January 10, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Landmark Vancouver restaurant prepares its last meal [Vancouver Courier] • More than 200 city parks mapped for mobile app [OpenFile] • Vancouver...

An urban screen opening in Surrey

I walked by the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre in Surrey on Friday, December 2 at 5:50 pm. It was still early, but in winter, when the sun sets at around...

Release: Course, Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community – Sat Feb 18

Transportation Transformation: Sustainable Transportation for Your Community Langara College – Continuing Studies 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver BC Sat...

January 9, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • City of Surrey to vote on development permit for new City Hall [Vancouver Sun] • Vancouver tax hike drives home message that cars have no place...

Price Points – The Land Bridge

It looks like a heavily landscaped path in some park, or perhaps part of the South False Creek seawall – but it isn’t. . It’s this: The...

January 8, 2011 Headlines

INTERNATIONAL • Hard times for a tower and its murals [The Los Angeles Times] • Why Some Cities Are Healthier Than Others [The Atlantic]

January 7, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Volunteer, Damn It! [Price Tags] • Neighbourhood haunt closing its doors [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver Street Tree Dudes [Vancouver is Awesome...

Spacing Saturday: Optimism, Falling Crime Rates and the Vancouver Special

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

Release: Canadian Association of Planning Students 2012 Conference and AGM

PLANNING HORIZONS:The Edge, Future, and Potential of Planning Canadian Association of Planning Students 2012 Conference and AGM DATES: February 2nd â€...

January 6, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • InRoads: Vancouver and the Insatiable Auto (1) [Price Tags] • Cambie Corridor plans puts Vancouverism to the test [Globe and Mail] • Sculpturesâ€...

Video Vancouver: A year of photos

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Between 10:00am and 1:00pm PST today (January 5th),  Tofino will be testing their new...