Amid the deluge of reports coming to council this week and next is an interesting one that essentially poses the question to council on what to do about the site that PCI has bought next to the new Southeast Marine Drive SkyTrain station. It’s been an article of faith among people committed to building sustainable […]
Density around SkyTrain or industrial land?
July 22nd, 2009 · 14 Comments
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Canada Line to appeal award to Susan Heyes for business damages
June 19th, 2009 · 16 Comments
No surprise, Canada Line is planning to appeal the recent court decision that awarded $600,000 to former Cambie business owner Susan Heyes for losses caused to her business by construction. As I said in previous stories, it was hard to imagine this decision wouldn’t be appealed, given the ramifications it has for construction projects across […]
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Will Susan Heyes win if case is appealed? Look at the past
May 28th, 2009 · 28 Comments
Here’s my latest on the Canada Line/Susan Heyes decision, which looks at the previous big case that went down in B.C. between an agency building a public project and people who felt that they’d suffered as a result.
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Heyes’ win is good news for other Cambie merchants but will it stand?
May 28th, 2009 · 20 Comments
In my Globe story today about the court ruling that Canada Line owes Susan Heyes $600,000 for the “nuisance” it caused, lawyer Joe Arvay says this is good news for the many other Cambie merchants he is representing in the class-action suit still to come. But before everyone gets TOO jubilant, I should remind all […]
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Susan Heyes wins $600,000 over Canada Line construction
May 27th, 2009 · 35 Comments
Decision just came down in the case of the indomitable Susan Heyes/Hazel & Co and her lawsuit for damages over the Canada Line construction’s impact on her store. Decision is here. canada-line-damages-decision
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Metro Vancouver pressures cities to give the region more control
May 20th, 2009 · 16 Comments
I hadn’t been paying that much attention to Metro Vancouver’s growth plan for the next 30 years. That’s partly because it’s been in the works for eight years and it’s hard to feel like it’s going anywhere. And also because there’s a temptation to believe that it will have the same impact as the livable […]
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The first civic election debate: Experience versus leadership
October 2nd, 2008 · 17 Comments
It’s hard to believe some people chose to go to a hockey game tonight when they could have been sitting with all of us at the Vancouver Public Library talking about municipal policy. A loss for them of 90 minutes of action-packed excitement, but fun for the 300 or so of us there. Okay, kidding […]
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