By Erick Villagomez
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Neighbourhood Watch
A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The 8,000 square foot multi-million dollar Vancouver Island Mountain Centre sitting on...
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February 23, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver to build 67 more electric car-charging stations by 2014 [Vancouver Sun] • How London Deals with Fare Evasion [Stephen Rees’s Blog...
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February 22, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Highlights of the B.C. budget [Globe and Mail] • Rogers Arena towers proposal: Green roofs, a hockey rink and less viaduct [OpenFile] • Ned...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: Street Smart: Streetcars and Cities in the Twenty-First Century
Editors: Gloria Ohland & Shelley Poticha (Reconnecting America, 2006) On June 27, 1890, an event occurred in the little boom town of Vancouver that...
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February 21, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • The New Pattullo Bridge – we want to hear from you! [The Buzzer Blog] CANADA • Covering Canadian Urbanism [The Atlantic Cities] INTERNATIONAL â€...
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Release: Hastings Park Open House: New Park Spaces and Greenways
Please join City of Vancouver staff at the second in a series of open houses and help shape new park spaces in Hastings Park. See how initial public...
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Release: Heritage Vancouver – Media Reports Create a Threat to Important Heritage Home
Wilmar (Willard Kitchen Residence) 2050 SW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC Built 1925 | Architects: Benzie & Bow Architectural style: Tudor Revival...
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February 20, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • South Delta at risk from disastrous flooding [Vancouver Sun] • Tofino, Ucluelet unprepared for quake [Vancouver Sun] INTERNATIONAL • New York vs...
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February 19, 2012 Headlines
INTERNATIONAL • How Rent Control Subsidizes San Francisco’s Super-Rich [The Bay Citizen] • A Blueprint for a 21st Century Workforce [The Atlantic...
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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...