LOCAL
• Vancouver theatre faces real tragedy [Globe and Mail]
• Report suggests bike lanes boost retail sales [Georgia Straight]
• East Hotel – Gore and Pender [Changing Vancouver]
• Metro may order public meetings on coal port dust risks [Surrey Leader]
• NEB approves tolling application for Kinder Morgan [Burnaby Now]
CASCADIA
•Watchful eyes in the night: Waste Management drivers trained to spot security, safety issues [Oregon Live]
• Keeping it weird in Portland: cycling the brew pubs [Vancouver Observer]
CANADA
• Rob Ford, gas pains, the Senate: Scandals and bad spin-jobs plague all levels of government [Toronto Star]
INTERNATIONAL
• Why We Love Alleys [SPUR]
• Planning is Not Necessary [Planetizen]
• Accounting for Latent Travel Demand [Planetizen]
• Suburbs Are Home to Growing Share of Region’s Poor [New York Times]
• Into the Water Tower, With Flair [The Atlantic Cities]