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Feb. 19, 2022 / Gordon Price

Urban Lunch: Geller and Davidoff – Feb 24

  Michael Geller: Sustainability Lessons from Dubai? Yes, Dubai! Michael Geller recently returned from Expo Dubai 2020. He will share…
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Jun. 20, 2018 / Ken Ohrn

Who Likes Vancouver’s Arbutus Greenway Plans?

Who likes Vancouver’s plans for the Arbutus Greenway? A lot of people, it seems.  Including me, it must be said.…
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Jun. 04, 2018 / Colin Stein

Let’s Get Passive Aggressive: New Standards for the Single Family House

One of the issues cities across North America are grappling with (at least those that are not yet moving on…
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May. 25, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Study Says More Density in Single Family Neighbourhoods is Greener

In Vancouver single family housing is demolished to make bigger new houses, often of the same style. Yet, in this study to…
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May. 11, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Bye Bye Farmland: City of Richmond Chooses Mega-Mansions Instead

If you’ve been following the debacle in the City of Richmond over the provincially-designated Agricultural Land Reserve — and how…
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May. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Agricultural Land Commission Tells Bradner and Abbotsford Not In Their Farm Yard

Price Tags has been writing about the carving off of farmland to accommodate other uses seen as more immediate in Metro…
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May. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Agricultural Land Under Threat in Toronto too

In the City of Richmond, British Columbia, where the most arable soils in Canada are supposedly protected under the Agricultural…
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Apr. 27, 2018 / Gordon Price

Greenest City Update. Why the Yawn?

Councillor Andrea Reimer has Facebooked this: Nine years ago today, the Greenest City Action Team made its first recommendations to…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

One Vancouver Street's "Cherry Blossom Madness"

There’s a quiet neighbourhood street on the east side of Vancouver that explodes with two things every spring~the most extraordinary…
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Apr. 16, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

European Cars Take Ship to Nanaimo

What happens when Port facilities in Metro Vancouver and their associated auto processing centres are filled to capacity with automobiles?…
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Apr. 13, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Economist~Chinatown Resisting Developers in "Property Battle"

Even the magazine The Economist is weighing in on the importance of Vancouver’s Chinatown as a historic and very special cultural place…
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Apr. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

The Tale of Starchitects and "Supertalls" in New York City

As Curbed.com describes it there is a push for “supertalls” in New York City, those buildings that exceed the 984 foot height…
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Apr. 10, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Trying to Save the Best Farmland in Canada from Richmond City Council

It is very hard to believe that we still need to be reminded about the importance of food security and…
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Apr. 09, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Living with Kids in Higher Density~Five Kids, One Condo

Kirsten Dirksen is a television producer who has become an on-line video blogger.  Her company Faircompanies.com has a media site…

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