Video Vancouver: Extreme Walks

March 25, 2012, named Tom Cone Day in Vancouver in honour of the Mayor’s Arts Award for Lifetime Achievement

The Mayor has proclaimed March 25, 2012, as Tom Cone Day in Vancouver in honour of the distinguished playwright, collaborator and philanthropist who...

Sim City: Density Growth

Spacington has grown from a little town to a city. Plenty of single-family homes in each of the neighbourhoods have changed their faces and transformed...

March 16, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Push and pull in Vancouver City’s planning game [Price Tags] • Comparing Portland’s food cart program to Vancouver’s [OpenFile] CANADA...

Urban Planet: Participatory Mapping

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...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. In the Comox Valley, a local conservation group thinks developments are being approved...

March 15, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Monitoring and tracking Vancouver’s bald eagle population [OpenFile] • “I’m inspired by cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam,” says Mayor of...

weRecycle – New app helps you recycle in Metro Vancouver

Ever wonder where to find the best places to donate or recycle materials you no longer need? Metro Vancouver has launched a free iPhone app called...

Urban Planet Weird Wednesday: Grand Central’s dirty secret

Weird Wednesdays on Urban Planet takes a look at obscure, absurd, and curious things about cities around the world. High above commuter’s heads...

Mountain View Cemetery Walking Tours

First tours on March 25 at 10 am: Lorraine Irving (BC Genealogical Society):  This tour will look at the still unsolved murder of Janet Smith and the...

March 14, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Vancouver city hall ‘definitions’ impossible to define [Vancouver Courier] • Keep the “laughing statues”, urges petition...

Hubbub about a Food Hub

[Editor’s Note: A warm thanks to Jeff Nield, citylab and the fine folks at Edible  Vancouver Magazine who gave us permission to cross-post this...