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Good news: developers can now download the source code for iBusVan, the excellent-but-now-retired iPhone app for Vancouver

More tales from the Land of Municipal Oversight of Human

SkyTrain’s 25th anniversary celebration continues online!

After providing such a wonderful flashback to SkyTrain in 1986, Alan M

LOCAL Proposed Vancouver Art Gallery site reserves space for ‘cultural hub’ [Vancouver Courier] City seeks to quell concern over Kerrisdale development [Vancouver Courier] B.C. cities are world-class in their lack of

"In Ethics for Architects, Thomas Fisher presents fifty case studies representing a broad range of ethical dilemmas facing today's architects, from questions regarding which clients to work for,

Diners on the hunt for ethical chicken – a scene from Portlandia

When I first saw the amazing Dream

A Wikileak cable reveals that the Dalai Lama said help with climate change on the Tibetan plateau "cannot wait." What is happening in Tibet? And what role does

The wonderful world of Vancouver through the eyes of our Flickr contributors.

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To follow up on the events from last week, I called people in Chinatown about their thoughts on council’s strange little manouevre last week, which entailed delaying a

According to Danish architect Jan Gehl, a global leader in the development of active streets and successful public space, those who want to improve the lot of pedestrians

On Sunday, to mark the fifth anniversary of his reign, Stephen Harper said that his Conservative government has governed on "hope". Surely, Mr. Harper

The NPA must campaign when the people are engaged, as Truman once did

Just as it was in November 2002, Vancouver's NPA was reduced to rump status during

Just a quick note to let you know the Buzzer blog will be down for an hour tomorrow morning: that’s Wednesday, January 26, 2011, from 9-10 a.m. Scheduled

LOCAL Downtown Eastside activists, Chinatown leaders at odds over higher buildings [Globe and Mail] One Last Loop – 2 [Price Tags] CANADA Suburbs lose out to the bright lights of downtown [Globe

Just a reminder that voting in the smart card contest ends on Friday, January 28, 2011.

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Who knew reading naked could be so much fun?

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"Marmalade in the morning has the same effect on taste buds that a cold shower has on the body." Jeanine Larmoth - Harper’s Bazaar

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Manda Aufochs Gillespie reads her response to the Vancouver Sun's piece that criticized a woman for breastfeeding in public. Breastfeeding is considered a human right in Canada and

The animals are dying! Praise Jesus.

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Every year, all of us (heavily mortgaged) landowners get that property assessment notice in the mail and think generally one of two things: 1. Aha, I’m worth way

Just want to point out something I got a while back: a 1929 Buzzer! It actually describes the discovery of an old document showing the state of Vancouver

Just want to point out something I got a while back: a 1929 Buzzer! It actually describes the discovery of an old document showing the state of Vancouver

LOCAL City seeks federal stimulus grant extension [Vancouver Sun] Fear of Ghosts: Vancouver's Hospice Uproar [The Tyee] CANADA City of mass construction: Toronto’s unstoppable condos show no signs of slowing down [National

Ooo—sorry for the short notice, but I just got a note that Jan Gehl, the world famous urban designer who helped reorient Copenhagen toward walking and cycling, is

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Death becomes her. At Dances for a Small Stage, host Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg performs a piece inspired by a 17 acre cemetery.

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