By Erick Villagomez
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August 24, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • “Vancouver – Is homeownership becoming a far-fetched dream?” [The Mainlander] CANADA • For Canada to arrive, it needs to be obliterated on film...
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August 23, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • On the road to another record [The Buzzer Blog] • Vancouver looks for financial and ecological bounce with rubber sidewalk [Vancouver Courier] ...
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Release: City of Vancouver Poet Laureate Call for Expressions of Interest
The City of Vancouver would like to hear from poets interested in becoming the City’s third Poet Laureate. The call for nominations and submissions...
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August 22, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Record number of riders use TransLink in 2011 [Vancouver Sun] • TransLink outperforms Olympic year [Price Tags] INTERNATIONAL • Megabus – King of...
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August 21, 2011 Headlines
INTERNATIONAL • 10 great places to explore urban neighborhoods [USA Today] • Across the Bay Area, streets are getting a makeover — with less room...
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August 20, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Heritage advocate eyes boarded-up bakery sign [Vancouver Courier] • Politics, not petition, will determine Robson Square’s future [Globe and Mail...
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August 19, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Metro Vancouver facing future threat from rising sea levels [Vancouver Sun] • Local park eases the hike for disabled [Vancouver Sun] • Unchain...
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Release: Re:Building Vancouver Explores the Connection Between Social Unrest and Architecture
A new exhibit at the Architectural Institute of British Columbia Gallery offers a unique perspective on social unrest: the connection between human...
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August 18, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Report targets renter grievances in Vancouver neighbourhood [Vancouver Courier] • Whalley neighbourhood has fewest university degrees per capita...
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Release: Adorno and Nose
Adorno and Nose by Doupé and Whitman launched into transit shelters August 15 A new project by the City of Vancouver Public Art program invites the public...
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August 17, 2011 Headlines
LOCAL • Suburban planners struggle to boost cycling [Globe and Mail] • New Surrey library to lend people out as ‘living books’ [Vancouver Sun...
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#urbnpalooza 2011
We are an emerging group of local urbanists that are in search of spirited debate and lively discussion on the future of development and decision-making...