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Taller buildings won't solve Metro Vancouver's industrial land shortage, panel told
Vancouver :: Canada | 16 days ago
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Metro Vancouver's plans to intensify its limited industrial land base with more multi-level buildings will likely force large-scale manufacturers out of the region because the facilities cost too much and aren't considered efficient. Stuart Morrison,
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Cruise ship's mast will be altered so it can fit under Lions Gate Bridge next year
Amsterdam :: Netherlands | 22 days ago
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The Celebrity Solstice one of the world's newest and tallest cruise ships is expected to dock in Vancouver next year after the cruise line alters the ship's mast so it can telescopically retract to fit under the Lions Gate Bridge. The cruise line's
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Hearings sought over harbour plans
Vancouver :: Canada | 25 days ago
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The Globe and Mail Last updated Tuesday, Apr. 23 2013, 10:13 PM EDT The Westshore coal Terminal in Delta, B.C. In an attempt to reframe a debate over coal exports that has brought Port Metro Vancouver under intense scrutiny, officials have announced
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Metro Vancouver comes out in opposition to coal shipments along Fraser River
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Metro Vancouver voted narrowly in favour Thursday of opposing coal shipments along the Fraser River, following a lengthy debate over the economics of coal projects versus the environmental and health risks associated with coal dust. Directors on the
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Metro Vancouver proposes paying to reserve sites for new incinerator
Surrey :: ND :: USA | 1 month ago
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Metro Vancouver plans to put an option-to-buy on up to five potential sites for a proposed trash incinerator in hopes of holding the land for the long-term project. The move, which could involve paying about 10 per cent of the land value to secure it,
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Port Metro Vancouver will consider alternatives for power lines
Vancouver :: Canada | 1 month ago
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Port Metro Vancouver has agreed to consider alternatives to an unpopular hydro line planned for North Vancouver's Moodyville neighbourhood. Justin Pedley, director of trade areas and infrastructure at the port authority, said his staff is exploring
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Pete McMartin: Serving as the doormat of the gateway to the Pacific
Vancouver :: WA :: USA | 2 months ago
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On Monday night after this column was written Mayor Wayne Baldwin of the City of White Rock was to introduce a motion in city council about coal...It concerned Port Metro Vancouver's plan to build a coal-transfer terminal at the Fraser Surrey Docks.
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White Rock set to weigh in on coal proposal
Vancouver :: Canada | 2 months ago
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White Rock council is expected to voice its opinion on a proposed coal transfer operation for the Surrey/North Delta border that could bring trains more than 2.3 kilometres long through the city's waterfront. Fraser Surrey Docks wants to set up a
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B.C. minister attacks closure of office that helps protect Fraser River estuary and Burrard Inlet
Ottawa :: Canada | 3 months ago
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Environment Minister Terry Lake criticized the federal government Monday over the imminent closure of an office that co-ordinates governmental protection of the Lower Mainland's two most significant aquatic ecosystems, the Fraser River estuary and
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Metro Vancouver committee to study effect of expansion, development on traffic through George Massey Tunnel
Delta del Tigre :: Uruguay | 3 months ago
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Metro Vancouver is joining individual municipalities in trying to tackle rising traffic volumes around the George Massey Tunnel as result of massive port expansion and residential and commercial developments. A new Metro transportation committee,
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