LOCAL
• Steam-powered treasure moored in Vancouver’s False Creek [Vancouver Courier]
• B.C.’s open-government websites called a good start, but more work needed [Globe and Mail]
• Tour the Downtown Eastside’s $10 million facelift [OpenFile]
• How to save the Pantages Theatre: Expropriation [The Mainlander]
• East Vancouver school grounds to be transformed into “natural playground” [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver approves three-tower development in Marpole area [Vancouver Sun]
• Mayor Watts comes out swinging on the gas tax [State of Vancouver]
• Does Metrotown Work? [Price Tags]
INTERNATIONAL
• ‘Carmageddon’s’ good karma [The Los Angeles Times]
• The State of Metropolitan America: Suburbs and the 2010 Census [The Brookings Institution]
• Egypt Approves Massive Bridge to Saudi Arabia [Der Spiegel]
• Bagley Wright and Seattle’s ‘Eiffel Tower’ [Crosscut]