LOCAL
• Vancouver city council rookies acknowledge learning curve [Vancouver Courier]
• Province to pay for 42 winter shelter beds in Vancouver [Globe and Mail]
• Surrey wants to move threshold for opening of shelter beds [Vancouver Sun]
• Former NPA candidate unloads on party’s failed campaign [Vancouver Sun]
• Vancouver councillors worry expanded casino will find its way into downtown project [Vancouver Sun]
INTERNATIONAL
• Creating and Financing Infill Parks in the Bay Area: Part IV [City Parks Blog]
• Are Streets More Walkable with Pavements Removed? [This Big City]
• The End of Sprawl [The Atlantic]
• The art of urban branding [Crosscut]
• The waterfront: keep kitsch alive [Crosscut]