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May. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Provincial Government Versus Mayors Council-"Ethical Issues Chipped Away Credibility"

Rob Shaw’s article today in the Vancouver Sun does not pull any punches-and finally there is some truth-telling in the…
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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

Election-Site C and LNG may be Done Deal-But Massey Tunnel Rethink/Reboot?

Some interesting comments from  CKNW’s Emily Lazatin who asked Helmut Pastrick the chief economist with Central 1 Credit Union about…
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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. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Job Jar-Must be Willing to Photo 1,500 km of roads in Surrey

If you are an engineering type there are lots of interesting jobs out there. Some people get to drive all…
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May. 05, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Massey Bridge Quadruples in Interest Costs to $12 Billion Dollars – Leaked Gov't Document

This just in from Business in Vancouver and Nelson Bennett, reporter. Documents leaked to and by the NDP Party show…
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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. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Driver Reader Boards – Fentanyl Deaths. Can They Remind on Pedestrian Carnage Too?

David Ball with Metro News reports on  the City of Vancouver’s unorthodox use of road reader signs that normally let…
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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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May. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

1451 Wellington-"Even Your Car Gets Special Treatment"

  You just can’t make this stuff up. Mizrahi developments is preselling a twelve storey boutique apartment building in Ottawa…
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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

Massey Bridge-If We Had 3.5 Billion Dollars…

The Province published an opinion piece by Eric Doherty, Bob Chitrenky, Harold Steves and Peter McCartney that provides one more flip…
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Apr. 26, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

YouTube and an Eight Year Old Driver-joyride sojourn to McDonald's.

Remember when you got your first bike? The BBC reports on an eight year old that skipped the training wheels and went…

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