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...

October 17, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • New units for homeless going to house others, report says [Globe and Mail] • City’s affordable housing strategy: gentrification [The Mainlander...

October 16, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Anton does not like to be compared to Rob Ford [OpenFile] • Mayoral candidates announced [Vancouver Sun] • Occupiers vow to stay on Vancouver Art...

Spacing Saturday: CanU, Safe Cycling and the Legg Residence

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

October 15, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Panel rejects Beach Towers rezoning in Vancouver’s West End [Vancouver Courier] • Social housing for homeless catering mainly to non-homeless...

Release: Escape Velocity by Chelsea O’Brian launches October 17 on Canada Line video screens

Escape Velocity by Chelsea O’Brian launches October 17 and runs to October 31 on the Canada Line video screens.  One of 13 new public art projects...

Neighbourhood Watch

A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Pedestrianism is spreading across the land as the City of Courtenay staff start...

Vancouver Urbanist Meetup: Sunday, October 16th, 3pm-5pm

Now that Thanksgiving is over and the leftovers are gone, It’s time to reconnect with your fellow city geeks at the monthly Vancouver...

October 14, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • The instigator: Adbusters founder on sowing the seeds of the ‘Occupy’ revolution [Crosscut] • Bike advocate touts two-wheel commute...

Video Vancouver: Cycling For Everyone

Heritage Vancouver Bulletin: Demolition threat – historic Legg Residence (1899)

The City has received an application that seeks to demolish the Legg Residence, one of the city’s three remaining grand estate homes from the turn of the...