July 28, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • The power and problems of Leasehold development for the City [OpenFile] • Business leaders in Vancouver’s historic Chinatown move forward with...

Urban Planet: Smart Growth in Calgary

Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

City of Vancouver’s Summer Exhibition of Digital Art Reflections

An exhibition featuring 22 digital works by 12 artists will light up two outdoors screens in downtown Vancouver until the end of September 2012. The...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The heated debate around the historic Bose Farm development at 16420 64 Ave in Surrey...

July 27, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Civic minded Grilled Cheese Giveaway on Strathcona bike route Saturday! [Courier] • Surrey Cycling Plan released and getting thumbs up...

Earthwalks Vancouver – “Who ever heard of a nature walk in a shopping centre?” Oakridge Mall with Celia Brauer –

DATE: Sunday, July 29, 2012 TIME: 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM LOCATION: Oakridge Mall, Parking Lot on the Northwest side of the Mall Today we can walk through a...

Writing Vancouver – Watermelon; I Know That Sound

Writing Vancouver is a bi-weekly section that highlights local talent in the literary arts. Over the coming weeks, Spacing Vancouver readers will be...

Urban Planet: Live Where You Go

Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

July 26, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • New Vancouver top planner charged with carrying out city vision [Vancouver Courier] • B.C.’s crime rate falling faster than rest of Canada...

Boyd House

Kerry McPhedran is selling the house she bought in 1972. It’s not because she wants to—as a freelance writer, it’s her retirement plan, and because of its...

Video Vancouver: The HemLoft

Free Outdoor Movies Metro Vancouver 2012

Our apologies for being late on this, but the outdoor movies summertime tradition in Metro Vancouver continues. Here is a list of movies yet to come and...