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Jan. 22, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

City of Vancouver's Engineering Services First Artist in Residence, Germaine Koh

  Germaine Koh, Galleries West The City of Vancouver’s Engineering Services has announced their first artist in residence,  Germaine Koh.  Ms.…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Gordon Price

Disruptive Change in Vancouver

Changing Vancouver just posted a particularly graphic example of possibly the worst transition from good to bad architectural and urban…
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Jan. 18, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Ohrn Image: Kits Foggy Sundown

Late on a foggy day in Vancouver.  A view over False Creek, Kits Point and the Maritime Museum.…
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Jan. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Red Dodge Truck Guy Running For Mayor

Found in the Broadway back alley two blocks west of City Hall. “Elect the Red Dodge Truck Guy for Mayor,…
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Jan. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Making the Office Not Just Green, but Healthy for Humans Too

With the call for sustainability, why are we not seeing health benefits and energy reductions going hand in hand in…
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Jan. 15, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Winter Olympics Cities Are Warming Up

  The experience of Vancouver hosting the Winter Olympics in 2010 pointed to an issue~what do you do when it’s…
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Jan. 10, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Nix the Farmland,Build a Mansion in Richmond~Make Millions for Shell Company

If anyone ever doubted that farmland was being usurped and transferred into private gated estate cash cows, this story in the…
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Jan. 10, 2018 / Gordon Price

Flooding by Design – King Tides in Vancouver

It was a perfect item for visual media: the King Tide in Vancouver last week that resulted in shortline flooding…
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Jan. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Canadian Shopping Mall Report Card Released~Urban Malls are "In"

The Retail Council of Canada has released its   annual  report  on how Canada’s shopping malls are doing. Canada’s top…
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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. 08, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Van Bikes interviews Cycling Advocate and Price Tags Vancouver Co~Editor, Ken Ohrn

The Van Bikes. ca blog is a lovely collection of stories about cycling advocacy and people that have supported advocacy, some for…
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Jan. 05, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

New York City installing 1,500 Bollards to protect Pedestrians

New York City will be installing 1,500 bollards on city streets as reported by the New York Times. While these bollards have…
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Jan. 04, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

All About Trees and Which Cities Have the Largest Canopies

From my colleague in Australia Greg Vann  comes this article from the World Economic Forum on trees. We all know that trees…
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Jan. 03, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Gordie Award 2017 for Happiest Transportation Story~The Arbutus Greenway

  The Gordie Award for 2017 for happiest transportation story goes to the Arbutus Greenway. After a bitter battle which…

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