{"id":21807,"date":"2013-06-21T15:32:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T22:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=21807"},"modified":"2013-06-21T15:34:02","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T22:34:02","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/06\/21\/neighbourhood-watch-84\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbourhood Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><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\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Gyro Park could be unrecognizable in the coming years, as <strong>Saanich<\/strong> parks planners are looking to give the large Cadboro Bay beach a major facelift.\u00a0This week <a title=\"Saanich outlines potential plans for changes to Gyro Park\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicnews.com\/news\/212534851.html\">planners released three concept\u00a0plans\u00a0for Gyro Park<\/a> that outline a variety of upgrades to make the park more accessible and usable year-round.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Tri-Cities<\/strong>\u00a0Chamber of Commerce is\u00a0<a title=\"Invest local campaign eyed by Tri-Cities Chamber\" href=\"http:\/\/www.tricitynews.com\/news\/212495711.html\">planning an Invest Local campaign to convince shoppers to stay closer to home<\/a>\u00a0in the wake of\u00a0<a title=\"Cross-border shopping\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapleridgenews.com\/business\/210444351.html?mobile=true\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a>\u00a0suggesting cross-border shopping may be contributing to sluggish retail sales in B.C.<\/p>\n<p>Three [<strong>Penticton<\/strong> area] First Nations have extra reason to celebrate today.\u00a0Amidst all the National Aboriginal Day festivities, leaders of the Penticton, Osoyoos and Lower Similkameen Indian Bands also met in the city to <a title=\"Landmark co-operation deal inked in Penticton\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pentictonwesternnews.com\/news\/212534831.html\">sign a deal to formalize their working relationship with the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday was a big night for Anthony Hope.\u00a0The <strong>Surrey<\/strong> student was on-hand as <a title=\"Surrey hopes to close the book on homophobia\" href=\"http:\/\/www.surreyleader.com\/news\/212520571.html\">school trustees gave their unanimous approval to an anti-homophobia regulation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The City of <strong>Nanaimo<\/strong> is hosting a series of <a title=\"City to host open houses on food strategy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nanaimobulletin.com\/news\/212512311.html\">open houses this month focusing on the Nanaimo Food Charter and Strategy<\/a> that is currently being prepared.<\/p>\n<p>Metering residential water use cuts consumption by up to 30 per cent across Canada.\u00a0On the rainy West Coast, though, it\u2019s not as certain that the money spent installing water meters will be paid back in the value of water saved.\u00a0A <strong>Maple Ridge<\/strong> report Monday said that <a title=\"No near-term metering for water in Maple Ridge\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mapleridgenews.com\/news\/212411321.html\">four cities in the Vancouver area with metered residential water showed no reduction in water consumption<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. 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