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  • July 22, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Law and Order and Parking Lots [Sightlines] • West End residents rally against rezoning [Vancouver Courier] • Vision Vancouver stands by bike...

  • Release: San Francisco Bay Area Hosts First International Green Schoolyard Conference

    Berkeley, July 21, 2011—Around the globe schools are tearing up their cement yards and replacing them with green gardens. Schools in many different...

  • July 21, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • A Friendly Invasion from Spacing [The Tyee] • Historic rock garden in Stanley Park gets recognition [Vancouver Courier] • Mayor’s wild green...

  • July 20, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Steam-powered treasure moored in Vancouver’s False Creek [Vancouver Courier] • B.C.’s open-government websites called a good start, but more work...

  • Release: VIVA Vancouver events

    VIVA Vancouver is transforming street spaces into people places and giving you extra space to walk, bike, dance, skate, sit, hang out with friends and...

  • July 19, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Moving Forward with transit in Metro Vancouver: an update on TransLink’s 2011 base plan and supplemental plans [The Buzzer Blog] • Port, city...

  • July 18, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • A century ago, B.C. cared about its parks [Globe and Mail] • Living it up with VIVA Vancouver [Globe and Mail] • “Neon and rain are the two...

  • July 17, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL East Vancouver community book exchange project helps bring neighbours together [Vancouver Sun] Eco-friendly Port Moody ‘getting into people’s...

  • July 16, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver Folk Festival loses acts as musicians denied entry to Canada [Globe and Mail] • Vancouver wants to catch up to other communitiesâ€...

  • July 15, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Riding Vancouver’s Streets into the Future [The Tyee] • Two Vancouver neighbourhoods targeted for expanded food scraps pickup [Vancouver...

  • Release: Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference

    Vancouver’s Poet Laureate, Brad Cran, announced details today for the Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference which will be an unprecedented collaboration among...

  • July 14, 2011 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver brings back anti-graffiti program after budget cutbacks lead to resurgence [Vancouver Sun] • Video: Mayor Gregor Robertson pushing...