I didn’t go to the meeting until 1 a.m on the Olympic village social housing. I haven’t watched the video of the event. I don’t know every last detail. But can people please stop screaming hysterically about the abuse of process and decisions being rammed through and contempt for the public. Yes, I would have […]

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Well, even if the 480 market condos are sitting empty, at least some people will be moving in. After some uproar when the province said none of the three non-profits who applied was suitable to run the social housing, the city took over. It has chosen, as outlined in this report, the Co-operative Housing Federation […]

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The latest here. Plans for selling the Olympic village’s 480 empty condos have ground to a halt because the City of Vancouver is refusing to approve a new marketing plan with drastically reduced prices until the developer proves it can make up the $100-million to $200-million loss that could result. “They need to have a […]

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Yikes, the horses are out of the gate and madly galloping in all directions, I gather, after Premier Campbell’s resignation yesterday. People are in secret meetings all over the place figuring out if they will run for the leadership of the Liberal Party. And Dianne Watts, the reigning queen of municipal politicians, has ignited even […]

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That’s the rumbling I hear in the background. With the NDP’s chances presumably better in 2013, who among the councillors might be contemplating a run at an NDP seat? Kerry Jang is a name I hear mentioned. Possibly Raymond Louie. Heather Deal, Geoff Meggs, George Chow? Hmm, though they’ve been mentioned, I get the sense […]

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Here’s my update — thanks to several phone calls — on the situation with FOI at Vancouver city hall and the future employment of departing FOI officer Paul Hancock. As many others are, I’m sad to see him leave. Paul was incredibly patient with what is becoming an increasingly demanding job. As I note, FOI […]

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This just went up on the citycaucus.com website. Paul is a young guy, so this is not something can be written off as another boomer getting close to retirement. Anyone know anything more on this? You can email me at [email protected]

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As council comes up to a vote on where to go with laneway houses this Thursday, my look here at their popularity in Vancouver and elsewhere. There are many issues I didn’t address in this story that I have elsewhere (complaints about the sizes of some of the larger ones, the outsize city fees that […]

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Doug sent me this photo and message about the (incendiary) Hornby bike lane today, which I’m posting somewhat against my better judgment, as every cycling post here seems to reignite the cyclical and never-resolved Hundred Years War. About noon on Halloween day, the last concrete was poured for the separated Hornby St bikeway lane.  I […]

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Didn’t put this up yesterday, but here’s my story on the announcement about the big tower development for Burrard on the current Pattison Toyota site. As I note in my story, although the development is mostly condo, it also has 200,000 square feet of office space because the developers (Pattison, who owns part of the […]

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