Category Archives: Environment
Metro column: Vancouver transport at centre of stimulus debate
Transport at centre of stimulus debate 22 December 2008 John Baird, Canada’s Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, was in the Lower Mainland last week to collect funding wish lists from regional government leaders. He and his boss, Prime Minister … Continue reading
Filed under Commuting, Environment, Immigration, Industry, New York, Transportation, Urban Planning, Vancouver
Carts of Darkness
Due to popular demand, the trailer from the documentary Carts of Darkness, which follows the binners of North Vancouver as they ride down mountain roads in grocery carts and scour the streets for recyclables.
Filed under Commuting, Entertainment, Environment, Industry, Neighbourhoods, Transportation, Vancouver
Vancouver Province column: Metro Vancouver still missing out on proven benefits of rail travel
September 29, 2008 Whether you agree with her political philosophy or not, you have to give Elizabeth May full marks for making plenty of noise during this fall’s federal election. The leader of the federal Green Party has made history — and … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: City must address theft, safety issues before peddling bike rental program
September 15, 2008 Peter Ladner, the Non-Partisan Association mayoral candidate in the upcoming Vancouver municipal election, has a transportation vision for the Lower Mainland that goes beyond public transit and private vehicles. Ladner, a long-time cycling advocate, would like to … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: Resourceful dumpster divers are important part of our city’s fabric
October 29, 2008 Richard Florida, the high-profile University of Toronto professor, recently spoke to a receptive crowd at a Vancouver Board of Trade cities conference. Florida, author of the best-selling book The Rise of Creative Class, postulates that cities with … Continue reading
Filed under Academia, Crime, Entertainment, Environment, Industry, Law and Order, Vancouver, Vancouver Province Columns
Vancouver Province column: Rats may not be a huge health threat, but they certainly can hurt tourism
Monday, September 01, 2008 A couple weeks ago, I found out that a neighbour in my condominium building was having problems with some urban wildlife, and I’m not talking about squirrels. It turns out that rats have been hanging out … Continue reading
Vancouver Province column: Why plague people with trash talk when they’ve got worries enough?
Forget about manicured front lawns, white picket fences and the sound of children at play. According to a growing legion of pundits and “peak oil” theorists, the tidy suburbs of today are the forsaken slums of tomorrow. A recent article … Continue reading
Filed under Architecture, Commuting, Environment, Green Space, Health, Immigration, Law and Order, Media, Neighbourhoods, Politics, Real Estate
Mercer Consulting: Best cities for… wait for it… quality of living
The cities rankings continues — this one from Mercer Consulting. It’s a bit more serious-minded that Monocle’s, and geared for those who are uprooting for work. Some survey highlights: “European cities dominate the rankings of locations with the best quality … Continue reading
Filed under Culture, Environment, Green Space, Health, Immigration, Industry, Montreal, New York, Real Estate, San Francisco, Seattle, Sydney, Toronto, Transportation, Urban Planning
Province column: Driving an older car may be the best way to lighten your carbon footprint
While B.C.’s new carbon tax is about to put the squeeze on drivers at the gas pumps, it is also putting the spotlight on the bigger story of greenhouse gases in this province. Inevitably, that means more finger-wagging reserved for … Continue reading
Province column: It feels like we’re being taken for a ride with this bridge roller-coaster
Call me old-fashioned, but I still consider $63 million to be a whole lot of money — even in an era of billion-dollar mega-projects, million-dollar condominiums and $1.35-a-litre gasoline. So I was both surprised and disturbed to recently hear that … Continue reading
