LOCAL
• Vancouver city council hears from Hollywood Theatre supporters as heritage plan approved [Georgia Straight]
• Century-old Ming Sun Benevolent Society building to be demolished [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver’s historic Hollywood Theatre vs. cultural taxidermy [Vancouver Observer]
• City sets maximum rents for units in buildings where developers get rental incentives [State of Vancouver]
• Demolition near for 1891 building in Vancouver’s old Japantown [Vancouver Sun]
• The City needs to take responsibility for its role in the rental housing crisis [The Mainlander]
• 12th & Cambie: City of Vancouver hopes developers buy into Rental 100 [Vancouver Courier]
CASCADIA
• Washington’s Oil: Where Does it Come From and Where Does it Go? [Sightline Daily]
• From New Orleans to New Haven, driving is on the decline [Portland Bike Blog]
CANADA
• TTC chair urges fare deal for riders also using GO [Toronto Star]
• Suburban envy only makes things worse: James [Toronto Star]
• New files confirm Rob Ford’s drug use opened him up to every imaginable form of extortion and blackmail [National Post]
INTERNATIONAL
• Could China combat smog with artificial rain? [New Scientist]
• The Social Life of CitiBike Stations [Project for Public Spaces]
• Why It’s Harder to Move Up in America’s Segregated Cities [The Atlantic Cities]