Release: Screening | best of the 2011 ottawa international animation festival

Screening | best of the 2011 ottawa international animation festival  Saturday, February 18, 2012 – 7:30pm – 9:30pm The best of the Ottawa...

Urban Planet: Best Cities for Street Food

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: What is Cohousing? How Ordinary People Can Build an Extraordinary Neighbourhood

WHEN: Feb. 23, 7:00 pm WHERE: Wise Club Hall, 1882 Adanac Street ADMISSION: $10 suggested donation, at the door For more info: yvrcohousing@gmail.com...

February 17, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • Modern city, modern partnerships [Globe and Mail] • Cushman & Wakefield: Vancouver Office Rents Highest in Canada [MarketWatch] • Vancouver...

Sim City: Walking and LRT in Spacington

Spacington is slowly getting bigger. The population is still low at around 1,500 residents, but nevertheless the city has adopted it’s first LRT...

Urban Planet: Jay Walkers

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...

The Gastown Project: JIM GREEN

Mayor calls on development industry to eliminate affordable housing

[Editor’s Note: Affordability is a major concern in Vancouver – and is arguably the issue that will govern the future of the city for the...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The Similkameen River watershed study is underway as the Similkameen Valley Planning...

February 16, 2012 Headlines

LOCAL • REVIEW | Kota Ezawa’s ‘Hand Vote’ [The Mainlander] • Low air-quality readings near New Westminster parkade prompt traffic concerns [Vancouver Sun...

Making Vancouver Work for Everyone

[Editor’s Note: We are glad to be partnering with the Tyee to introduce Spacing readers to the newest Tyee Series written by the University of...

Urban Planet: Before & After Photos of London Riots

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...