March 4, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • DINER: “Caffe La Musette” Concept Catering To Cyclists Opening Soon In Downtown Lane [Scout Magazine] • Build it, but will they come? [Vancouver...

March 3, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Downtown Eastside program loses childcare spaces [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver’s SROs to get a $116-m makeover [Globe and Mail] • VAG should...

Spacing Saturday: Transit Politics, Regional Migration and Olympic Legacy

Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. Vancouver Olympic...

Urban Planet: Moscow’s Human Chain

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...

Release: New Arts and Culture Policy Council Established

Vancouver’s creative community will be represented by a new voice following City Council’s move to establish an Arts and Culture Policy...

Olympic Cities and Advanced City-Making – Part 2

[Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a multi-part series by Brent Toderian who will be sharing his direct observations on the challenges and...

March 2, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • A Last Conversation with Jim Green [The Tyee] • Vancouver to allow taxis to use some city bus lanes [Vancouver Sun] • More thoughtful analysis on...

Olympic Cities and Advanced City-Making – Part 1

[Editor’s Note: With the London 2012 Summer Olympics fast approaching and our Winter Olympic experience two years behind us, we are happy to have...

Hastings Street

A City that Runs on Itself

[Editor’s Note: We are glad to be present the second part of the newest Tyee Series written by the University of British Columbia’s Patrick...

Release: Urban Futures Survey 2012 Launched

It started in 1973. It happened again in 1990. And now it’s back. The third Greater Vancouver Urban Futures Opinion Survey is online. The Urban Futures...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. With spring and summer fast approaching, the City of Burnaby is inviting local residents...