{"id":6337,"date":"2012-02-08T09:29:14","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2012-02-08T09:29:14","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:29:14","slug":"february-8-2012-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/02\/08\/february-8-2012-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"February 8, 2012 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver historian taps thousands of names for Commercial Drive book [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/Vancouver+historian+taps+thousands+names+Commercial+Drive+book\/6115372\/story.html \" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Courier<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver had no pedestrian deaths in January for first time in seven years [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/vancouver-had-no-pedestrian-deaths-in-january-for-first-time-in-seven-years\/article2330448\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2330448\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 B.C. population grows to 4.4 million with urban areas leading the way [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/technology\/cities+Burnaby+Richmond+Surrey+outpacing+Vancouver+growth\/6119747\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver mayor to push Feds for affordable housing help [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/business\/Vancouver+mayor+push+Feds+affordable+housing+help\/6116909\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver targets risky road behaviour in new pedestrian, cyclist safety campaign [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/Vancouver+targets+risky+road+behaviour+pedestrian+cyclist+safety+campaign\/6117231\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>CANADA<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Canada\u2019s future is in the West: 2011 Census [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/canadas-future-is-in-the-west-2011-census\/article2330716\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2330716\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Sustainable Development Makes Housing Affordable [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/sustainable-development-makes-housing-affordable\/\" target=\"_blank\">GOOD Magazine<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Dutch Kids Pedal Their Own Bus To School [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1679248\/dutch-kids-pedal-their-own-bus-to-school\" target=\"_blank\">Fast Co.Exist<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Most Americans Want a Walkable Neighborhood, Not a Big House [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.good.is\/post\/most-americans-want-a-walkable-neighborhood-not-a-big-house\/\" target=\"_blank\">GOOD Magazine<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Why Women-Only Transit Options Have Caught On [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/commute\/2012\/02\/why-women-only-transit-options-have-caught\/1171\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic Cities<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 High Line&#8217;s Gay History: New York&#8217;s Urban Reclamation Project Has LGBT Community Ties [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/02\/07\/high-line-gay-history-new-york_n_1259884.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003#s668752\" target=\"_blank\">Huffington Post<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL \u2022 Vancouver historian taps thousands of names for Commercial Drive book [Vancouver Courier] \u2022 Vancouver had no pedestrian deaths in January for first time in seven years [Globe and Mail] \u2022 B.C. population grows to 4.4 million with urban areas leading the way [Vancouver Sun] \u2022 Vancouver mayor to push Feds for affordable housing<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/02\/08\/february-8-2012-headlines\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;February 8, 2012 Headlines&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6004,"featured_media":0,"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":[80],"tags":[7036,965,792,7035,1111,7034,7033,1871,5038,3962,5167,785,1105,214,4955,1899],"class_list":["post-6337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-big-house","tag-british-columbia","tag-canada","tag-census-globe-and-mail-international","tag-cyclist","tag-fast-co","tag-gay-history","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-good-magazine","tag-historian","tag-huffington-post","tag-mayor","tag-new-york","tag-vancouver-2","tag-vancouver-courier","tag-vancouver-sun"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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