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OPINION: Why does Vancouver continue to build family-oriented communities without enough schools?

OPINION: Why does Vancouver continue to build family-oriented communities without enough schools?

The blame must go to lousy coordination and communication between city planners, city council, the school board, and the province.
OPINION: Blockades show the vulnerability of Canada's food chain

OPINION: Blockades show the vulnerability of Canada's food chain

Businesses have laid workers off. Farmers aren’t being paid for produce that isn’t delivered.
OPINION: Answering the call for housing and workspace solutions in B.C.

OPINION: Answering the call for housing and workspace solutions in B.C.

Telecommuting and floating workforce housing are just two of the innovative ways local companies are solving problems...
OPINION: Here's what I know about the city's 'Vancouver Plan'

OPINION: Here's what I know about the city's 'Vancouver Plan'

Vancouver hasn’t had a city-wide planning process since 1995 and is the only municipality in the region that doesn’t have a long-range city-wide plan.
Ken Sim wants to run again for Vancouver mayor

Ken Sim wants to run again for Vancouver mayor

The NPA’s mayoral candidate in 2018 is back on Twitter and has created a website.
OPINION: Burnaby’s busiest SkyTrain station is a crime magnet

OPINION: Burnaby’s busiest SkyTrain station is a crime magnet

You name it and Metrotown criminals will try and rob it.
OPINION: No one voice can speak for the Wet’suwet’en

OPINION: No one voice can speak for the Wet’suwet’en

The Wet’suwet’en themselves don’t speak with one voice, so how can anyone else presume to stand on behalf of them all?
OPINION: Why it’s important to support Indigenous-led conservation in B.C.

OPINION: Why it’s important to support Indigenous-led conservation in B.C.

Instead of a ski resort being constructed, a sacred B.C. site - an essential corridor for grizzly bears – is now protected, forever.
Alarm raised about ‘unsafe’ Burnaby rail crossing with no arms to block vehicles

Alarm raised about ‘unsafe’ Burnaby rail crossing with no arms to block vehicles

"All the tips in the world can’t help if a rail crossing is inherently unsafe."
OPINION: Why people of colour don’t like outdoorsy things

OPINION: Why people of colour don’t like outdoorsy things

There are a number of theories — which could fill volumes — but here are a couple of my observations from my Filipino community and others.