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  • City announces launch of new creative space with The Arts Factory

    Vancouver City Council has awarded the lease of a City-owned warehouse at 281 Industrial Avenue to The Arts Factory, comprising Great Northern Way Scene...

  • January 17, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver Special: A journey across the city [Vancouver Courier] • “Public outrage” causes city to postpone $10,000 fine for homelessness [The...

  • January 16, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Vancouver orders heritage evaluation of Waldorf Hotel, places moratorium on demolition [Vancouver Sun] • City of Vancouver pays $144k to CBC for...

  • January 15, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Behind the changing face of Vancouver’s Chinatown [Globe and Mail] • Urban Design Studio: Vancouver’s Waterfront Evolution – 1888 to Present...

  • January 14, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Waldorf “love-in” brings crowds to embattled hotel and concert venue [Vancouver Sun] • NDP Seeks BC Place Probe [The Tyee] • Foes of...

  • January 13, 2013 Headlines

    INTERNATIONAL • Artists take Metro commuters on another kind of journey [The Los Angeles Times] • How Google Earth Revealed Chicago’s Hidden Farms...

  • January 12, 2013 Headlines

    LOCAL • Mayor Robertson hopes city can help save Waldorf [Globe and Mail] • Robertson scrambles to get out in front of Waldorf Hotel mess, looking for...

  • January 11, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • NPA wants food cart program re-examined [Vancouver Courier] • The story behind The Waldorf’s displacement from the Hastings Corridor [The...

  • January 10, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Patrons lament closing of Waldorf Hotel after sale to condo developer [Globe and Mail] • Phase 1of the Main Street-Science World Station upgrades...

  • January 9, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • City explains housing project at former Ramada [Vancouver Courier] • Cost and convenience won’t add up to increased transit ridership [Vancouver...

  • January 8, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • Misunderstood Metro faces uphill climb in 2013 [Surrey North Delta Leader] • Failure to account for “fugitive” methane gas could undercut...

  • January 7, 2012 Headlines

    LOCAL • What the Census Dotmap tells us about Metro Vancouver [Stephen Rees’s Blog] INTERNATIONAL • School Design May Affect a Child’s Grades [Wired...