Urban Planning + Architecture
Living off the Grid in BC: Clayoquot Sound
Visits with people who've unplugged from utilities, seeking self-sufficiency, tranquility, resilience. First in an occasional series.
Attawapiskat: Haiti at 40 Below Zero
New media made us look. Now let's put fixing this 'state of emergency' into context.
BC Liberals Scramble to Save the Farm
NDP says budget bump too small after damning report on Agricultural Land Reserve languished for year.
Running Against Developers in Condolandia
Nicole Benson of Neighbourhoods for a Sustainable Vancouver is campaigning for hyper-local democracy.
A Bohemian Vancouver, Lost and Found
Claudia Cornwall’s bio of Curt Lang retrieves a past much friendlier to creative vagabonds.
My Journey to the Birthplace of the 'Burbs
I might have hated Levittown if East Van was still home. But after a few weeks in New York, something changed.
New Stadium, Old Argument
Love or hate the new look, but don't count on the revamped BC Place for an economic boost.
Riding Vancouver's Streets into the Future
Getting a city right means many ways of getting around, and truly public space.
Abbotsford, Mission Part Ways over P3 Water Project
As their populations swell, the towns no longer find it easy to share.
At Last, a Healing Lodge in the Big City
A welcoming place for First Nations 'out of towners' seeking medical care takes shape in Vancouver.
Graffiti Artist Hits Wall, Goes Legit
Pontus Agren left his mark on myriad public spaces. Now he makes an impression on young taggers.
Is Your City Too Safe?
Risk-averse municipal managers are smothering civic vitality says Mark Lakeman of City Repair.
A Citizen's Plea to Nix Vancouver's Mega-Casino
Backers are bluffing when they promise a windfall. The payout will be misery.
Fall of Viaducts Could Aid Rise of Eastside
Former city planner Larry Beasley joins chorus urging removal of freeway vestige that divides neighbourhoods.
Why Chinatown Needs to Grow Taller
Vancouver's historic district is struggling for its spiritual identity. If done right, higher buildings could help it succeed.
Steep Price to Make Legislative Buildings Quake Proof
Spend $182 million for seismic and other fixes or risk 'major tragedy': government-hired analysis revealed five years later.
Vancouver's Downtown Chases out Kids
Have you heard the core of towers is proving good for families with children? That's not true, as these maps prove.
Did Olympics Shift People's Imagination for Vancouver?
Or was it just hype? What next, mega-city or village life? Our urbanists wrap up their tussle.
How Green School Buildings Help Children Grow
Students and teachers are more healthy and productive in sustainably-built schools, research shows.
World's Coolest Public Urinal, and How It Was Invented
Form follows bodily function to create the perfect pissoir, designed for Victoria by Matthew Soules.
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- Appeal court upholds ruling on protection of orca habitat
- Foreign takeover score is 14,218 to two calculates Mel Hurtig, who speaks Saturday
- Abbott blames teachers' union, hints at legislation
- Greens exaggerating fracking fears 'to control you': Santorum
- Prime Minister Harper mixes oil with human rights on visit to China
- Civil jury finds former BC premier Vander Zalm guilty of defamation
- Vancouver theatre runs down curtain on section of BC's outdated liquor laws
- BC Premier Clark to replace throne speech with radio appearance
- 'The Kids Are All Right'
- 'Leave Your Shoes On'
- Glaciers, BC Hydro's Melting 'Batteries'
- Frankie Rose Makes Life Tougher for Journalists
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Becoming the Ethical Hunter
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Could SOPA Pervade Canadian Copyright Law?
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Economist Calls Gateway Pipeline an Inflationary 'Threat'
- Bill Rees' Last Lecture
- Too Much Energy Used to Mine, Move Bitumen Says BC Firm
- Is Canada Ignoring Signs of a Coming Economic Collapse?
- Harper in China
- How First Nations Are Gearing Up for Legal Battle Against Gateway
- Eleven Oily Questions for Every MP
- Remembering Lloyd Dykk's Wit, Generosity and Superb Prose
- BC Child Care Advocates in Geneva to Complain to UN
- BC, You Love You
- Shadow Workers of the World, Revolt!
- Who Pays Huge Power Bills for Clark's Gas Plants?
- Make It the Canadian Webcasting Corporation
- Harper in China
- When the Prize Is a Chance to Toil on BC's Farms
- Three Ryan Gosling Pickup Techniques that Don't Work in Real Life
- Would You Buy a Used Car from These Libs?
- Time to Zip John Baird's Loose Lips
- Foreign Trade Zones Eyed for Vancouver, Prince Rupert, Prince George
- Board, BC mayors make the case for Vancouver transit audit
- Tensions flare over Vancouver-owned mine in Oaxaca
- Osoyoos Times editor apologizes for comments on RCMP
- BC premier delivers talk show 'throne speech'
- NDP leadership: Thomas Mulcair ahead on first ballot, internal poll suggests
- Sky is the limit for use of mini, unmanned planes
- Prime Minister by day, oil exec by night
- Animal-made 'art' challenges human monopoly on creativity
