LOCAL
• Vancouver’s Block 51 pedestrian-only no longer [Globe and Mail]
• Circling the Square (1) – Transit on Robson, and Beyond [Price Tags]
• Casino still eyed for west of B.C. Place [Vancouver Courier]
• The Province’s obsession with highway building and how it won’t help Surrey [Civic Surrey]
• Jackson says TransLink not worthwhile for Delta [Surrey North Delta Leader]
CANADA
• ROB FORD REMOVED FROM OFFICE [Breaking News] Judge decides that the mayor violated conflict of interest legislation. The mayor will be able to run in a by-election, and the penalty is suspended for 14 days
[Torontoist]
[CBC-Toronto]
[Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• What cities could disappear with Sea Level Rise [New York Times]
• Animals are already dissolving in Southern Ocean acid [New Scientist]
• Bike commuters power though the winter cold [Washington Post]
• The science of cities: Life in the concrete jungle [Nature]
• The Case for Listening to NIMBYs [Atlantic Cities]
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