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Aug. 25, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Province Considers Response to Mansions on Metro Vancouver Farmland

Price Tags Vancouver has written  extensively about the existing loophole where properties in the Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) can be…
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Aug. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Delta's "We Need A Bridge" Campaign Brings Out the Video

Back the south of the Fraser River where the Corporation of Delta  continues the sound of one set of hands…
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Aug. 24, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Here's What Happens When You Have 24 Hour Rapid Transit~London's Experience

It was a social experiment at its very best, and one quickly accepted and used in London. Since London really…
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Aug. 23, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Port Metro Vancouver Eats into Agricultural Land Reserve

In the same way that on-line shopping trends and changing retail tastes are taking a bite out of the stand-alone…
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Aug. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Cropping Cash in the Agricultural Land Reserve~Surrey's $28 Million Dollar "Farmhouse" Estate

  When Price Tags has a contest for the most important planning initiatives in Metro Vancouver, my vote will be…
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Aug. 21, 2017 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – Poppin' up on Pine

If you have a chance stop by the pop up park at the corner of West 5th Ave and Pine…
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Aug. 17, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Get Rid of the Tunnel, Then You Will Need The Bridge

CTV image It’s just the story that keeps on giving. As reported on  The Indo Canadian voiceonline,  the Corporation of Delta,…
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Aug. 15, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

No Place for Office Space in Downtown Vancouver

Canadian Business Image With some of the recent events and policies south of the Canadian border it’s no surprise that  there…
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Aug. 11, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Noises Off at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Sandy James Images Via NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell Silver is this Fast Company article on the Secret Life of Parks. Diana Budd…
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Aug. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

US National Climate Assessment Leaked to Press, Will it be Released?

The New York Times reports on a draft report from thirteen federal agencies that is not yet public. The news is…
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Aug. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Daily Durning: Vacant Homes Epidemic in Major Cities, Paris Fights Back

From the Daily Tom Durning, this article from  Better Dwelling describes how rampant real estate speculation has  created “artificial shortages” of housing…
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Aug. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Driveways Too Short For Those Lengthy Trucks

CBC Images You kind of wish this was in the Friday File, but as CBC reports some big truck owners are none…
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Aug. 02, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Eric Doherty's Look Back At Premier Barrett on Massey Tunnel Debacle

Planner and thinker Eric Doherty has written an opinion piece in the Vancouver Sun and provides a historical context on why…
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Aug. 01, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Placemaking by Pub placing at Queen Elizabeth Theatre Square

The Daily Hive reports on Queen Elizabeth Square, that area west of the Queen Elizabeth Theatre that is largely used by…

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