LOCAL
• Gastown’s cobblestones turning into asphalt patchwork [CBC]
• Is this the future of the Sears building? [OpenFile]
• City launches citizens’ volunteer corps [Vancouver Sun]
• Canucks owners gamble on new office district in Vancouver [Globe and Mail]
• Quattro pivots from mid-rises to towers [Civic Surrey]
CANADA
• Is Toronto’s Mayor a Barrier to Good Planning? [The Atlantic Cities]
INTERNATIONAL
• India blackout, on second day, leaves 600 million without power [The Washington Post]
• How the Internet Could Save America’s Small Towns [The Atlantic Cities]
• Landscape Photography: New Visions [Places: Design Observer]
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