LOCAL
• Vancouver Mayor’s separation announcement strategy is a mystery [Globe and Mail]
• Climate change spurs planting of “resilient” gardens in Vancouver [Georgia Straight]
• Vancouver needs Ottawa, Victoria help to end homelessness [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson won’t sue over unfounded suggestions he’s a ‘philanderer’ [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Empress Hotel due for a major facelift, new buyers say [Vancouver Sun]
• Priced Out, Farmland Edition [The Tyee]
• Port Alberni, B.C., site of proposed First Nations, LNG export plant [Vancouver Sun]
• Comment of the Week: Rethinking car/bike choices among public housing residents [Bike Portland]
• First Avenue: Is a new streetcar the smartest plan? [Crosscut]
• Developers of Pearl West office tower speed toward groundbreaking next week [The Oregonian]
INTERNATIONAL
• Why Bikes Make Smart People Say Dumb Things [Medium]
• Transit, Density, and Congestion [Planetizen]
• Cleveland Heights and the problem with “used to be” [Belt Mag]
• The suburb of the future is here [Salon]