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Feb 6	MTP Open House 1.20: If you missed the first open house for the Master Transportation Plan, or would like to arm yourself before the St. Valentines Day Messaging, the presentation materials are available on-line at the City Web Site, which provides me the opportunity to go on about some of the details therein. I am c...
Feb 1	Discussing the Parkade- Part 1.: There was a meeting tonight hosted by the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Association, on the topic of... well... a few things. The main point of discussion was the future of the Front Street Parkade. There have been reports to council talking about longer-term visions for the water...
Jan 31	The Port Declares War: Jeff Nagel of Black Press (who is turning out to be the best Municipal Affairs reporter in the local Dead Tree Press) wrote a piece on recent proclamations by the new CEO of Port Metro Vancouver, and the reactions from various groups throughout the lower mainland. My first reaction was – poor bas...

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Greenblog

Jan 6	Stop Smart Meters: Help fund the film!
Dec 23	On the Seventh Day of Christmas_Visit holiday displays: We live in a great city for Christmas events and displays, and are only a sky-train ride to Vancouver for even more free family events! Here in New Westminster there are many holiday celebrations taking place. Staring with lighting of a large Christmas tree in Hyack Square at the end of The Para...
Dec 20	On the sixth day of Christmas; The gift of experiences: Yesterday Ava and I attended the Royal City Youth Ballet's The Nutcracker. This was our first time at the ballet! As a family we usually try to see some live performance as part of our holiday season.It is fun to attend plays, musicals and special events like this with your family for the holiday...

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Tenth To The Fraser

Feb 3	Finding blog-life balance: Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a while since I last wrote on Tenth to the Fraser, though thankfully I have had Jen’s prolific contributions to carry the torch while I’ve been quiet. Sometimes I get quiet because life gets too busy to blog, and sometimes I just need a bit of space alo...
Jan 30	Small acts of community in our own little garbage patch: The Lamb on the Quay boardwalk. Photo: Laura Schneider. The other day I noticed a bunch of Canadian geese down at the Fraser River Styrofoam patch. Why, I wondered, would they prefer to toddle here rather than fly south for the winter? More importantly, I wondered why was no one cleaning this m...
Jan 30	Meet Peter Ladner: February 4th: As most of you know, I’ve been involved with the Royal City Farmers Market since 2009 and I’ve developed an interest in urban agriculture. We have two hens now producing all the eggs we need to feed our family of three, and after a totally engaging talk at the RCFM AGM from John Gibeau last week,...

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Car(e)free Living

Feb 6	Greenpeace Knocks, part III: So, in this final episode of Greenpeace-induced ranting, let's focus on what, exactly, do we want to accomplish with all of this green energy?Perhaps, like myself, you think that we need to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels. I think - I'm hoping - that this is really what Greenpeace is after. Ya...
Feb 2	Greenpeace Knocks, part II: So let's think a bit more about those suggestions from those green-eyed folks at Greenpeace, specifically about "geothermal" energy. In this context, "geothermal" means using the residual heat in the earth (about 6 ft underground is sufficient), and extracting this heat using what is basically re...

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Down by the River

Dec 9	Santa Shops Sapperton 2011:
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Dec 24

Have a Wonderful Christmas and Best Wishes for 2012: From all of us at Voice New Westminster to all of you andyour families, have a wonderful Christmas and Best Wishes for 2012.

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