October 31, 2009 Headlines

LOCAL
In troubled Vancouver neighbourhood, a place to grow food - and a fresh start [The Globe and Mail]

New Law Lets Police Force Homeless to Visit Shelter [The Tyee]

Activists interrupt Olympic torch relay [CBC]

B.C. government orders Burrard Thermal writeoff [The Vancouver Sun]

The great B.C. real estate bust [The Globe and Mail]

INTERNATIONAL
Chicago’s Bloomingdale Rail Line to Be a Park in the Sky [Inhabitat]

German solar company SMA to open plant in Denver [Denver Post]

Is our bike scene too white? Local non-profit tackles the issue [Bike Portland]

Save the Planet: Drive a Porsche [Slate]

U.S. Lags Behind World with Its Patchwork Approach to Curbing E-Waste [Scientific American]

Electric bikes trace route of car executives to DC [The World]