{"id":10534,"date":"2012-06-01T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=10534"},"modified":"2013-01-21T07:17:46","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:17:46","slug":"10534","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/06\/01\/10534\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10537\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10537\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/69615420@N00\/7311490770\/in\/pool-644084@N23\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10537\" title=\"Barrett_highrises\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/Barrett_highrises.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"322\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10537\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Byron Barrett.<\/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\" \/><em>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What will Vancouver and Vancouverites be like in 2050? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/Future+citizens+Vancouver+will+ROVERS\/6676969\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> is an attempt to tell us\u2026.and if history has anything to say, it will be 90% wrong.<\/p>\n<p>After 20 years, the province will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/news\/153817025.html\" target=\"_blank\">ending the AirCare program for light vehicles<\/a> in by the end of 2014, citing a sharp drop in air pollution from cars that have become ever cleaner.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Duncan has undergone a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/news\/154541095.html\" target=\"_blank\">rebranding<\/a> with a new logo.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A new study published by the Business Council of British Columbia is causing some waves as it states that Metro Vancouver municipalities are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/business\/2035\/study+shows+increase+Metro+Vancouver+spending\/6692325\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">spending 32 per cent more on operations per capita<\/a> than they did a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>With summer on the horizon and more people are drawn to outdoor activities, Surrey RCMP is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surreyleader.com\/news\/155160945.html\" target=\"_blank\">ramping up efforts to keep the city\u2019s parks safe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After tried to develop a condominium-townhouse project in 2008, Pamela Anderson is taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/pamela-anderson-sticking-her-toe-into-green-condo-project-in-ladysmith\/article2448034\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2448034\" target=\"_blank\">another shot at development<\/a> with a small \u201ceco property\u201d in in her hometown of Ladysmith.<\/p>\n<p>A warm congratulations to those responsible for revitalizing Terrace&#8217;s George Little Park and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bclocalnews.com\/news\/156030665.html\" target=\"_blank\">winning the International Making Cities Liveable award<\/a>. It&#8217;s a great achievement and recognizes that they have made the park a place that brings people in the community together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. What will Vancouver and Vancouverites be like in 2050? Here is an attempt to tell us\u2026.and if history has anything to say, it will be 90% wrong. After 20 years, the province will be ending the AirCare program for light vehicles in by the end<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/06\/01\/10534\/\">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":[965,8743,8740,8742,337,4691,214,8741],"class_list":["post-10534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-british-columbia","tag-business-council-of-british-columbia","tag-byron-barrett","tag-duncan","tag-neighbourhood-watch","tag-pamela-anderson","tag-vancouver-2","tag-vancouverites"],"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\/06\/01\/10534\/\" \/>\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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