The resurgence of Vancouver's creative class
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A myth holds that America is a land of wide-open spaces. In fact, much of the population is densely concentrated huge urban areas. And, yes, busting another myth, the density could support high-speed rail service.
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Options for saving the Volunteer Park Conservatory are to be unveiled at a public meeting.
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The environmental 'plot' against Canada over oil sands?
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.
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This dubious distinction points up how severe income inequality has become in Canada and the U.S. New evidence shows the terrible toll on people and economies such widening gaps can have.
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The greenest voters you've ever seen are in ... Vancouver
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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?
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As Seattle prepares to celebrate 50 years as the little expo city that could, the chance for a future fair in the USA is a long way off.
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1492 and all that; the Vancouver editor who launched Occupy Wall Street; Westneat does Westlake; legacies of Prohibition in the liquor initiatives; and more praise for Steve Jobs' aesthetic sense amid all America's ugliness.
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Seattle is killing retail by requiring too much of it
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