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EVENT: AxA – Art by Architects
The Metro Vancouver Chapter of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) would like to invite you to Art x Architects – archKIDecture, an...
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Kids in the City: Raising a family in a 500sq ft laneway home
Akua Schatz, a director at the Canadian Green Building Council, and her photographer husband, Brendon Purdy, currently live in a home that is smaller than...
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Identifying Intangible Heritage Values for Vancouver’s Chinatown
Heritage BC is conducting a public process around Identifying Intangible Heritage Values for Vancouver’s Chinatown. Submit your comments by August...
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EVENT: Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, August 9, 2015, 3pm-5pm
It’s back! The Vancouver Urbanist Meetup is returning with a special summer edition! This month, we’ll be meeting at the Food Cart Fest next...
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EVENT: The Granville Social, July 18 & 19
Watch, play, mingle and meet: all in the street! Check out The Granville Social, a weekend event that will transform the Granville strip into a public...
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Transportation Plebiscite: ‘no’ better engagement strategies?
For the past month, many people have eagerly awaited the result of Metro Vancouver’s Transportation Plebiscite: A non-binding vote on a 0.5% sales tax...
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EVENTS: Opening of Empire Fields, Plateau Sports Park and New Greenways, July 18th
Empire Fields and Plateau Sports Park is 15 acres of new and renewed sport, recreation and playground spaces that was completed in the spring of 2015. The...
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EVENTS: Groundswell Walking Tours—July 14, 21 & 28
There is a vital ecosystem of social enterprise in the DTES, where some of the oldest, newest, most diverse, and widest serving social...
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Video Vancouver: Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver
How do you want downtown Vancouver to look, taste, and feel in 25 years? Re-Imagine Downtown Vancouver is a chance for you to dream big and inspire big...
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Kids in the City series
I was excited to launch a new series in June called “Kids in the City”, where I profiled families living in urban density over the next few months. My...
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EVENT: Chinatown Mah Jong Social (Round 2), July 11th
The Youth Collaborative for Chinatown (青心在唐人街) presents CHINATOWN MAH JONG SOCIAL (ROUND 2) a hot and noisy (熱鬧) night DATE: Saturday July 11, 2015 TIME...
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Metro Vancouverites Reject Improvements to Transit
The results of the Metro Vancouver Transportation and Transit Plebiscite are in and earlier today Elections BC announced that Metro Vancouver voters...
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