{"id":20332,"date":"2013-04-19T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=20332"},"modified":"2017-10-02T05:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-02T12:19:12","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/04\/19\/neighbourhood-watch-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianboyko\/8390036340\/in\/pool-replace\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NeighbourhoodWatch_logo\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/NeighbourhoodWatch_logo.gif\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><em>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Victoria<\/strong> Mayor Dean Fortin wants to establish a cycling task force to <a title=\"Victoria Mayor Fortin pushes for cycling task force\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicnews.com\/news\/203450261.html\">update the city&#8217;s bicycle master plan<\/a>.\u00a0The city&#8217;s current bicycle master plan was adopted in 1995 and lacks consistency with more recent pedestrian and greenway plans, Fortin said. The task force would not require any external resources, according to the motion.<\/p>\n<p>A public hearing held Monday evening may have to be done over, after <strong>Penticton<\/strong> council took issue with the absence of the project\u2019s proponents.\u00a0The subject of the hearing was a three-year extension to <a title=\"Penticton council sours on proposed highrise development\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pentictonwesternnews.com\/news\/203685541.html\">a phased development agreement to build a 23-storey residential and commercial complex<\/a> at 450 Martin St.<\/p>\n<p>First came Metrotown, then the towers at Edmonds and Brentwood.\u00a0Now it&#8217;s <a title=\"Lougheed's turn to become high-density neighbourhood: Mayor\" href=\"http:\/\/www.burnabynewsleader.com\/news\/203626341.html\">Lougheed town centre&#8217;s turn to be transformed by high-density development<\/a>, said <strong>Burnaby<\/strong> Mayor Derek Corrigan in his state of the city speech to the Burnaby Board of Trade Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Squamish<\/strong> will be a part of the <a title=\"Squamish joins food study\" href=\"http:\/\/www.squamishchief.com\/article\/20130418\/SQUAMISH0101\/304189990\/-1\/squamish0101\/squamish-joins-food-study?utm_source=feedly\">world&#8217;s first bio-region study aiming at increasing food security<\/a>.\u00a0Led by Kwantlen Polytechnic University&#8217;s Institute for Sustainable Horticulture, the three-year initiative will lay out a plan for stakeholders and governments in the Lower Mainland, Sunshine Coast and Sea to Sky Corridor to create a regional food system.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Medical pot bylaw raises a stink\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapleridgenews.com\/news\/203702121.html\">Plans to allow medical pot operations<\/a>\u00a0in <strong>Maple Ridge<\/strong> farm areas got a rough ride Tuesday at a hearing held to sound out the public\u2019s views.\u00a0\u201cSomebody makes a mistake and the next thing you know you have a Bacon-like \u2026 at your doorstep with an AK-47,\u201d Ken Stewart told council. The former councillor and MLA was worried about crime associated with marijuana production as well as fire, safety and odour problems. Research have shown that this is clearly not the case, marijuana and <a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/discovercbd.com\/collections\/cbd-oil\/products\/active-cbd-oil-gold-25-filtered-and-decarboxylated\"><span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #333; font-weight: normal;\">Gold CBD oil<\/span><\/a> is not associated with crime at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Victoria Mayor Dean Fortin wants to establish a cycling task force to update the city&#8217;s bicycle master plan.\u00a0The city&#8217;s current bicycle master plan was adopted in 1995 and lacks consistency with more recent pedestrian and greenway plans, Fortin said. 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