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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.
Opinion: Burnaby Mountain transit is terrible. We need a gondola

Opinion: Burnaby Mountain transit is terrible. We need a gondola

The proposal for an ​Urban Transit Gondola ​on Burnaby Mountain is generating a lot of excitement.
Celebrate Valentine’s Day with these hot City of Vancouver odes to romance

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with these hot City of Vancouver odes to romance

Never let it be said that City of Vancouver staff aren’t romantics at heart. But they’re also worn down by the daily grind of arousal-killing bureaucracy.
YVR Airport apologizes for encouraging people to hit on passengers seated next to them on flights

YVR Airport apologizes for encouraging people to hit on passengers seated next to them on flights

It probably didn't go over as well as they had hoped it would