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May. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Ill Fares the Land while Richmond Farmland Mansion Builders Profit

It’s been a grumpy week. Despite the fact that megahouses are taking up the most arable lands in Canada in…
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May. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Erosion of Chinatown As We Know It

Noted journalist Daphne Bramham in the Vancouver Sun  has written an article that should be required reading for everyone in…
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May. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Disconnected Wind Phone

As reported in City Lab, Otuschi Japan lost ten per cent of its population in the 2011 Tsunami-about 1,600 people…
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May. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Are there 800,000 Empty Bedrooms in Metro Vancouver?

Metro News and reporter Jen St. Denis reports on Toronto economist Paul Smetanin who has ascertained that if an elderly couple…
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May. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Smashed Avocado on Toast and Millennials in Australia

In the hyper Australian housing market Jennifer Wells of Metro News describes real estate developer Tim Gurner’s unfortunate and thoughtless remarks about…
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May. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Don't Volcano Mulch the Trees Please!

As a public service announcement and as a way to positively contribute to the urban forest, this article by Kathy Thomas of…
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May. 16, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Party turn into Parks as Sydney Australia Mayor leads Sustainability

The City of Sydney Australia and the Lord Mayor Clover Moore have been championing climate change, and have led a campaign…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

We Can't Drive our way out of Congestion

As reported by City Lab‘s Laura Bliss, our utopian view of driverless “Uber” and “Lyft” vehicles might be very different…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Richmond, Let's Make Farmland Important, Not a Land Grab for Mansion Builders

As reported in the Richmond News there’s been some surprising setbacks in the City of Richmond’s approach to stop the creation…
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May. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"It's Not About You, It's about Us" Lessons for Vancouver Art Gallery?

There is a fundamental change in philosophy in public facilities such as art galleries and museums being globally embraced. In…
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May. 12, 2017 / michaelkluckner

Building Resilience: Older Buildings in the Sustainable City

Mark Thompson Brandt, Conservation Architect and Author, will discuss why it is important to sustainably upgrade our older building stock,…
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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. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

More Power to the Transpo Engineers?

As reported in Metro News, by  Matt Kieltyka there’s a report going to Vancouver City Council next Tuesday with the title “Complete…
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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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