October 22, 2011 Headlines

LOCAL • Top mayoral candidates emphasize leadership in first Vancouver debate [Vancouver Courier] • Poll shows Gregor Robertson in lead but predicts...

Homelessness Way Down – Homelessness Slightly Up

You might have noticed some rather contradictory information swirling about lately on the homelessness front of the municipal election. However, the...

Release: 4 Fresh Projects for 2011-2012 from Goethe Satellite Vancouver

After a very successful start with the Freie Internationale Tankstelle, or FIT, a “fueling station for the creative spirit” by Berlin artist Dida Zende...

FAVOURITE FRIDAY: Which piece of local public art is your favourite?

Across the Spacing Blog Network today we are asking our readers in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Otttawa, and the Atlantic cities to let us know which...

Release: Call to Artists – Outdoor Group Exhibition

Call to Artists – Outdoor Group Exhibition Northern Passion nordique – Winterlude 2012 (February 3-20, 2012) Canada’s Capital Region...

Release: 100th Anniversary of the Stanley Park Pavilion & the Rock Garden

DATE: Sunday, October 23, 2011 TIME: Ceremony and Birthday Party; 10am to 11:30 am; 
Walking Tour 11:30am to 12:30pm; TICKETS: Walking Tour – By donation...

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] �...

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...