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Dec. 18, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Meet You for Barbeque in Chinatown~Legacy Business Success Story

It is in the 100 block of East Pender Street right beside the New Town Bakery and it truly is…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Tim Louis, Lawyer, City Councillor & Outspoken Advocate~Retiring from COPE?

One of the kindest people I have worked with and without a doubt one of the smartest has just announced…
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Dec. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Why is the West Side of Cities the Best?

In cities and towns why was the west side always seen as the best? Market Watch’s Steve Goldstein observes that researchers have…
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Dec. 14, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

High Density Rental in the very West of Point Grey?

In the thinking out of the box department newly minted City of Vancouver Councillor Hector Bremner introduced a motion at Council…
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Dec. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is Vancouver a "Sponge City?"

Internationally water management is the purview of the Dutch, who consulted in the rebuilding of New Orleans after the horrific…
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Dec. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Foundation's New Report on Our Connections and Engagement

The Vancouver Foundation produced a study in 2012 that looked at the “strength of connections and engagement” among Metro Vancouver…
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Nov. 28, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Drivers Learn What a Bike Lane is in Edmonton

As posted on twitter by urbanist  and neuroscientist Robin Mazumder: “At what point does driver frustration with bike lanes become…
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Nov. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

There Goes Neighbourhood Commercial~The Story of 33rd Avenue and MacKenzie Street

Sometimes the best way to understand a problem is just to go through it. That is exactly what Kerry Gold does…
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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. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

New Restrictions for Foreign Buyers being introduced in New Zealand

In a move to provide housing as a right to residents of New Zealand, the new Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…
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Oct. 30, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Should Pot Be Grown On Metro Vancouver's Agricultural Lands?

There is no doubt that growing marijuana is going to be a big business. And there is also no doubt…
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Oct. 27, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Germiest Places in Public Life

Mothers around the world have always told their children this universal truth-We live in a world of germs. That truth…
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Oct. 24, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Toronto Region Pitches Amazon [Update]

The Toronto Region has released their reply to the famous Amazon HQ2 RFP. The Vancouver Economic Commission says no to…
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Oct. 04, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Birds at Olympic Village Going to Rejuvenation Camp

Everyone has an opinion on those magnificently large and some say rather strange sparrows that hold down Olympic Square designed…

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