LOCAL
• Mayor Gregor Robertson reflects on year that’s been, what’s to come [Vancouver Sun]
• 50 years ago even Cuban Missile Crisis had little effect on a typical Vancouver Christmas [Vancouver Courier]
• Vancouver fire leaves 18 homeless Christmas Eve morning [CBC-Vancouver]
• Idle No More protest continues in Vancouver [Vancouver Sun]
• W2 artists release video urging citizens to support Downtown Eastside community media hub [Straight]
CANADA
• Toronto’s Budget Chief is big on public discourse – Holiday auto-reply: ‘Assume I am not going to read your e-mail’ [Toronto Star]
• Urban shift threatens to swallow Little India [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• A Dr. Seuss index of Merry Cities and Grinch Conversion [Atlantic Cities]
• Light Rail City: Phoenix along the line [PriceTags]
• Do places seem farther away when you have to walk to get there? [Atlantic Cities]
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Merry Christmas from all of us at SpacingVancouver