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False Creek Locals Furious Over Concord Garbage Heap
Residents at the east end of False Creek want to know how Concord Pacific can get away with running a presentation centre and storing unsightly constr...
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hippe_gal |
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You, Yes You, There, Wearing Pants, You Can Have Your Say in How False Creek is Going to Develop
From CTVbc.ca
The Vancouver Parks Board is seeking public input into its plan to give the concession stand at English Bay a major facelift.
The ...
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Canadian_Revolution |
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Dogs vs. Toddlers at False Creek Park
An ongoing conflict over off-leash dogs at Charleson Park in South False Creek has gone public on the online site Facebook.
False Creek resident Ke...
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cosmo_girl |
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False Creek Olympic Village Very Appealing
Bicycles lean against oversized steel cleats at the end of a timber pier that juts from a new stretch of seawall in Southeast False Creek. A cyclist o...
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hippe_gal |
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The Dragonboat Festival Is In Danger
From The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver's floating dragons, if we don't act fast, are going to fly away to a more hospitable harbour.
Dragon boating, a...
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Shane_B |
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When I was at LSE - in the early seventies - there
When I was at LSE - in the early seventies - there was a distinct choice in which economics seminars one attended as a planning student. Housing or tr...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Boom, Bubble and Bust
Tom Durning passes along a New York Times article from October 21 that now seems dated by fast-changing events:A Canadian Condo BoomAlthough price inc...
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Price Tags |
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Far too much on Fare Evasion
The right wing press never lets go of a bone. Though to be fair they are also giving the NPA a beating on the False Creek loan too. But Gregor's fine ...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Sustainability and Tradition
This was the second Hank Dittmar lecture I attended this week - this one at the SFU downtown campus. He subtitled this oneArchitecture and Urbanism as...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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False Creek paddling after a rain storm in the fall...
False Creek is beautiful after a November rain storm - the water is flat like glass, the sun is shining through broken cloud. We paddle from Scien...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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The Choice in Vancouver
Don B wroteWould you consider doing a post on the NPA/Vision policy platforms wrt transportation? I know you live in Richmond but it would be great to...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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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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Stuart Mackinnon is the Green Party candidate for Vancouver Parks Board
Vancouver Parks Board candidate Stuart Mackinnon blends multiculturalism with Green Party environmental issues. This week I have had the pleasure ...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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VANCOUVER PARK BOARD THIS NOVEMBER COULD BE WITHOUT AN NORTHEAST REPRESENTATIVE
Oldtown NewsVancouver, BCVANCOUVER PARK BOARD THIS NOVEMBER COULD BE WITHOUT AN NORTHEAST REPRESENTATIVE Jamie Lee Hamilton, longtime Downtown Eastsid...
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Streetcar of Sam's desire on track
Vancouver SunI am beginning to get a real dislike of the subs at the Sun. Anyway, the idea is to borrow a couple of Brussels streetcars from Bombardie...
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Morning Brew: Bingo! Bango! Bongo! Luongo!
Either it was a slow news day or I'm taking crazypills... again.Temporary Transportation. Streetcar project to alleviate 2010 transit chaos. Hey, let'...
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Beyond Robson |
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Condo branding is a lot like LEGO. The pieces are
Condo branding is a lot like LEGO. The pieces are mostly the same. If anything's different, it's the colour. It doesn't matter if you swap the piec...
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WERA Director John Whistler's presentation to Vancouver City Council
West End Residents Association (WERA) delivers Burrard Bridge Petition at Capital Plan Public Hearing.On September 15, 2008 Director John Whistler spo...
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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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Price Tags |
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More Bikes, More Money
If you are tired of fighting through traffic-clogged bicycle routes, narrow dangerous sidewalks on bridges or even longingly thinking of moving to Ams...
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Vision/COPE/Greens make a civic slate deal... Stuart Mackinnon of the Green Party is the real winner!
Who is going to make it past the nominations fight to represent Vision Vancouver, COPE, and Green Party for city council, school board, and parks boar...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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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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A Vancouver Moment
Dan Burden - the Johnny Appleseed of livable communities - passed through Vancouver this weekend, along with 40 acolytes from around North America and...
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Vancouver Moments
Dan Burden - the Johnny Appleseed of livable communities - passed through Vancouver this weekend, along with 40 acolytes from around North America and...
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Taiwanes Cultural Festival is exciting with lots of music + I take Gregor Robertson onto a Taiwanese Dragon Boat
The Taiwanese Cultural Festival is one of Vancouver's most exciting festivals. It is truly a mixture of arts, culture, music and sports. And it feat...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Vancouver's walkability — a sign of good health
Dan Burden, Special to the Sun(Dan Burden's Great Pacific Northwest Tour on Town Making begins in Seattle on Aug. 28 and arrives in Vancouver Aug....
