December 6, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Pedestrian deaths dominate Vancouver traffic fatalities [CBC News] • City calls on Port Metro Vancouver to delay coal export expansion [Vancouver...

VHF’s Places That Matter plaque presentation: The Railway Club, Dec 8th 8:30pm

Join Vancouver Heritage Foundation for Places That Matter plaque presentation #46 : DATE: Saturday Dec 8: PLACE: The Railway Club 579 Dunsmuir St.at...

Urban Planet: Mother of all traffic jams

Over two feet of snow dumped on Russian, which might have been fine, had some localities not closed exits along the major highway. Prices along the way...

December Urbanist Meetup, Sunday, December 9th, 3pm-5pm

It’s time again to get together with your fellow urbanist for December’s Vancouver Urbanist Meetup this Sunday December 9, 2012. This month...

December 5, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • The top 5 most wacky transit stories of 2012 [The Buzzer Blog] • Development tests the upper limits in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland [Globe and...

Urban Planet: Sydney Opera House façade projection

SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE | Facade projection from urbanscreen on Vimeo. If you live in Ottawa, or have visited recently, you might be familiar with the...

Christmas at the Old Mill Store, Dec. 8

Deadlines: Obits of Memorable British Columbians

Author: Tom Hawthorn, Harbour Publishing, October 2012 As a journalist it always fascinates me where my colleagues find their passions. For me, it’s how...

December 4, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Seymour Street shelter faces opposition [Vancouver Courier] • Park board wants control of community centres [Vancouver Sun] • Proposed recovery...

The Birth of Our Community: Grandview 1890-1915, Dec. 8

Guillermo Penalosa: People Moving Cities: Part II

Guillermo Penalosa is considered one of the premier voices on the vitalizing nature of human powered transportation and public spaces in Cities. He is the...

December 3, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • B.C.’s salmon guardian needs you to listen – before it’s too late [Globe and Mail] • Metro Vancouver’s power play aims to turn a profit from...