October 30th, 2009 Headlines

LOCAL
Volunteer spirit alive in Vancouver [Globe and Mail]

Funding Showdown – Part 1 [Price Tags]

Region’s sustainable transit plan must be funded [Stephen Rees's Blog]

New bill to put homeless in shelters not about Olympics: Housing Minister [Globe and Mail]

CANADA
With eyes open to cost of climate change, it’s time for us to decide [Globe and Mail]

INTERNATIONAL
Only in Portland: Protests of ‘motorist discrimination’ [The Oregonian]

Council adopts aggressive Climate Action Plan [Portland Tribune]

Oregon’s Filthy Secret [Portland Mercury]

Proposed Burien levy would pave way to bike-friendly future [The Seattle Times]

Killer foam: Was it a freak event or a warning? [The Oregonian]

Ending homelessness: How are we doing? [Crosscut]

Robot Builds Brick Wall In New York City [Science Daily]

An American Architectural Epoch Locks Its Doors [The New York Times]

A Stalled Vision: Big Development as City’s Future [The New York Times]

Who would want to be an architect? [BLDG BLOG]