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Guest Post from Damien Gillis
City Hall Leak Ignited Anti-Olympic Powder Keg The Real Political Lessons From Vancouver's Leakgate, Electionby Damien GillisNovember 16, 2008I'm gett...
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Civic Election: First Take
Why the loss by the NPA? I think it was the first time people had a chance to express their discontent and disdain for those who have been running t...
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It's a dishonour to be nominated
Most awards are invented for promotional purposes. The Oscars are probably the most popular example. B.C. developers have an awards program of thei...
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Business Not As Usual
From my Business in Vancouver column, (October 21-27, 2008; issue 991).Business not as usual: life and enterprise in a warmer worldOut in the bar, th...
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Transport: City faces fork in road on tackling congestion
Sean Ross Financial TimesLos Angeles lacks a convenient citywide alternative to travelling by car, such as a subway or light rail system, so gridlo...
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Sign up with Sightline
The Sightline Institute is having an Escape to Vancouver campaign. For those of us in Vancouver, winning a trip to where you are may not be t...
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Town Hall on SFPR at the North Delta Firehall
I was privileged to be invited to be an expert at a meeting last night. My assigned subject was the lack of economic rationale for the Gateway i...
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Vancouver's real estate hangover
A condo boom can be compared to a night of heavy drinking. (Or as I call it, Thursday. ) When you're in the thick of it, it's the best fun you'...
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Infinity Surrey bankruptcy trouble
Several people just posted this news - another lower mainland condo tower has run into money troubles. The Infinity at Central City' is the large...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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B.C. NDP demands probe of Penner's role in silencing scientists
Canadian Press via the CBC BC NewsYou may well recall that recently an old issue - the Genstar developments proposed in Mission - resurfaced with alle...
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Do we need two Missions?
The CBC tonight had an investigative report on a development in Mission. Once again it features a well qualified professional civil servant being push...
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Transit plan promises plenty but pays for precious little
Globe and MailIt's d ja vu, all over againYet another massive transit plan is promised for Toronto. And once again there is no real idea how to pay f...
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B.C.'s transit plan faces funding shortfall
CBCKevin Falcon was on the Radio 1 morning show today (no, I didn't listen) so I suppose that is the genesis of this story today. The shortfall on Tra...
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New Stuff 4 - Colour
I've often thought that the Australians use colour in their modern architecture so much better than we do. (You can see examples here in Price Tags ...
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Paradise Makers - the Chuck Davis report
Vancouver historian Chuck Davis attended that last Paradise Makers - the SFU City Program interview series with decision-makers from the past - ...
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“A Pivotal Year”
Vancouver historian Chuck Davis attended that last Paradise Makers - the SFU City Program interview series with decision-makers from the past - ...
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Paradise Makers : The Politicians - Vancouver
SFU City Programme Paradise Makers September 5, 2008This evening's lecture was actually more of a interview with four of the TEAM Vancouver ...
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Metro Vancouver commuters ready, set, wait…
Randy Shore in the Vancouver SunMy last post was a blast at the media and I am afraid this one is going to be more of the same. A lot of people rely o...
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Westcoast Homes shocked by price drops, trauma counselors called in
It's unlikely any reasonable person has ever confused the Sun's Westcoast Homes as anything other than a shameless advertorial for developers. Still...
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Line land could be lucrative
Richmond NewsInvesting in real estate within 500 metres of three of Richmond's new Canada Line stations could spark a cash bonanza.A report released t...
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The rental backup plan
Yesterday Vancouver Banker left a comment about a local developer having trouble selling a condo conversion and opting to rent it out as a temporary b...
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On transportation woes: The planning void
An editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle coudl eaily be rewritten and addressed to Gordon Campbell and his greenhouse gas advisers rather than the ...
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VISOA report on BC Strata deficiencies
Deryk Norton of the Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association wrote in to let us know that VISOA has released their report on BC strata legislation d...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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Vancouver Fall Municipal Election Candidates Coming Into Focus
Catherine Evans David Eby Kerry Jang Well, it looks as i...
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Vancouver Municipal Election Candidates Coming Into Focus
Catherine Evans David Eby Kerry Jang Well, it looks as i...
