By Erick Villagomez
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February 18, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Hip spots and doughnuts spring up in the Downtown Eastside [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver’s capital plan reveals city’s spending...
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Release: Trout Lake Community Centre Official Opening, Saturday February 18th
Residents and media are invited to join Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, Vancouver Park Board Chair Constance Barnes and Grandview Community Centre...
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Release: Museum of Vancouver – Art Deco Chic: Extravagant glamour between the wars
The design style known as art deco began in Paris in the 1920s and quickly gained worldwide popularity. Here in Vancouver, we see the art deco’s...
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Release: Screening | best of the 2011 ottawa international animation festival
Screening | best of the 2011 ottawa international animation festival Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 7:30pm – 9:30pm The best of the Ottawa...
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Release: What is Cohousing? How Ordinary People Can Build an Extraordinary Neighbourhood
WHEN: Feb. 23, 7:00 pm WHERE: Wise Club Hall, 1882 Adanac Street ADMISSION: $10 suggested donation, at the door For more info: yvrcohousing@gmail.com...
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February 17, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Modern city, modern partnerships [Globe and Mail] • Cushman & Wakefield: Vancouver Office Rents Highest in Canada [MarketWatch] • Vancouver...
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The Similkameen River watershed study is underway as the Similkameen Valley Planning...
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February 16, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • REVIEW | Kota Ezawa’s ‘Hand Vote’ [The Mainlander] • Low air-quality readings near New Westminster parkade prompt traffic concerns [Vancouver Sun...
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Release: Tangential Vancouver – Potential futures emphasize a finer-grain for Vancouver
An experimental project titled Tangential Vancouverism: projects for Vancouver’s urbanism brings together a diverse Vancouver-based team that...
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(PICS) Free Public Lecture: Michael E. Mann – The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars
Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Free Public Lecture The Hockey Stick and The Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines Join this...
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February 15, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Does Vancouver need to rezone when it already has lots of zoned capacity? [State of Vancouver] • City approves three new urban gardens intended to...
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February 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver park board probes report that petting zoo animals sold for meat [Globe and Mail] • Mass Effect 3: Futuristic Vancouver [Vancity Buzz] â€...