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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...
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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...
By Hilary Best -
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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
By Mike Bulko -
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...
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March 14, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Vancouver city hall ‘definitions’ impossible to define [Vancouver Courier] • Keep the “laughing statues”, urges petition...
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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...
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Urban Planet: Habitat 67 in LEGO?
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...
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Book Review – From The Stacks: The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators
Author: Charles Landry (Earthscan, 2008) Creativity, as a subject, has been of growing interest over the past few decade. What is it? What factors...
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March 13, 2012 Headlines
LOCAL • Indian band thwarts Vancouver ground-breaking [Vancouver Courier] • Ridge Theatre faces final curtain [Globe and Mail] • All options being...
By Erick Villagomez
Canadian Urbanism Uncovered