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Rallying in the face of despair
A guest post from Donna Passmore addressed to those fighting to protect the region's environment I know you feel defeated and frustrated. I know how h...
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Collateral damage
Earlier, we reported Coalition of Progressive Electors external co-chairperson Ellen Woodsworth took an apparent poke at Vision Vancouver in a recent ...
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Coleman's autocratic style could be problem in new
Coleman's autocratic style could be problem in new ministryJune 27, 2008Dare we hope that a new day is dawning with news this week that B.C.'s most pr...
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A Closer Look |
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Vancouverism in London
The good ship Vancouverism - a wooden structure of local design - has been successfully launched in Trafalgar Square, overlooked appropriately b...
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Algae or air could fuel cars
Gwynne Dyer - Georgia StraightThe algae I think I covered a while back. But the combination of CO2 and hydrogen to make octane is a new oner on me. Th...
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Pilgrim's progress
The following is reproduced in its entirety by kind permission of Karl PerrinBurns Bog June 7thWelcome to Crescent Slough.My name is Karl Perrin, from...
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BC recreational property in ‘buyers market'
Good news if you're looking for recreational property in BC, you'll find less competition as demand has dropped off and recreational property in areas...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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The Globe and Sam
I was praising, not so long ago, the decision by the Globe and Mail to open up its web site. Now you can read the opinion pieces as well as the news. ...
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Patrick Condon on Trams and the City
The following was originally posted to the Livable Region Coalition email list where a parallel discussion of the recent Tyee article had degenerated ...
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Eco Density fight continues
A Group of Vancouver Neighbourhoods is continuing to oppose the proposals for EcoDensity . The third draft goes to Council on June 10 and a letter w...
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Developer warns of slowing condo market
From the 'sun predicted to set' department of todays Province comes this article: BC developer warns of cooling condo market.B.C.'s development indust...
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Lower Mainland flops on efforts to slow down sprawl
SunCorey pointed to this article yesterday in a comment on the 80c/l forecast for Gateway.The share of new urban and suburban growth that went into pe...
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The Affordable City
John Davis of Burlington Associates introduced himself as a practitioner not an academic. In the small town of Burlington, Vermont he has been one of ...
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Pete McMartin catches up on an issue I dealt with
Pete McMartin catches up on an issue I dealt with here and on Radio Canada back in mid April, in reaction to a Sun story, of course.He says it may ...
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Depreciation fantasy
May 15 2011 - Vancouver house prices have fallen for the 35th continuous month as the fallout from the global credit crisis continues to hit the metro...
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Tsawwassen: Spirit of Delta Rally
This gets top billing in today's Province news section, although it concentrates on the power lines issue. There is also no coverage of anything that ...
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Streetcars for Langley?
Langley TimesMaybe I need a new category called retrofitting the suburbs . If Langley - and especially the dreadful 200 St - is going to become h...
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Driving Off the Edge
I've been wondering for awhile whether, in the current housing meltdown in the U.S., location would make any difference on house prices and foreclos...
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Planned city office tower on hold
SunA proposed office tower is not going to be built near GM Place. No potential tenants could eb found at a rent that made the project feasible - beca...
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Diamond in the rough
Marketing has never been a business with a firm grip on reality. So housing sales can tumble and the number of listings can be the highest on record ...
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Making it Happen: Sustainable Smart Growth
Gov Parris N Glendening at SFU downtown April 17The former Gov of Maryland, he is now the President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute, which he...
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BC strata a legal minefield
I received a press release from Deryk Norton of the Vancouver Island Strata Owners Association (VISOA) claiming that BC lags behind the rest of Canada...
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Vancouver Condo Info |
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SPEC to Premier: Come Clean on Gateway
Activists use reverse graffiti etched in grime on freeway overpasses, transit hubs and pedestrian walks to pressure for change in prioritiesApri...
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Some speculation on some speculation
Here's the unedited text of my most recent column in Business in Vancouver:News item: Metro Vancouver's transportation authority is launching a real e...
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Happy birthday condohype
If all writers are like me, they tend to find validation of their work in two places. The first comes from having readership, the second from garneri...
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