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Occupy movement costing Vancouver taxpayers dearly

20 Oct 2011

The front cover of 24 Hours Vancouver asks a very good question UPDATE @ 6 pm: Several media outlets are reporting that the costs related to Occupy Vancouver are approximately $500,000 for the first week alone...with no end in...

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Not all city employees are created equal

8 Sep 2011

"Don't you dare try to blame the riot on me, buddy" It's been rather intriguing to watch a half-dozen or so senior staff at Vancouver City Hall move into major butt-covering mode once the independent review regarding Robertson's Riot...

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"I think what it all boils down to is who's got the money" says critic

30 Aug 2011

Vancouver started a new program subsidizing solar panel installations A lot has been written over the last three years about Mayor Gregor Robertson's taxpayer funded green schemes. For the most part, the local media have cut him a lot...

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We have fewer cabs in Vancouver and we pay more

9 Aug 2011

If you've ever tried to get a cab in Vancouver, you'll find this post of interestWhat if the Northwest’s cities legally capped the number of pizza delivery cars? What if, despite growing urban population and disposable incomes, our Pizza Delivery...

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Vancouver forcing bars to make lots of room for cars

23 Jul 2011

Are BC's drinking and driving laws in conflict with parking requirements for bars?There’s no better measure of our perverse relationship with cars than the fact that nearly every city and town in North America has laws requiring drinking establishments to...

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Walking in Seattle: My notes for our Northwest neighbour

3 Jul 2011

A Flickr slideshow of my 'walk Seattle' visit – see it here Last month my wife Stacey rode her bike to Seattle for the second time on the BC Ride to Conquer Cancer. And just like when we visited...

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Loss of Canada Post jobs in Downtown Vancouver a hit to City's job targets

20 May 2011

Canada Post announces over 1,200 jobs are moving to RichmondAs part of his promise to create a new green economy for Vancouver, Mayor Gregor Robertson said he would create 20,000 new jobs in the city by 2020. Of course, that meant...

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Safety a priority over heritage

17 Mar 2011

An older brick building lays in tatters after recent Christchurch, NZ quakeThis is my latest column at 24 Hours newspaper...Do Vancouverites need to sacrifice heritage for seismic safety? In light of the recent earthquake disasters in Japan and Christchurch, New...

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Expo 86 or 2010 Olympics: Which will eventually have a bigger impact?

7 Nov 2010

Expo 86 or Vancouver 2010: which was better? It’s hard to believe that eight months have already passed since hundreds of thousands of Vancouverites filled our sun-drenched streets in celebration of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. It was a...

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Alice in Chains throws it down at Rogers Arena

10 Oct 2010

Alice in Chains today – new singer & lease on lifeDear Alice in Chains, thank you for bringing it to Rogers Arena (the stadium formerly known as GM Place) on Thursday. P.S. We love you Jerry Cantrell, come back and...

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Starbucks CEO could teach civic leaders a lesson or two

22 Jan 2010

Why is Vancouver home to so few corporate giants? On February 9th, the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association will be hosting a luncheon at the Pan Pacific Hotel with Howard Shultz, CEO of Starbucks Coffee. Presumably he’ll be in...

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311 iPhone app puts City Hall in your hands

20 Jan 2010

Too true that without the impetus of Judy or NPA leadership, 311 has stalled in VancouverVancouver's 311 service – which was meant to make City Hall services more open and available to end users like you and me –...

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Community access TV is dead here, but still alive in Seattle

13 Dec 2009

Cable programs like Nite Dreems helped form Vancouver's alternative culture – photo: Alex Waterhouse-Hayward Why should we care about community access television? I'm sure many of us in Metro Vancouver have no idea what "community access" television is. In...

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Seattle's Snowmageddon defeats incumbent mayor

25 Oct 2009

Seattle goes to the polls in 2 weeks, and Greg Nickels is not on the ballot The story of Seattle's mayoral race to me has eerie similarities to Vancouver's experience in 2008, and a few other twists that will...

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Seattle and Vancouver compared & contrasted

18 Jul 2009

Vancouver's Gordon Price goes to bat for Seattle in a debate One of the favourite people of staff here at CityCaucus.com is former City Councillor and now Director of SFU's City Program Gord Price, also a fine blogger in...

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Riding the Monorail

9 Jul 2009

A two-minute ride on Seattle's Monorail – like you're there I've been to Seattle a bunch of times, but not much in the past several years. So when I visited last month it was with an eye on how successful...

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Portion Control: Words to live by for the USA?

24 Jun 2009

Do not adjust your sets. I've been served enough here to feed a village. My wife's knees ached and her legs were like rubber after a two-day, 260 km ride to Seattle for a cancer fundraiser. It was Father's...

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Photo radar, nasty emails, penny pinching councillors make headlines in Canadian cities this week

10 May 2009

Two Toronto ward councillors have major cat fight over territory this week...meeeeoooww It was a busy week in Canadian cities this week. Let's first start with a big kudos to a few civic elected officials in Seattle, Washington (Canada's other...

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Alaska Way Viaduct on its last legs - thank heavens

25 Apr 2009

The Alaska Way Viaduct is a terrible eyesore in an otherwise beautiful city Toronto has its "mistake-by-the-lake", otherwise known as the Gardiner Expressway. New Westminster has its multi-storey concrete parkade on the waterfront. Seattle has the Alaska Viaduct -...

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Whither New Westminster Quay?

3 Apr 2009

New Westminster's waterfront Quay is now the home to lots and lots of pidgeonsAll is not well in my home community of New Westminster, BC. I recently brought my son down to the waterfront where only a year ago there...

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