The neighbourhood plan for Mount Pleasant is finally out. It’s something that every neighbourhood struggling with development and calling for a neighbourhood vision should look at, as it shows what a three-year planning exercise with a community looks like. You’ll notice that it doesn’t get down to zoning in actual blocks and there are still […]

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People who attack others because they’re gay (or think they might be) are a mystery to many of us. We can understand being enraged over all kinds of things, from traffic on the road to managerial incompetence in the office to the people partying all night next door at home. But to beat someone up, […]

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This just in tonight. No surprise, from all the chatter I was hearing all week. It would have been gruelling for Dianne Watts to try to turn the party’s tattered brand around within two years. As well, it would have meant exposing herself to the kind of merciless flaying that seems to be the norm […]

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Although I have no desire to become the Two Wheels vs. Four Wheels blog, I can’t resist this news release just out from Vancouver police: (And video from Vancouver Sun here.) Cyclist and Electric Concept Vehicle Collide Vancouver – Vancouver Police are investigating a collision involving a cyclist and an electric concept vehicle that was […]

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Following up on the news that Telus is planning a new office tower on Georgia Street, I gathered up bits of information I’d been hearing for a while about various businesses moving back in to Vancouver, along with office towers being planned. Along the way, I came across numerous updates on commercial leasing in Metro […]

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Metro Vancouver mayors met yesterday to look at the letter and plan from the TransLink board, headed by the long-suffering Dale Parker, for how to go forward in 2011. Parker said there’s no way to get new sources of revenue by 2011 but TransLink needs to sign an agreement by the end of the year […]

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The battle of the exclusive polls continues. Vancouver Sun latest up at bat here. Critics will note that approval seems to have gone from 78 (Stratcom, June, leaked to the Sun) to 69 (Justason, September, given to the Globe) to 43 (Angus Reid, now). And only one-third say he deserves to be elected. Echoing also […]

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This story coming in tomorrow’s Report on Business section from me and business reporter David Ebner about the application from Telus + developer Ian Gillespie for a massive new office tower on Georgia Street, which has been percolating at city hall for several months now. Although Telus’s head office has been in Vancouver for many […]

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Just when I was starting to wonder what was going on. I’d been told at the Oct. 20 NPA fundraiser that the list of nominees was going to be released the next day. Then there was a mysterious delay. Anyway, here’s the list of those running for the four positions the party is allowing nominations […]

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From the community grapevine: The City of Vancouver Planning Department has scheduled an Open House at the Hellenic Centre for 4 – 8 p.m. Wednesday, November 17th.   Obviously Larco Investments has gone back to the drawing board to make some changes to its development plan.  The Urban Design Panel made some recommendations for changes to […]

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