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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Monday
LOCAL • “Invisible” bike helmets coming to Canada [Vancouver Observer] • Delta council approves controversial development for...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Saturday
LOCAL • B.C. hits snag with plans to redraft farmland-protection rules [Globe and Mail] • Proposed changes to Agricultural Land Commission alarm local...
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Generation Rent: with few market solutions, community makes housing affordable
[Editor’s note: Beautiful, eclectic, iconic, Pacific harbour towns: the words describe both Vancouver and San Francisco. Yet the two cities have...
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RELEASE: City of Vancouver launches new mobile app for garbage collection schedules
VanCollect is a new free smartphone app that helps Vancouver residents with City-collected waste easily figure out when their garbage, recycling and Green...
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November Urbanist Meetup—Sunday, Nov 10, 2013, 3pm-6pm
After a brief hiatus, the Vancouver Urbanist Meetup is back! This month, we’ll be meeting on Sunday, November 10th from 3-6:00pm at the Cove...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Thursday
LOCAL • Businesses, politicians start building the case for more money for transit in Lower Mainland [State of Vancouver] • With civic election just over...
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UBC Dialogues: How can we expand public transit in the Lower Mainland?
UBC Dialogues: Burnaby The Lower Mainland’s population is growing and in many areas public transportation can’t keep up with demand. Commuters along the...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Wednesday
LOCAL • Billionaire’s Vancouver mural prompts graffiti gripes [Globe and Mail] • Righting a Wrong: Removing the Seaside Paths [Price Tags] • Bike paths...
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The Documented City: Vancouver Archives
If you have spent any time researching Vancouver’s history, which we highly recommend as its fascinating stuff, you will at some point come across the...
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RELEASE: Metro Vancouver’s Only Local Carshare Coop Celebrates Milestone with 300th Vehicle
Founded 16 years ago with two cars in Vancouver’s West End, Modo The Car Co-op is celebrating a milestone achievement this month, adding its 300th vehicle...
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Vancouver’s Urbanism Headlines: Tuesday
LOCAL • Clark may have reason to regret her transit referendum [Globe and Mail] • Richmond’s River Green has the sweet smell of success [Globe and Mail] â€...
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VHF Architecture & Design: Film Night at the Hollywood (Nov. 12th and Nov. 26th)
The third night in Vancouver Heritage Foundation’s Architecture & Design: Film Night at the Hollywood is all about Vancouver. Tuesday, November 12th...
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Canadian Urbanism Uncovered