February 22, 2009 Headlines

LOCAL
Security plan for Olympics is fast-ferryish [The Province]

Gregor Robertson says social housing might be moved from Olympic Village to neighbouring area [The Georgia Straight]

Horrors, says Hansen, imagine NDP’s James presiding over Olympics [The Hook]

B.C. MP to introduce aboriginal housing bill [The National Post]

Let’s see a stronger shade of green [The Province]

Next week is I Love Transit Week - and the Buzzer’s first live meetup! [The Buzzer Blog]

CANADA
Oliver feels growing pains [Penticton Western News]

Development reaction mixed [Calgary Sun]

INTERNATIONAL
Transit zoning bill gets remake [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]

Will the stimulus only add to sprawl? [The Tennessean]

Vegas, Midwest seek the $8 billion for fast trains [Associated Press]

Sonoma Mountain Village: Is Green Suburbia Possible? [WorldChanging]

America’s Fastest-Changing Cities [Forbes]

A crumbling city (How shoddy building practices endanger Cairo’s poor) [Global Post]