{"id":6907,"date":"2012-02-29T09:46:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T17:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingvancouver.ca\/?p=6907"},"modified":"2012-02-29T10:12:08","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:12:08","slug":"february-29-2012-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/02\/29\/february-29-2012-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"February 29, 2012 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LOCAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Social activist and former Vancouver councillor Jim Green dies [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/social-activist-and-former-vancouver-councillor-jim-green-dies\/article2352596\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2352596\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Vancouver residents rise up with Rize development plan [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancourier.com\/technology\/Vancouver+residents+rise+with+Rize+development+plan\/6223180\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Courier<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Critics, admirers unite in praise of Jim Green [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/british-columbia\/critics-admirers-unite-in-praise-of-jim-green\/article2353303\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=British%20Columbia&amp;utm_content=2353303\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 City approves motion to create a new arts and culture advisory committee [<a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.openfile.ca\/blog\/curator-blog\/curated-news\/2012\/city-approves-motion-create-new-arts-and-culture-advisory-commit\" target=\"_blank\">OpenFile<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 New Westminster wants tolls on Pattullo Bridge [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/Westminster+wants+tolls+Pattullo+Bridge\/6224324\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Number of homeless women up in Metro Vancouver [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/news\/Number+homeless+women+Metro+Vancouver\/6221971\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Vancouver Sun<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 The Creative Community: How Three Communities Used Art to Build a Future [<a href=\"http:\/\/engagingcities.com\/article\/creative-community-how-three-communities-used-art-build-future\" target=\"_blank\">EngagingCities<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Making Sustainability Legal: 9 Zombie Laws That Keep Cities From Going Green [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternet.org\/visions\/154261\/making_sustainability_legal%3A_9_zombie_laws_that_keep_cities_from_going_green_\/\" target=\"_blank\">AlterNet<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Dream Home for the New Era: Compact, connected &amp; mortgage-free? [<a href=\"http:\/\/placeshakers.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/27\/dream-home-for-the-new-era\/\" target=\"_blank\">PlaceShakers<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 &#8216;Storm of the Century&#8217; May Become &#8216;Storm of the Decade&#8217; [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2012\/02\/120223133216.htm\" target=\"_blank\">ScienceDaily<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 How More Expensive Housing Can Actually Cost You Less [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticcities.com\/housing\/2012\/02\/how-more-expensive-housing-can-actually-cost-you-less\/1347\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Atlantic Cities<\/a>]<br \/>\n\u2022 Storefront mushroom farm opens in Pioneer Square [<a href=\"http:\/\/crosscut.com\/2012\/02\/29\/agriculture\/22008\/Storefront-mushroom-farm-opens-in-Pioneer-Square\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crosscut<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOCAL \u2022 Social activist and former Vancouver councillor Jim Green dies [Globe and Mail] \u2022 Vancouver residents rise up with Rize development plan [Vancouver Courier] \u2022 Critics, admirers unite in praise of Jim Green [Globe and Mail] \u2022 City approves motion to create a new arts and culture advisory committee [OpenFile] \u2022 New Westminster wants<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/vancouver\/2012\/02\/29\/february-29-2012-headlines\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;February 29, 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":[5215,1871,2607,7379,2224,7381,7382,7380,214,4955,1899],"class_list":["post-6907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-headlines","tag-councillor","tag-globe-and-mail","tag-jim-green","tag-metro-vancouver-vancouver-sun-international","tag-pattullo-bridge","tag-pioneer-square","tag-social","tag-storm-of-the-century","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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