International interest in the Eastside real-estate market may pose the potential for zombie neighborhoods, already a worry in Vancouver. But trading ideas about the shape of urban life is a rich part of our history.
The new owner of The Herald and Seattle Weekly is point man for a controversial refinery at Kitimat, B.C, tapping Alberta oil sands. David Black makes his case, and talks about his Seattle publishing plans.
Envelope, please: Politicians played heavy hands in the destruction of history across the Northwest, particularly in Seattle and Washington state, during 2012.
The Obama administration gets the value of tourism for job creation. All the neighboring states do. Washington is trying to build momentum without state support.
There's all that oil from Alberta's tar sands, and coal in Wyoming and Montana. All of it is yearning to burn free, but not for free, in Asia, or wherever else top dollar will be paid.
Radical U.S. environmentalists are out to get Canada! And seize the energy, oil, and wood businesses for the U.S.! Or, so a hypocritical government says.
The urban agriculture movement is gaining strength across B.C., enthusiastically adapted by everyone from businesses to backyard growers to pot-growers. So why is it being used as a wedge issue in Vancouver's latest election?
Adbusters founder and editor, Kalle Lasn, reflects on his Vancouver magazine's role as Occupy Wall Street instigator and agitator, and explores the possibility of a global uprising.
The Enbridge proposal, from Alberta to the B.C. coast, would be the backup plan if the Keystone XL pipeline is rejected. The Province says the project showed little ability to deal with spills across wilderness areas or in the rocky harbors.