Category Archives: Immigration
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
Transit trumps traffic in NYC population boom
The years between 2003 and 2008 saw an employment and population boom for New York City. But that didn’t translate into a crush of vehicular traffic. A report released this week by Bruce Schaller, New York’s deputy transportation commissioner for … Continue reading
Filed under Commuting, Crime, Immigration, Industry, New York, Transportation, Urban Planning
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: Designer dogs take place of kids as schools shut for lack of pupils
The Province Monday, March 17, 2008 These are gloomy days for dodgeball, hopscotch and other staples of the traditional school recess in British Columbia. Over the past decade, playgrounds and sports fields across the province have gone quiet as a … Continue reading
Province column: British Columbians are voting with their feet and heading to the burbs
The Province Sunday, February 24, 2008 Move over, cigarettes and fast food, “suburban sprawl” is quickly becoming society’s public enemy No. 1 — taking the blame for everything from air pollution to obesity and social disorder. According to a 2004 … Continue reading
The paradox of ethnic enclaves in the city
A recent article in the New York Times — devoted to the hollowing out of that city’s Little Cambodia — underscores a bigger picture at play in the United States and across North America. New immigrants to North America aren’t … Continue reading
Filed under Immigration, New York
