October 21, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Green leaves Little Mountain [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver city council increases cost of dying [Vancouver Courier] • Occupy Vancouver protest...

Video Vancouver: Occupy Wall Street Vancouver

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Politics seem to be finding a younger generation in Abbotsford as 17-year-old...

October 20, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Artists collect ‘stories’ on video in Vancouver [Vancouver Courier] • Vancouver mayor vows to end casino expansion [Globe and Mail] â€...

World Wide Wednesday: Bankruptcy, transit pass, commute times

Each week we will be focusing on blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We’ll be on the lookout for websites outside...

October 19, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Housing homeless becomes political football [Globe and Mail] • Understanding traffic laws for cyclists [OpenFile] • Ethnic enclave series...

Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching and Other Tales from a Newfoundland Fishing Village

Author: Robert Mellin (Princeton Architectural Press, 2008) Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching and Other Tales from a Newfoundland...

Walk21 Helps Keep You Fit and Busy

A plethora of perambulating peripatetics and other pedestrians descended on Vancouver at the beginning of October to madly rush through 200 presentations...

October 18, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Anton’s history of flip-flopping haunts her Vancouver mayoral bid [Globe and Mail] • Occupy Vancouver can continue if it remains peaceful: Gregor...

NPA’s Anton: Streetcar Yes, Bike Lanes No

The nomination deadline for Vancouver’s civic election passed on Friday, with 94 people stepping up for 27 spots across the mayoralty, council, and...

Release: City announces Vancouver’s third poet laureate

The City of Vancouver, in partnership with the Vancouver Public Library and the Vancouver International Writers Festival, is proud to announce celebrated...

Price Points: Baby Demons

A shining black baby with webbed wings – both cute and ominous.  But where is it? Maybe you recognized the portico of the Town Hall or some of the...