LOCAL
• Lack of shelter beds leaves few options for women, children in Metro Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• City responds to fears of new greenway [Surrey North Delta Leader]
CANADA
• Ottawa train contract gets 24-0 approval from council [The Ottawa Citizen]
INTERNATIONAL
• The 12 best things to happen to L.A. pedestrians in 2012 [Los Angeles Walks]
• What’s Behind San Francisco’s Sudden Building Boom? [The Atlantic Cities]
• Bike-share company plans to start in downtown L.A. this April [The Los Angeles Times]
• Himalayan dam-building threatens endemic species [New Scientist]
• Best of 2012: How the economy upended young architects’ hopes [Crosscut]
• Best of 2012: Time to stop snubbing the suburbs? [Crosscut]
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