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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One More Thom
Architect Bing Thom always gives good quote - and Michael McCarthy passes on a few choice observations in the recent Vancouver Courier piece: Beyond V...
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Summer's Almost Over? Check Out Some Great Patios While You Still Can
On this rainy late August day, I'm sure the thought that summer is almost over is creeping up on many minds in Vancouver. But the rain reminds us ...
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You know what's really KRAZY? It costs $19.95 to g
You know what's really KRAZY? It costs $19.95 to get into the VAG. Yup. More expensive than the Guggenheim, The Tate, The Metropolitan, the Louvre, an...
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Another City, Another Passerelle
This time it's Singapore that's building a low-level pedestrian bridge at Marina Bay:The design is by the Cox Group and Arup. I've been arguing here ...
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False Creek is still stinky, water warning in effect for East Basin - but dragon boat teams losing paddlers to practices
False Creek is still stinky. Paddlers were not showing up for practices last week or the weekend, as several teams didn't have enough paddlers to go...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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False Creek is still stink, water warning in effect for East Basin - but dragon boat teams losing paddlers to practices
False Creek is still stinky. Paddlers were not showing up for practices last week or the weekend, as several teams didn't have enough paddlers to go...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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The Sun reports that, yes indeed, we do have someo
The Sun reports that, yes indeed, we do have someone in Vancouver who will be in charge of the Look of the Games.' Steve Lange's job will be to m...
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Gung Haggis dragon boat team cancels practice due to coliform count in False Creek, reschedules for Thrusday
The most recent coliform count in False Creek is playing havoc with dragon boat team practices. On Tuesday, GVRD team had to cancel early in the day...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Gung Haggis dragon boat team cancels practice due to coliform count in False Creek, rescheduled for Thrusday
The most recent coliform count in False Creek is playing havoc with dragon boat team practices. On Tuesday, GVRD team had to cancel early in the day...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Mr. Rowhouse
Art CowieArt Cowie is one of Vancouver's Renaissance men - a landscape architect, planner, politician (from Park Commissioner to MLA), developer, comm...
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The Chinese Diaspora - Torn between identities V
Case 4: Canadian born Chinese I'd definitely cheer for Canada. But if Canada were not playing, I'd cheer for China against any other nation, sa...
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An exchange of ideas
In the current scenario of changing market conditions the Westcoast Homes section isn't reading like it used to. I find it pales in comparison ...
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Gung Haggis dragon boat team practice review for July 13
Gung Haggis dragon boat team practices race turns in bay beside David Lam Park.Here's a picture of Gung Haggis dragon boat team racing in the Rec C me...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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Morning Brew: Yo Harper
Yo Harper! Remember when the future was hurtling toward us at breakneck speed? Um, you mean that whole time when you had your fingers in your ears? T...
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Beyond Robson |
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Morning Brew: July 7, 2008
Two shootings and one stabbing this weekend break a period of relative calm . So what, as long as everyones driving out to one of the suburbs to com...
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Beyond Robson |
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Coliform Count warning in False Creek East Basin... but we paddle anyways on Sunday
Gung Haggis dragon boat team braved the high coliform count in False Creek East Basin and paddled anyways.Today's dragon boat practice was different. ...
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GungHaggisFatChoy |
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False Creek, Full of Crap
Well, isn't this some good times: Vancouver Coastal Health has issued a warning that the water at the east end of False Creek are highly contaminated ...
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Vancouverite |
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Car flies into Lost Lagoon
PLEASE GET OUT OF YOUR CAR TO FEED THE DUCKS (image: CTV) An elderly woman drove her sedan into Lost Lagoon this afternoon , unable to find a parking ...
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Live at Five |
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Price Tags 104 - False Creek North
Download the latest Price Tags here.What do the residents of False Creek North think of living in one of the largest centrally located, high-density, ...
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SFU City |
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Price Tags 104- False Creek North
Download the latest Price Tags here.What do the residents of False Creek North think of living in one of the largest centrally located, high-density, ...
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Price Tags |
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A walk through a tunnel or two
In got really lucky. I happened to be online when an email sent to all local members of the Institute of Transport Engineers came into my inbox. It wa...
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Stephen Rees's blog |
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Cycling Round-up
A few items on Bike-to-Work week.First up, if you missed John Pucher's great talk - Cycling for Everyone: Lessons for Vancouver from the Netherlands, ...
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Price Tags |
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Vancouver Dragon Boat Festival and Todd Wong on Novus TV
There were lots of media camera crews at the Rio Tinto Alcan Dragon Boat Festival last weekend in Vancouver, June 21st & 22nd.Heather Bissonette was t...
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