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Jan. 12, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Culture, Food Security and Development in Chinatown~

There’s an event at  Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre location with the principal author of the Hua Foundation’s Vancouver Chinatown Food…
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Jan. 02, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Gordie Award for Biggest Transportation Event in 2017~The Burrard Bridge!

Today’s award  is in the Biggest Transportation Event Category.  And that award goes to the Burrard Bridge Rehabilitation Project which…
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Jan. 01, 2018 / Sandy James Planner

Happy New Year from the Editors of Price Tags Vancouver

So what kind of year did Price Tags Vancouver have? There were 1,359 posts published, and 456,000 page views. Over…
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Dec. 29, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Is the Vancouver We Know Gone?

    Christopher Cheung has written an evocative piece in Metro News  that really resonates with the remarkable changes Vancouver…
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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. 07, 2017 / Gordon Price

The Green Rule: 20-Storey Teardowns

Jim Green, best known as a housing advocate in the Downtown East Side and COPE/Vision city councillor from 2002-05, made…
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Nov. 01, 2017 / Gordon Price

Why they call it Bayshore Gardens

Bayshore Gardens (once the parking lots of the Bayshore Hotel) was one of the six (or seven, or eight –…
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Sep. 12, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Vancouver Most Walkable? Walk Score Says So

It is really no surprise that  Vancouver has been named the most walkable city in Canada by Walk Score which…
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Sep. 07, 2017 / Ken Ohrn

Shifting Condo Conversations

A change in the discussion around housing choice: what new things come to mind when a person chooses life in…
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Aug. 03, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

"South Van Twangs Meet West End Pangs" at the Museum of Vancouver

  There is an opportunity to learn more about the esoteric, amazing and extraordinary stories of Vancouver from three people…
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Jul. 21, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

You Can Buy a Vancouver Laneway House!

Image Vancouver Sun   As reported by Jen St. Denis in the Metro News there’s some big changes coming for single family…
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Jun. 08, 2017 / Gordon Price

Vancouverism on the North Shore

Lonsdale and 13th is becoming the anchor intersection of Upper Lonsdale in the City of North Vancouver – at least…
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May. 22, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Victoria Day, A Truly Canadian Day

  If you recognize this image of the school house fireworks, you were not born in this century, and you…
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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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Dec. 21, 2022

Goodbye and Thanks!

Sandy James Planner

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