We all trekked out to Surrey (sign of where the next major rapid-transit project will go?) yesterday to hear TransLink officials talk about the annual general report on the agency. These TransLink events are always kind of sad experience. To the rest of the world, TransLink is a roaring success — about to have more […]

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So I’m back in the city and not a moment too soon, I see. (Lord of the Flies in the blog commenting, which I did not moderate for the last three weeks.) While I was gone, the debate erupted again, with somewhat more force, over how Vancouver is being shaped or not by the forces […]

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I’m on vacation for the next two weeks — eavesdropping as usual on life in the city, but here’s your open forum, as usual, for when I’m gone. Can we match the 350-something comments on a recent post that turned into a brawl over, what else, the Kits bike lanes? Hope so. There’s so much […]

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The recent news that much of the traffic congestion in Vancouver is caused by people circling the streets for a parking spot is a familiar story. Searching for a home for one’s car several times a day is more of a fraught experience in many people’s minds than searching for a home for oneself. In […]

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For those following this drama, the latest: 1. Park board launches a lawsuit again Riley Park-Hillcrest community centre to get them to turn over financial information 2. At last report, board member Ken Charko said he has been unable to get president Jesse Johl to communicate with him or organize a meeting 3. Irate resident […]

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The Non-Partisan Association, in an appreciated act of transparency, passed on the list of people/companies who bought tables at its upcoming gala. My story on that here and the complete list of supporters for the NPA follows here. Gold table buyers – – Vancouver Taxi Association – Concord – Rocky Mountaineer – O’Neil Hotels & […]

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As those of you who were on Twitter yesterday know, there was a lot of uproar at Vancouver city hall yesterday as journalists tried to make sense of the numbers swirling around like a meteor shower as the mayor and city manager attempted to make the case that the city had turned the Olympic village […]

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As we all know, Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts announced Saturday, while she was opening the new city hall, that she won’t be running again in November. Not a huge surprise, as there had been rumours for weeks and lots of hints about the event Saturday. But now it brings out into the open the jostling, […]

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For the last year, every time I’ve gone to a public hearing or meeting about development, I’ve heard people fret about how there’s not enough capacity to absorb the new people who will be coming with the developments. Not enough schools, hospital space, parks, libraries, you name it. And it used to be that, along […]

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This just out from Mayor Dianne Watts’ office SURREY, BC – “I am saddened and disappointed that Councillor Rasode feels she is unable to work within the team environment to bring issues forward to council and our committees. Myself and council will continue to support Councillor Rasode in her role as the Chair of Community […]

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