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Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. An annual arts festival expected to attract up to 200,000 people to downtown Victoria...

Release: West End BIA Launches New Brand

New branding puts the “WE” in West End – creating a powerful, unique and unifying identity for the business community. The West End Business Improvement...

Vancouver Heritage Foundation: Places That Matter- The Stumps at Maple Grove Park

Fork in the Road: Glenburn Soda Fountain and Confectionary

Burnaby Heights is an interesting and often overlooked neighbourhood. One of Vancouver’s original streetcar suburbs, the Heights is home to quiet...

Invitation to Places That Matter at Celtic Cannery, Southlands

Video Vancouver: Tokyo in Timelapse

Tokyo is a perfect city for shooting timelapse. This clip was shot in a period of about 3 weeks durring February 2012, and entirely with a Canon 5D mk2.

Savouring Heritage at the Yaletown Brewpub—June 12, 2013

Craft beer meets Vancouver’s warehouse history The Vancouver Heritage Foundation is offering an opportunity to savour heritage with an enticing...

Studies on the West End – Connectivity/Walkability/Sense of Community

[Editor’s Note: Schools are the repository of ideas and experimentation. All too frequently, however, interesting and provocative work remains...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. West Vancouver district staff are calling on design firms to draw up plans to build a...

East Van Garden Tour – Sunday, June 16th

This year’s East Van Garden Tour is on Father’s Day, Sunday, June 16th, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. There will be about fourteen excellent gardens...

Release: Contagion Consulting conducts first independent study to reveal experiences of panhandlers with controversial token based meal program

Contagion Consulting is announcing the results of the first independent study looking into the behaviour and opinions of panhandlers towards the Save On...

Video Vancouver: PWL Partnership – Our Story in Film

A video that captures our over 3 decades of the PWL Partnership‘s work contributing to the development of some of Vancouver’s great public...