LOCAL
• COPE backs First Nations votes on Vancouver city council [Georgia Straight]
• Dara Parker: Why asking for a Pride flag to be flown is not “whining” [Georgia Straight]
• Good design, not video cameras, the key to making people feel safe [Georgia Straight]
• Metro Vancouver and port in spat over air quality regulation [Vancouver Sun]
• VIDEO: Inside Vancouver’s Sanctuary City Movement [The Tyee]
CASCADIA
• Bad News for Ridley Terminal [Sightline Daily]
• Historic land-title ruling creates ‘uncertainty’ for development, report says [Globe and Mail]
• City Council considers bigger hotels along Seattle waterfront [Crosscut]
• Coming soon: Illegal squatters in vacant houses cause big headaches in Portland neighborhoods [The Oregonian]
• Why Foreign Money is Irrelevant to Increasing Density [Planetizen]
• How Chinese Urbanism Is Transforming African Cities [Metropolis Magazine]
• Coincidence? Philly’s had fewer DUI arrests since ride-sharing apps arrived [Plan Philly]