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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered

  • November 23, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • The future of Vancouver’s viaducts: equestrian club, farm or park? [Vancouver Sun] • As voted on by the neighbourhood, grocery store coming...

  • November 22, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • What the viaducts and Eastern Core could look like [OpenFile] • BC Hydro starts replacing power line spanning Fraser River [BC Local News] ...

  • November 21, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vision’s broad-based win reflects a changing city [Globe and Mail] • Vision Vancouver makes homeless shelters a priority [Globe and Mail] • Vision...

  • November 20, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Gregor Robertson wins second term as Vancouver mayor [Globe and Mail] INTERNATIONAL • Rethinking urban land use [Chicago Tribune]

  • November 19, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • B.C. authors band together to finish late historian’s magnum opus [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver civic election “compass” [The Mainlander] • Housing...

  • November 18, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Why you should vote [Vancouver Courier] • Small quake rattles B.C.’s Okanagan [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver Civic Election Endorsements [The...

  • Release: City of Surrey Call to Artists – Street Banner Design

    Call to Artists – Street Banner Design City of Surrey Deadline for Submissions: December 12, 2011, 4 pm. Award to Selected Artist: $2,500 Open to all BC...

  • Neighbourhood Watch

    A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Four months after Brenda Patterson first approached Port Alberni City Council about...

  • November 17, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Surrey mayor wants more dredging to facilitate the Fraser as a marine highway [Vancouver Sun] • Numbers: Metro responds [Price Tags] • Carline...

  • November 16, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver’s Top Election Issues, if not Pre-Occupied [The Tyee] • Interactive map explores Vancouver’s history with images, videos and...

  • Release: CoV cultural spaces networking + discussion + tour

    Cultural spaces are at the heart of a vibrant, liveable, creative and caring city. Often, however, they face issues of affordability, functionality...

  • Book Review – From The Stacks: Infrastructure: The Book of Everything for the Industrial Landscape

    Author: Brian Hayes (W.W.Norton & Company, 2006) Infrastructure is the unsung hero behind all cities – large and small.  It is every-present...