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“This is my favourite street in Surrey”
“This is my favourite street in Surrey,” my wife said as we turned onto Central Parkway, the street the Surrey Central Skytrain station is on...
By Don Schuetze -
Price Points: Someplace Beautiful
Where is this, and why is it signficant? It may be the most idyllic garden shed in the Lower Mainland. This is part of Darts Hill Garden Park (map here...
By Gordon Price -
The Online Campaign: Video Roundup
Twitter may be downright dirty (see Friday’s piece), but it’s not the only front in the online campaign. Online ads, primarily on YouTube...
By Brian Gould -
The Online Campaign’s Muddy Trenches
Since you’re the kind of person to read online election articles, you probably already know that the three major parties – Vision, COPE, and...
By Brian Gould -
Release: Successful Food Scraps Collection Service Extends into the Winter
As the Food Scraps Drop Spot pilot project comes to an end, the Vancouver Farmers Market and Recycling Alternative is extending the service into the...
By Erick Villagomez -
COPE Focuses in on Bus Riders, Cyclists, Pedestrians
Over the past week, the Coalition of Progressive Electors have rolled out plank after plank for their transportation platform, setting the bar higher than...
By Brian Gould -
Spacing Saturday: Walk 21, Local Food Systems and YIMBYism
Spacing Saturday highlights posts from across Spacing’s blog network in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, and the Atlantic region. John Lorinc used...
By Marcus Bowman -
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...
By Brian Gould -
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...
By Brian Gould -
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...
By Brian Gould -
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...
By Marcus Bowman -
Vancouver Helps Launch the CanU
If this article is the first you’ve heard of the Council for Canadian Urbanism, you’re not alone. Its board is a veritable who’s who of...
By Brian Gould