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Vancouver at a transportation crossroads

February 5, 2006
| The provincial government announced plans this week to spend $2500 billion on highways in Greater Vancouver. Many fear this will turn Vancouver into a Los Angeles of the north.

16:08 minutes (14.78 MB)
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More miles of highway, fewer greenhouse gases?

March 12, 2007
| The B.C. government is planning to dramatically expand road construction in the Lower Mainland, but stay on target to reduce emissions. Critics say it can't be done.

14:29 minutes (13.26 MB)
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Guerrero: El Ruta Del Sol

June 17, 2007
| Mexico's southern coastal state of Guerrero is a mecca for tourists - and a very dangerous place for human rights activists.

12:52 minutes (11.78 MB)
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Victory in fight against highway widening in Vancouver

November 10, 2007
| Opponents to the scheme to widen Highway 1 and twin the Port Mann bridge are celebrating the defeat of a plan brought forward by the city's engineering department.

8:50 minutes (8.09 MB)
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Lower Mainland road expansion to be built as a P3

August 4, 2008
| Gordon Campbell aims to build B.C.'s high-profile new highway project in partnership with the private sector.

16:44 minutes (15.33 MB)
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B.C. Liberals bail out bank in highway expansion plan

February 4, 2009
| The Gateway highway expansion project is being built as a private-public partnership. But the private investment bank that is partnering with the B.C. government can't raise the money it needs.

13:37 minutes (12.47 MB)
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New trail built to bear witness

May 2, 2010
| The South Fraser Perimeter road is a freeway project that will eliminate much potential parkland along the Fraser River. Activists have created the Witness Trail to show people what's at stake.

11:59 minutes (10.98 MB)
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Auditor General says B.C. Liberals fudged the figures over the new Port Mann bridge

October 19, 2011
| B.C. Auditor General John Doyle called the state of the B.C. government's books unacceptable. The principal reason was that the province kept a $3.1 billion debt off its books.

10:54 minutes (9.99 MB)
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Transforming the daily commute

October 28, 2011
| The average commuter in Canada spends about an hour on their way to work. Travel times like this are hard on both the commuter and on the environment.

14:51 minutes (13.6 MB)