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How to build a 'Happy City'

How to build a 'Happy City'

Author Charles Montgomery has travelled the globe in an attempt to nail down the ephemeral concept of happiness, and how the environments in which we live affect it.
Tent city campers to be evicted from Oppenheimer Park

Tent city campers to be evicted from Oppenheimer Park

B.C. Supreme Court judge grants city's injunction application
No advance voting in city’s poorest neighbourhoods

No advance voting in city’s poorest neighbourhoods

City won’t comment on how polling stations were chosen
City of Vancouver contracts awarded behind closed doors

City of Vancouver contracts awarded behind closed doors

Senior managers bypass council for major deals
Gastown businesses tackle social issues

Gastown businesses tackle social issues

As Cameron Laker sits in his plush new office at the corner of Columbia and East Cordova, he glances out his window to spy a couple shooting heroin in the alley below him. It’s a common occurrence, he says.
Cyclists push for bike lanes along Commercial Drive

Cyclists push for bike lanes along Commercial Drive

Cycling advocacy group HUB claims the Drive is currently a dangerous place to cycle
Pushy Vancouver cop awaits fate

Pushy Vancouver cop awaits fate

Incident caught on video
Developing Story: Jericho Lands plan gets special treatment

Developing Story: Jericho Lands plan gets special treatment

Now that the federal Jericho Lands have been sold for development, the city’s manager of planning and development expects to report to council in January asking it to direct staff to treat the 52-acre parcel as a special study area or policy statemen
Uber shut out of Vancouver, for now

Uber shut out of Vancouver, for now

Behind the friendly little icons on your smartphones, a multi-billion-dollar political battle wages between Silicon Valley tech-giant Uber and the global taxi service rank and file.
Former VPD building will house new tech hub

Former VPD building will house new tech hub

Vancity has signed on to be the anchor tenant of the City of Vancouver's first Technology and Social Innovation Centre , to be housed in the former Vancouver Police Building near Main and Hastings.
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