The Costs of Unaffordability - Affordability and Diversity
September 30, 2008
By Erick Villagomez, re:place magazine
Diversity plays an important role in most, if not all, complex systems. Accordingly, it is a term used in a broad spectrum of professions and areas of study – from ecology’s “biodiversity” to the “diversification” of investments in the business world. In terms of cities and urban settlements, diversity often refers to a variety of people and households with different ethnicities, cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. Simply put, diversity is heterogeneity…difference. Read more
September 30, 2008 Headlines
September 30, 2008
LOCAL
TransLink Olympic costs ‘covered’ [The Vancouver Sun]
Vancouver Centre too close to call [The Province]
The carbon tax has come back to haunt B.C.’s Liberals [The Globe and Mail]
CANADA
No matter which way you turn, Ottawa’s transit plans are in trouble [Ottawa Citizen]
INTERNATIONAL
Dozens of ‘eco-town’ plans lodged [The Scotsman, UK]
September 29, 2008 Headlines
September 29, 2008
LOCAL
River development an election issue [The Province]
COPE puts Cadman, Woodsworth on slate [The Province]
For towns on outskirts of Games, no concrete legacies on horizon [The Globe and Mail]
Maybe we need a horseshoe, not a square [The Globe and Mail]
A Year in Five Minutes: Vancouver 1887
September 28, 2008
By Chuck Davis, The History of Vancouver
Photos courtesy of Vancouver Archives
Main Event: The Railway Arrives
On Monday, May 23, 1887 Vancouver entered onto the world stage.
It was a small part at first, but an important one. The arrival of the first CPR passenger train from Montreal linked all of Canada to the Pacific Ocean, opening trade to the Orient, Australia and other countries bordering the Pacific. One early example: it would lead directly to the founding of the BC Sugar Refinery, which could get its sugar directly from Manila. Read more
September 28, 2008 Headlines
September 28, 2008
LOCAL
Truckers, businesses ecstatic after Coquihalla tolls dropped [The Province]
Environmentalists call for strategic voting to defeat Harper [The Province]
September 27, 2008 Headlines
September 27, 2008
LOCAL
Vancouver gives green light to electric cars [The Globe and Mail]
Bell tolls for charges on Coquihalla Highway [The Vancouver Sun]
Olympics ticket prices will include transit fares [The Vancouver Sun]
FEDERAL ELECTION
The roller-coaster economy dominates voter concerns [The Vancouver Sun]
NDP surging in cities as Liberals languish [The Globe and Mail]
Provinces slam Harper arts cuts [The National Post]
Green success comes in many shades [The National Post]
September 26, 2008 Headlines
September 26, 2008
LOCAL
Vision quest [The Vancouver Courier]
Roads to nowhere [The Vancouver Courier]
Stanley Park celebrates 120 ‘unnatural’ years [The Vancouver Courier]
NPA rates Vision picks [The Vancouver Courier]
Provincial NDP makes $500-million promise [The Globe and Mail]
TransLink CEO welcomes U.S. probe [The Vancouver Sun]
Higher wooden buildings on way [The Vancouver Sun]
Release - Skytrain Unconference
September 25, 2008
By Karen Fung, Skytrain Security Unconference
TransLink is inviting the public’s input on the topic of security on SkyTrain using some new tools: they have set up a blog and are running an “unconference” on October 4th at SFU Surrey. The Unconference website invites the public into conversations about their concerns and suggestions for solutions.
September 25, 2008 Headlines
September 25, 2008
LOCAL
Surrey leads in green cities awards [The Vancouver Sun]
Campbell budges on the carbon tax [The Vancouver Sun]
Street sweeps displace homeless in Downtown Eastside [The Georgia Straight]
Vancouver’s long commuters face problems of peak oil [The Georgia Straight]
Raymond Louie boosts his own slate in Vision Vancouver [The Georgia Straight]
Unpaid foreign workers walk off bridge job [The Province]
CANADA
Getting the transit plan we deserve [The Toronto Star]
Better ride on Calgary Transit need not cost millions [Calgary Herald]
Micro: Very Small Buildings
September 25, 2008
Author: Ruth Slavid (Laurence King Publishing Ltd., 2007)
Cities are made up of a variety of spaces. Some are open-air, some are inside, and others ride the fine line between exterior and interior. Everyday we take for granted the vast number of spaces - big and small - that we inhabit as we go about our daily lives. Yet, it is this variety that makes lives, and the cities within which we dwell, both interesting and exciting. Read more
