[caption id="attachment_9464" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Los Paseos."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Looks like the City of Burnaby will be joining the likes of other municipalities, like Vancouver, in revisiting their city transportation plan. Great news for single mothers and their children who are at risk of homelessness as a new 36-unit supportive housing development officially opens at the YWCA Alder Gardens in ...

[caption id="attachment_9097" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of it caught my eye."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Construction is heating up to complete the 9.3 kilometre bike/pedestrian loop around Victoria airport. The paved path will be separated for safety of users along the entire route, and by the end of next year will connect with both Sidney and the regional Lochside trail once complete. Suggestions that Langley Township wants to split from Metro Vancouver and form their own regional district is causing a little bit of a stir.

[caption id="attachment_8514" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Los Paseos."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The Cowichan Watershed Board feels something needs to be done about the fact that 28 per cent of residents in Duncan and North Cowichan don't know the source of their water with even fewer knowing how much money they spend annually on water.  This makes me wonder what the percentage is in Metro Vancouver. Pop quiz: Where does the Lower Mainland's water comes from? Feel free to comment below....and there is a freebie two paragraphs down. Burnaby city council unanimously approved a contract worth $950,000 with MCW Custom Energy Solutions for Phase 2 of the city’s 2011/2012 Building Performance Improvements Project that looks to improve buildings' green performance.

[caption id="attachment_8213" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Byron Barrett."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Many residents in Coquitlam are cheering with recent news of the significant drop in marijuana grow operations in the city due to the municipality's efforts to crack down on homes found to have high power consumption. The mayors of Surrey, White Rock, Delta, the two Langleys and Abbotsford are pulling together ...

[caption id="attachment_8100" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Byron Barrett"][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. There's a new community market in Burnaby aimed at helping immigrant and refugee women develop their business acumen while some money. Started by Burnaby resident Lubna Abdelrahman, the market runs the last Saturday of each month in the gym at Edmonds Community School. A 70-year-old heritage tree in Surrey inches closer ...

[caption id="attachment_7913" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of it caught my eye."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Reason for concern in Abbotsford with the unemployment rising to 10.5 per cent through February. This makes the Abbotosford-Mission census metropolitan area (CMA) the second highest of 33 municipalities across the country that were part of Statistic’s Canada’s latest labour force survey. Clayton residents in Surrey are surprised and saddened by the ...

[caption id="attachment_7765" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of Stephen Rees."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. The City of Terrace has teamed up with the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine in hopes of recycling glass for local uses. The pilot project could start in the spring, if all goes to plan. Victoria's only strip club - Monty's Exotic Showroom Pub - are numbered as Vancouver-based Developer GMC ...

[caption id="attachment_7505" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of it caught my eye."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. In the Comox Valley, a local conservation group thinks developments are being approved at a rate exceeding the budgets of local municipalities, leaving taxpayers to pay for 'unfunded infrastructure liability' costs. Another task forces to add to the list, as the Terrace council was asked to strike a task ...

[caption id="attachment_7164" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of HereInVancouver."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. Metro Vancouver has watered down its latest attempt to limit the construction of giant farmhouses that inefficiently eat up productive agricultural land. Metro Vancouver is also debating the touchy issue of Indian Reserve voting rights with directors split over whether the regional district should try to block residents of Indian Reserves from voting ...

[caption id="attachment_6965" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="A selected image from the Spacing Vancouver Flickr pool. Image courtesy of JessicaEA."][/caption] A weekly roundup of noteworthy news in municipalities across B.C. With spring and summer fast approaching, the City of Burnaby is inviting local residents to learn about invasive plants and their impact, how to better select plants for gardens, and how to remove and control invasive plants at an upcoming workshop series in April. Road tolls throughout Metro Vancouver? Yep....that's ...