{"id":38828,"date":"2026-01-08T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/?p=38828"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:20:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T19:20:04","slug":"ucs-82-welcome-to-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/01\/08\/ucs-82-welcome-to-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UCS #82: Welcome to the New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36965\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-600x72.png 600w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-300x36.png 300w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-768x92.png 768w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate-940x113.png 940w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/05\/UrbanCartoonSyndicate.png 1250w\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"72\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>See our&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2024\/05\/20\/urban-cartoon-syndicate-introduction-and-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Launch and Introduction<\/a>&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2024\/05\/20\/launch-of-urban-cartoon-syndicate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announcement by CityHallWatch<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><em>Related Readings:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul class=\"gmail-wp-block-list\">\n<li>Square 1 \u2013 This tiny, windowless room is what $750 will rent you in downtown Vancouver.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vancouverisawesome.com\/local-news\/tiny-windowless-bed-room-is-750-rent-downtown-vancouver-5323523\">https:\/\/www.vancouverisawesome.com\/local-news\/tiny-windowless-bed-room-is-750-rent-downtown-vancouver-5323523<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Square 2 \u2013 TransLink Report Card for 2025 \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2026\/01\/02\/translink-report-card-2025-by-nathan-davidowicz\/\">https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2026\/01\/02\/translink-report-card-2025-by-nathan-davidowicz\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Square 3 \u2013 Government announces boldest mortgage reforms in decades to unlock homeownership for more Canadians (incl. 30 year mortgages, Sept 2024) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-finance\/news\/2024\/09\/government-announces-boldest-mortgage-reforms-in-decades-to-unlock-homeownership-for-more-canadians.html\">https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/department-finance\/news\/2024\/09\/government-announces-boldest-mortgage-reforms-in-decades-to-unlock-homeownership-for-more-canadians.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Square 15 \u2013 Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson announces run for federal election (as a Liberal) (March 2025) \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/former-vancouver-mayor-gregor-robertson-announces-run-for-federal-election\/\">https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/former-vancouver-mayor-gregor-robertson-announces-run-for-federal-election\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Square 19 \u2013 Former Vancouver mayor Gregor Robertson wins seat [as MP] for Liberals. (CTV News, 29-Apr-2025).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/former-vancouver-mayor-gregor-robertson-wins-seat-for-liberals\/\">https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/vancouver\/article\/former-vancouver-mayor-gregor-robertson-wins-seat-for-liberals\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Square 22 \u2013 Is the UBCx really a no-brainer? \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2025\/10\/07\/ubcx-no-brainer-council-motion-is-a-brain-test\/\">https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2025\/10\/07\/ubcx-no-brainer-council-motion-is-a-brain-test\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Square 26 \u2013 \u2018Transit-Oriented Development\u2019 (TOD) maps .. 20-storeys within 200m of SkyTrain stations \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2023\/12\/10\/transit-oriented-development-tod-maps-bill-47\/\">https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2023\/12\/10\/transit-oriented-development-tod-maps-bill-47\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>See our&nbsp;Launch and Introduction&nbsp;about the launch of the \u00a9 Urban Cartoon Syndicate and the&nbsp;announcement by CityHallWatch. *** Related Readings: Square 1 \u2013 This tiny, windowless room is what $750 will rent you in downtown Vancouver.&nbsp;https:\/\/www.vancouverisawesome.com\/local-news\/tiny-windowless-bed-room-is-750-rent-downtown-vancouver-5323523 Square 2 \u2013 TransLink Report Card for 2025 \u2013&nbsp;https:\/\/cityhallwatch.wordpress.com\/2026\/01\/02\/translink-report-card-2025-by-nathan-davidowicz\/ Square 3 \u2013 Government announces boldest mortgage reforms in decades to<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2026\/01\/08\/ucs-82-welcome-to-the-new-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;UCS #82: Welcome to the New Year!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8579,"featured_media":38831,"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":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spacing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UCS #82: Welcome to the New Year! 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