{"id":6593,"date":"2012-02-17T09:25:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-17T17:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2012-02-17T09:25:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-17T17:25:40","slug":"february-17-2012-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/02\/17\/february-17-2012-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"February 17, 2012 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Modern city, modern partnerships [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/opinions\/opinion\/modern-city-modern-partnerships\/article2340971\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2340971\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Cushman &amp; Wakefield: Vancouver Office Rents Highest in Canada [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/cushman-wakefield-vancouver-office-rents-highest-in-canada-2012-02-16\" target=\"_blank\">MarketWatch<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver mayor spent $85,934 on PR consultants in 2011 [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/technology\/Vancouver+mayor+spent+consultants+2011\/6157741\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Courier<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Jim Green is a dreamer and a doer [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/rod-mickleburgh\/jim-green-is-a-dreamer-and-a-doer\/article2341551\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2341551\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Unique condo tower proposed for Vancouver downtown [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/story\/2012\/02\/15\/bc-provocative-vancouver-building-proposal.html\" target=\"_blank\">CBC News<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Metro Vancouver communities vie for waste-to-energy incinerator [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/technology\/Metro+Vancouver+communities+waste+energy+incinerator\/6165162\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Council greenlights SOLEfood land [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/Council+greenlights+SOLEfood+land\/6168172\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Courier<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Plotting a road map for a low-carbon future [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/plotting-a-road-map-for-a-low-carbon-future\/article2341616\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2341616\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Reclaimed bus yard begins life as urban wetland [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/local\/la-me-south-la-park-20120210,0,1839556.story\" target=\"_blank\">The Los Angeles Times<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 What do pop-up shops and homelessness have in common? [<a href=\"http:\/\/globalurbanist.com\/2012\/02\/14\/diy-urbanism-homelessness\" target=\"_blank\">The Global Urbanist<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 China&#8217;s Population Challenge: Designing Sustainable Cities For The Future [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/manishbapna\/2012\/02\/15\/chinas-population-challenge-designing-sustainable-cities-for-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">Forbes<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Forget The Suburbs: Living In Beautiful, Well-Designed Cities Makes People Happy [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1679263\/forget-the-suburbs-living-in-beautiful-well-designed-cities-makes-people-happy\" target=\"_blank\">Fast CoExist<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 World\u2019s worst elected official makes the case for sprawl [<a href=\"http:\/\/grist.org\/list\/worlds-worst-elected-official-makes-the-case-for-sprawl\/\" target=\"_blank\">Grist<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 With gardens like these, who needs a SAD lamp? [<a href=\"http:\/\/crosscut.com\/2012\/02\/17\/diversions\/21957\/With-gardens-like-these%2C-who-needs-a-SAD-lamp-\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crosscut<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL \u2022 Modern city, modern partnerships [Globe and Mail] \u2022 Cushman &amp; Wakefield: Vancouver Office Rents Highest in Canada [MarketWatch] \u2022 Vancouver mayor spent $85,934 on PR consultants in 2011 [Vancouver Courier] \u2022 Jim Green is a dreamer and a doer [Globe and Mail] \u2022 Unique condo tower proposed for Vancouver downtown [CBC News] \u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/02\/17\/february-17-2012-headlines\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;February 17, 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":[792,1095,461,1871,2607,785,5004,1210,214,4955,1899,7184,7185,7183],"class_list":["post-6593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-canada","tag-cbc","tag-china","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-jim-green","tag-mayor","tag-the-los-angeles-times","tag-usd","tag-vancouver-2","tag-vancouver-courier","tag-vancouver-sun","tag-wakefield","tag-waste-to-energy-incinerator","tag-worst-elected-official"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>February 17, 2012 Headlines - 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\/2012\/02\/17\/february-17-2012-headlines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"February 17, 2012 Headlines - Spacing Vancouver\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LOCAL \u2022 Modern city, modern partnerships [Globe and Mail] \u2022 Cushman &amp; 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