{"id":22874,"date":"2013-09-27T16:02:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T23:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=22874"},"modified":"2013-09-27T16:02:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T23:02:00","slug":"neighbourhood-watch-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/09\/27\/neighbourhood-watch-95\/","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><em>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chilliwack<\/strong> residents are being urged to <a title=\"OCP review heads into drafting phase in Chilliwack\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theprogress.com\/news\/225268891.html\" target=\"_blank\">weigh in with their opinion about the way the city should grow in coming years<\/a>.\u00a0So far folks are talking about topics from urban densification to what Rosedale and Ryder Lake and Greendale will look like in 30 years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saanich<\/strong>\u00a0has\u00a0<a title=\"Saanich acquires 31.4 acres of Blenkinsop land\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vicnews.com\/news\/225543742.html\" target=\"_blank\">bought 31.4 acres of farmland in the Blenkinsop Valley\u00a0<\/a>as part of long-term goals to improve park and trail connections, and preserve the area&#8217;s natural environment.\u00a0Saanich now owns the majority of land around Blenkinsop Lake and a narrow swath around the entire agricultural property known as Beckwith Farm, located at the easternmost end of Beckwith Avenue and the Lochside Trail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steveston<\/strong>, beloved by its residents and tourists, hasn\u2019t lost its seafood shine,<a title=\"http:\/\/www.richmondreview.com\/news\/225526192.html\" href=\"Steveston\u2019s lure is greater than its coffee shops\" target=\"_blank\"> but coffee shops are quickly becoming king<\/a>. All the big purveyors of pumpkin spice lattes are now in the village, doing business alongside longtime haunts and new trendy coffee cloisters like Rocanini.<\/p>\n<p>After years in the works, residents will soon be able to commute from <strong>Chilliwack<\/strong> to <strong>Abbotsford<\/strong> to <strong>Langley<\/strong>, and beyond, by public bus.\u00a0<a title=\"Public bus approved for Chilliwack\u2013Abbotsford\u2013Langley route\" href=\"http:\/\/www.abbynews.com\/news\/225402222.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Fraser Valley Express bus has been unanimously approved<\/a> by the Fraser Valley Regional District at Tuesday&#8217;s board meeting through a new bylaw.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Williams Lake<\/strong> city council has<a title=\"City council makes room for bees and hens\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wltribune.com\/news\/225430522.html\" target=\"_blank\"> given the green light for backyard bees and hens <\/a>in certain residential zones within city limits, but not without setting some strict guideline bylaws in place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Chilliwack residents are being urged to weigh in with their opinion about the way the city should grow in coming years.\u00a0So far folks are talking about topics from urban densification to what Rosedale and Ryder Lake and Greendale will look like in 30 years. Saanich\u00a0has\u00a0bought<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2013\/09\/27\/neighbourhood-watch-95\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Neighbourhood Watch&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6024,"featured_media":22875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","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":[80,26],"tags":[4971,5647,11428,2976,337,707,11434,11522],"class_list":["post-22874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-neighbourhoods","tag-abbotsford","tag-chilliwack","tag-headlines-2","tag-langley","tag-neighbourhood-watch","tag-news","tag-saanich","tag-williams-lake","post_format-post-format-link"],"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\/2013\/09\/27\/neighbourhood-watch-95\/\" \/>\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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