Feature Posts
Wino with a shotgun
Sandra Oldfield gives Canadians the disarming truth about selling wine between provinces The following is a cross-post with the BC Wine Lover blog. One of the most popular recent posts on City Caucus described the experience of EXP bar in ... Read More »
Vancouver bike share: Bixi bikes a first look
Bike share is coming to Vancouver, and we must make it work The international Velo-City conference is underway in Vancouver as of Tuesday morning and I arrived in time to hear an inspired talk by urban cycling advocate Gil Penalosa. ... Read More »
Dutch treat: Lessons in sustainability from the Netherlands
BC homebuilders could benefit from using smaller spaces and applying fewer regulations I often plead guilty whenever I write about sustainability. After all, while I was once described as a hippy and lived an alternative lifestyle, I was never a ... Read More »
Geller: Here’s a new few ideas for built form in Vancouver
On Thursday I joined Bruce Hayden and Patrick Condon at SFU's noon time City Conversations series to discuss whether there is a need for alternatives to the glass high-rise tower for Vancouver. All three of us suggested that while there ... Read More »
Questions raised by top journalism award
Website used "to attack the opponents" of editor's brother deemed worthy by CJF An organization which devotes itself to rewarding "accountability, accuracy and independence" in journalism is coming under fire from members of the Vancouver journalism community after issuing their ... Read More »
Repurposing Pattullo Bridge the logical choice
Instead of tearing a bridge down, why not adapt it for other uses? It wasn’t long ago when we were finished using a consumer product it was guaranteed to end up in the landfill. Today, we better understand how this ... Read More »
Vanishing Vancouver: Insights a la Kluckner
Author/artist reminds us of Metro Vancouver's amazing past Michael Kluckner, author of Vanishing Vancouver: The Last 25 Years, spoke to a full house at the Vancouver Historical Society Thursday night. Some insights: Before Michael left for Australia a decade ago, ... Read More »
Sullivan: foreseeing a Fourth Wave of urban reform
Some of the world's top urban thinkers will assemble in Vancouver on June 6th When 300 delegates arrive at the Vancouver Playhouse Theatre on June 6 for the Vancouver Urban Forum, housing affordability will be on their minds. Although some ... Read More »
D.I.Y. Vancouver: a city of 15-minute neighbourhoods
What if all the services you need were within walking distance from your door? During last year's civic campaign we held several community meetings in Vancouver's neighbourhoods. On occasion I was able to stand up and speak to the room ... Read More »
Moving to Downtown Surrey
Hillsdon looks at his options and likes what he sees in Surrey Six months ago, my boyfriend and I started talking about living options once his lease in Vancouver was up. We knew that we wanted to move in together, ... Read More »
