LOCAL
• The village at Ladner [Fraseropolis]
• Pete McMartin: Coffee and cannabis, a clash of manners on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive [Vancouver Sun]
• Hastings-Sunrise basks in the area’s rebirth [Georgia Straight]
CASCADIA
• Farmland trust urged for Saanich [Victoria Times Colonist]
• Penalties and bonuses provide backdrop for Bertha delays [Crosscut]
• A City that Takes its Planning Seriously (or Not) [Planetizen]
CANADA
• John Tory running for mayor of Toronto: Former Ontario PC leader promises to build downtown relief line [National Post]
• Urban walking is a legal high, so why are cities cruel to pedestrians? [Globe and Mail]
INTERNATIONAL
• LA Metro: Promoting Mass Transit [Vimeo]
• Two Sides of Sochi [The New Yorker]
• The Fascinating History of New York and Boston’s Race to Build a Subway [The Atlantic Cities]
• Empire state of mind: Green living in NYC need not be simple living [Aeon Magazine]
• Urbanists Left and Right [Planetizen]