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Vancouver’s grand connectivity plan
Some ideas from Mayor Gregor Robertson’s Engaged City Task Force
May 22, 2013
Green businesses balk at Vancouver bike lane
Many fledgling enterprises worried city’s proposal to create separated lane on the edge of Chinatown will hurt their efforts to survive
May 20, 2013
Clark thanks condo kings for their support
Many people in the real-estate business made it clear they thought building construction had ground to a halt when the NDP was in power in the 1990s and feared the same could happen again
May 16, 2013
Liberals build a new municipal brain trust
High-profile city politicians like Sam Sullivan and Peter Fassbender add ‘in-depth understanding’ of urban affairs
May 15, 2013
In the safest of seats, B.C. constituents weigh the value of their vote
In 2009’s B.C. election, turnout was highest in ridings where the race was closest
May 14, 2013
Non-profits to tackle low-cost housing in Vancouver
City council donates $22-million worth of land in the southeast part of the city to a consortium of co-operatives
May 09, 2013
B.C. NDP vows to ramp up low-cost housing
But Liberals say the plan adds little to what’s already being done
May 08, 2013
Hospital uses power of architecture to promote healing
Green expansion to St. Mary’s Hospital, on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast, builds on link to light and nature
May 06, 2013
Vancouver opens discussion on waste management
Concerns that the city is angling for an incinerator prove one man’s trash is another man’s displeasure
May 02, 2013
Pidgin protests in Downtown Eastside concern activist funders
Community group’s financial backers reiterate money is to be used for research and training, not anti-gentrification demonstrations
Apr 29, 2013
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Frances Bula has written about urban issues and city politics in B.C.’s Vancouver region, covering everything from Downtown Eastside drug addiction to billion-dollar development projects, since 1994.
Frances Bula has written about urban issues and city politics in B.C.’s Vancouver region, covering everything from Downtown Eastside drug addiction to billion-dollar development projects, since 1994.
