Vancouver

Ten ideas to re-engage Vancouver’s reluctant municipal voters

November 27, 2012 6:18 am /Soapbox, Vancouver /1 Comment
The worst complaint? Voting doesn’t matter The following article was originally published in the Vancouver Sun. Image c/o Postmedia. As Mayor Gregor Robertson marks the end of his first year of his second mandate, I ...

Courier Community Correspondent: Give Neighbourhoods the Tools for Change

November 16, 2012 6:31 am /Vancouver /1 Comment
This article was published originally in the Vancouver Courier newspaper as part of their Community Correspondent series. Soon my wife and daughter will mark ten years since we have resided a half-block off Fraser Street. ...

Who else is “secretly glad” Meggs lost in Vancouver-Fairview?

October 24, 2012 1:35 pm /Soapbox, Vancouver /Comments Off
George Heyman (Photo: Emily Jackson, Vancouver Metro) Originally published at Huffington Post BC. If you are a B.C. political junkie, there was plenty to keep you engaged over the weekend — whether it was the ...

Can a streetcar solve Vancouver’s Broadway corridor conundrum?

October 13, 2012 12:54 pm /Soapbox, Vancouver /7 Comments
This post was featured earlier in Vancity Buzz. Image above sourced from Price Tags blog. Now that the wraps have been taken off the design plans for Evergreen Line stations the reality is setting in ...

It’s your choice to be alone in Vancouver

October 3, 2012 9:07 am /Vancouver /2 Comments
Don’t blame the lowly garage door opener – we’re doing a good job connecting already Originally featured in Huffington Post BC. The esteemed Vancouver Foundation is among our city’s finest philanthropical organizations. For decades they ...

Re-think Robson Square, but without closing it permanently

September 2, 2012 7:40 pm /Cities, Vancouver /Comments Off
The following commentary was originally posted on Huffington Post BC. Close Robson Street first, then ask the public what they think afterward. That's what was announced this week. Vancouver voters by now are used to ...
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