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Spain in the membrane: What Vancouver can learn from the Spaniards

Spain in the membrane: What Vancouver can learn from the Spaniards

I often enjoy checking to see what I was doing on a particular date in years gone by.
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Jack Knox: Battling and punishing the queue jumpers at B.C. Ferries terminals

Jack Knox: Battling and punishing the queue jumpers at B.C. Ferries terminals

I saw them catch a queue-jumper at the Tsawwassen ferry terminal last week. The driver had tried sneaking out of a going-nowhere lane and into one that was boarding. Fortunately, before he got too far, a couple of B.C.
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Why is A&W's Beyond Meat burger outselling the Teen burger at some Vancouver locations?

Why is A&W's Beyond Meat burger outselling the Teen burger at some Vancouver locations?

It baffled me how a Beyond Meat burger could outsell classic beef — I had to try it
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Retiring Vancouver mayor, councillors to get ‘transition allowance’

Retiring Vancouver mayor, councillors to get ‘transition allowance’

Mayor Gregor Robertson will receive a $28,843.37 payout when he retires after the Oct. 20 civic election
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Les Leyne: New and risky drivers to see ICBC rates jump

Les Leyne: New and risky drivers to see ICBC rates jump

The B.C. government is portraying the impact of changes to ICBC’s premiums as positive to two-thirds of B.C. drivers. But it used a contrived model based only on the first year.
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Go ahead Vancouver, name a city councillor who brings value to the job

Go ahead Vancouver, name a city councillor who brings value to the job

Only four incumbents on the 11-member council are seeking re-election Oct. 20.
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Here's why the Vancouver school board will be split for another four years

Here's why the Vancouver school board will be split for another four years

Vision Vancouver, which has dominated past elections, isn't running enough candidates to try for a majority
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NPA councillor Elizabeth Ball will not seek re-election

NPA councillor Elizabeth Ball will not seek re-election

Ball’s decision leaves three incumbents to compete in Oct. 20 race
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As Vancouver's detached housing stock is demolished, what should be saved?

As Vancouver's detached housing stock is demolished, what should be saved?

Last month I received a telephone call from the CBC regarding two houses designed by renowned Vancouver architects Arthur Erickson and Ron Thom. Located in South Vancouver near one another, they both had recently been put up for sale.
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Demovictions issue could dog Kennedy Stewart in Vancouver mayoral race

Demovictions issue could dog Kennedy Stewart in Vancouver mayoral race

A funny thing happened to Derek Corrigan on the run up to the 2018 municipal election. The famously stubborn Burnaby mayor changed his mind.
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