LOCAL
• City of Vancouver set to launch long-term food strategy [Straight.com]
• British Columbians take a STAND for social housing and rent control [The Mainlander]
• The Interrupted Seawall – Practically complete [Price Tags]
• The next phase of SFU Surrey [Civic Surrey]
• Residents laud proposal to dig up parts of streets to create green space in Marpole [Vancouver Sun]
• Direct light-rail line to campus the way to go, UBC says [Globe and Mail]
• Murky traffic, revenue projections behind Port Mann Bridge? [Civic Surrey]
CANADA
• New light rail for Calgary [Fraseropolis]
INTERNATIONAL
• The Case for Listening to NIMBYs [The Atlantic Cities]
• Mega-risks that could drive us to extinction [New Scientist]
• China’s Fast Path to Green Tech [The Tyee]
• Swallowing Rain Forest, Cities Surge in Amazon [The New York Times]
• Gambling away our cities [New York Daily News]
• The Unreal Estate Guide to Detroit [Places: Design Observer]
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