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A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C.<\/em><\/p>\n

The City of Surrey is having a little bit of trouble convincing residents of a plan to construct an alley and coaches houses<\/a> despite assurances that it will be sympathetic to the surrounding context.<\/p>\n

The Tsawwassen First Nation is one step closer to building a major shopping and entertainment complex <\/a>on its land near the ferry terminal. Rumours buzzing around speak to the construction of a Metrotown-type development that would cover 1.8 million square feet.<\/p>\n

The City of Langley has been selected to participate in a three-month pilot project to help keep plastic bags and Styrofoam out of landfills<\/a>. This new curbside collection system will lay the groundwork for recycling procedures across the province.<\/p>\n

Metro Vancouver continues climbing the ranks as it bumps Sydney, Australia to take second position in least affordable areas to buy a home<\/a> – behind Hong Kong – in the annual Demographia survey of 325 cities. Come on everybody\u2026we can do better than that!<\/p>\n

Controversy stirs as a recently released engineering report puts the total money spent by the City of Abbottsford on the failed Stave Lake water supply proposal<\/a> at $3.54 million.<\/p>\n

White Rock goes high-tech as its mayor and councillors switch to iPads<\/a> to reduce waste and improve efficiency. I wonder what happens to the iPads if it is shown that they have minimum impact on the City processes?<\/p>\n

An internal audit of Metro Vancouver\u2019s new plan to boost drinking water quality found 17 \u201copportunities for improvement\u201d<\/a> especially in the fields of risk assessment and records control but the organization isn\u2019t speaking up about the findings yet.<\/p>\n

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