By Erick Villagomez
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TONIGHT Residents Association Mount Pleasant Community Forum: Can we build high ndeisty neighbourhoods without building towers?
On Monday March 19, 6:45 – 9pm RAMP is hosting a Community Forum at 2881 Main St at 13th (St. Patrick’s Church) Topic: Can we build high density...
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Institute for Environmental Learning to Undertake Urban Design Charrette In Vancouver’s Historic Area
The BC/North Cascades Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development (BC UN-RCE) is pleased to announce that the Real Estate...
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March 19, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL Has Vancouver lost its cultural mojo? [Globe and Mail] Potential bike commuters still concerned about safety [Vancouver Sun] Keeping Up with Demand...
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March 17, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Upwardly mobile’s answer to affordable housing comes with a view [Globe and Mail] • David Suzuki: The benefits of cycling go beyond reducing...
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March 16, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Push and pull in Vancouver City’s planning game [Price Tags] • Comparing Portland’s food cart program to Vancouver’s [OpenFile] CANADA...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. In the Comox Valley, a local conservation group thinks developments are being approved...
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March 15, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Monitoring and tracking Vancouver’s bald eagle population [OpenFile] • “I’m inspired by cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam,” says Mayor of...
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weRecycle – New app helps you recycle in Metro Vancouver
Ever wonder where to find the best places to donate or recycle materials you no longer need? Metro Vancouver has launched a free iPhone app called...
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Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tours
First tours on March 25 at 10 am: Lorraine Irving (BC Genealogical Society): This tour will look at the still unsolved murder of Janet Smith and the...
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March 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver city hall ‘definitions’ impossible to define [Vancouver Courier] • Keep the “laughing statues”, urges petition...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators
Author: Charles Landry (Earthscan, 2008) Creativity, as a subject, has been of growing interest over the past few decade. What is it? What factors...
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March 13, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Indian band thwarts Vancouver ground-breaking [Vancouver Courier] • Ridge Theatre faces final curtain [Globe and Mail] • All options being...