The City of Vancouver launched the new Canada Line today, months ahead of schedule and under budget. The new Canada Line skytrain will connect downtown Vancouver and YVR international airport in Richmond, making...
created by Yuliya Talmazan | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 773 views | 12 recommendations | 4 comments
I'm seeing quite a bit of excitement about this actually. I know lots of people who are going to go to the opening ceremony today and ride the train free. I heard some grumbling about how it didn't open first...
created by kate | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 407 views | 6 recommendations | 2 comments
I live around 54th and Cambie Street, and I love my neighbourhood, because it's quiet, convenient, and safe, or at least that was the case until the construction of Canada Line began. As you may know by now, the Canada Line is a train line that connects Downtown Vancouver...
opinion by jza52 | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 225 views | 1 recommendation | 1 comment
A new study by B.C.'s best-known forensic accountant concludes that so-called public-private partnerships (P3s) for public projects cost more than if they were financed directly by government. The study also finds...
created by mike_yvr | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 343 views | 24 recommendations | 0 comments
In an op-ed published in today's Sacramento Bee, California's state treasurer takes on proponents of public-private partnerships and makes the case for funding public infrastructure projects by issuing municipal...
created by mike_yvr | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 488 views | 4 recommendations | 1 comment
By Elecia Chrunik and Linda Solomon for www.thevancouverobserver.comChildren once jumped on the train and rode for a nickel, leaving the clean streets of Kerrisdale behind for the bustle of downtown. Bill, a...
by Elecia Chrunik for www.thevancouverobserver.com Jaime Garcia, Executive Director of the Rainier Valley Community Development Fund, which provides assistance to small businesses in South Seattle impacted by...
by Linda Solomon for www.thevancouverobserver.com
"Welcome to Cambie Village," the sign reads, amidst traffic barriers, tractors and empty stores strung along the road.
"Does this look like a village to you?"...
by Linda Solomon www.thevancouverobserver.com
At a press conference in front of Thai Away Home at Seventeenth and Cambie, yesterday, Laura Jones, of the Canadian Federation of Small businesses, a group that...