So the mayors headed out on to transit this morning to sell the Yes side. And then there’s this, tonight. No info in the news release from City of Vancouver on how people can join in, but perhaps 3-1-1 has the answer As part of ongoing efforts to raise awareness about the upcoming transit and […]

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NPA had its annual general meeting last night. (My gilt-edged invitation must be lost in the mail somewhere.) Elected a set of new directors, see a clip from the news release below, and officially clarified that the NPA is a party. Gregory Baker, Johnny Cheung, Erin Chutter, Carling Dick, Jay Jagpal, Jason King, Kirk LaPointe, […]

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Gets boring to write election after election, but … most expensive election ever. Campaign finance reports are over on the Elections BC website, for those anxious to scrutinize them. I so look forward to having someone note that somebody gave some sum of money every time their business licence or development is approved. The basics: […]

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We’re all curious as to what this new interim CEO of TransLink might do, given that it was so important to bring him in a month for the transit plebiscite voting starts and to take the risk of adding more executive pay to the TransLink suite. Doug Allen was still getting briefed on a lot […]

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For when this blog and livestreaming council meetings just aren’t enough: Former Portland mayor Sam Adams is the keynote and the program is diverse, as it always is with the SCARP crew.    

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You all used to care about bike lanes. Now it’s just transit tax all the time. Okay, so here you go. Ian Jarvis is out, Doug Allen is the interim CEO, the search is on for a permanent one. An updated version with more reaction coming out later.    

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Vancouver is such a city of contradictions: endorphin-inducing natural beauty and some of the tackiest housing and development in North America; the glass condos of Coal Harbour and the hovels of the Downtown Eastside. One that has always perplexed me is how, in a city where it’s hard to find a shack with a piece […]

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It’s now up to 250+ comments on the post about the last transit plebiscite. Time to start afresh, folks. The latest stories on the transit plebiscite. The launch The province’s very fast switch to a harmonized tax after the Retail Council said it would go to war over a new, separate third tax And, in […]

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Been a lot happening recently, so I’m catching up here and packaging a few things together since things are sometimes changing daily in the fast-paced civics world these days. First up, the “origami” tower came to the urban design panel, where it was not supported in a 4-2 vote. My story here. For those not […]

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This was a bombshell yesterday. More to come. No one seems to know all the scenarios that might play out (could this void the city’s land sale with Brenhill? will public hearing process need to be changed?), all of which sound serious and complicated. Lots of interesting things in Justice McEwan’s ruling. He stayed out […]

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