LOCAL
• Park board chair responds to Kitsilano Beach Park bike path controversy [Georgia Straight]
• Google Farm View [The Tyee]
• Plans unveiled for North Vancouver waterfront [Vancouver Sun]
• A farmer’s journey from California to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside [Vancouver Sun]
CASCADIA
• Victoria on list of best cities; Tofino’s Wickaninnish No. 1 resort in Canada [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Oregon’s new Amtrak Cascades Talgo 8 passenger trains roll into Portland (video) [Oregon Live]
• Park Avenue West Tower: Law firm Stoel Rives signs on as tenant, clearing way for construction [Oregon Live]
• Hanjin Shipping plans to stop calling on Port of Portland, stranding Northwest importers, exporters [Oregon Live]
• Group behind $1-billion Colwood project files for creditor protection [Victoria Times Colonist]
• B.C. Hydro on the edge of change as huge growth planned for North [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• How Toronto planners ensure mediocrity [Toronto Star]
• In the Chicago region, a setback for regional planning [The Transport Politic]
• Eco Districts – The Next Frontier [Planetizen]
• City of Kolkata bans bikes to reduce traffic, but India’s environmentalists, workers protest [Washington Post]