will say about the decision-making occurring in Metro Vancouver. For some reason the Province…

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