{"id":10167,"date":"2012-05-25T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-25T19:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=10167"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:17:46","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/25\/neighbourhood-watch-32\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10171\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10171\" title=\"colink\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/colink.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of colink.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2360\" title=\"NeighbourhoodWatch_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/news\/152110355.html\" target=\"_blank\">first-ever fun run and walk around Deer Lake<\/a> is going to be happening tomorrow, so keep an eye out for a lot of runners and walkers!<\/p>\n<p>After a year of hearing from farmers, foresters, environmental organizations and others, the B.C. Liberal majority has recommended against a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surreyleader.com\/news\/151922845.html\" target=\"_blank\">province-wide ban on cosmetic pesticide use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>B.C. mayors are asking for a new deal with senior governments to address the growing financial squeeze on their cities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surreyleader.com\/news\/152098635.html\" target=\"_blank\">although apparently it&#8217;s not necessarily for more money<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Great news for motorists as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/Metro+Vancouver+drivers+travel+hints+from+traffic+signs\/6654935\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">new road signs have been installed<\/a> to allow drivers to choose their routes more efficiently along the Highway 99 and Highway 91 corridors linking Vancouver with south Surrey, Delta, and the Canada-U.S. border.<\/p>\n<p>In direct response to a flurry of activism, Victoria city council unanimously decided to invest funds to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/news\/150526065.html\" target=\"_blank\">reopen The 250-metre Chandler-Gonzales pathway<\/a> that connects Pemberton Park with Chandler Street. It has been closed to pedestrians since the mid 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The first-ever fun run and walk around Deer Lake is going to be happening tomorrow, so keep an eye out for a lot of runners and walkers! After a year of hearing from farmers, foresters, environmental organizations and others, the B.C. Liberal majority has recommended<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/25\/neighbourhood-watch-32\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Neighbourhood Watch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11232],"tags":[965,792,4773,337,350,801,214],"class_list":["post-10167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-deer-lake","tag-neighbourhood-watch","tag-surrey","tag-united-states","tag-vancouver-2"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Neighbourhood Watch - Spacing Vancouver<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/05\/25\/neighbourhood-watch-32\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neighbourhood Watch - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. 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