This week marked the fifth anniversary of the 2010 Olympic Games. Sports editor Megan Stewart looked back half a decade to ponder the legacy of the event. Was it more than just hype, huge expense, red mittens, and two weeks of parties? Perhaps ask Sidney Crosby fans and anyone riding the Canada Line.
Reading zoning regulations is about as fun as washing the dishes and the regulations themselves are about as clear as dirty dishwater. That continuing frustration many Vancouverites feel in the face of complicated zoning regulations and development proposals came into focus in Naoibh O'Connor's story on a Kits resident who faces the loss of her view of downtown and the mountains to a new development. This after she felt she had done due diligence on surrounding properties months ago before buying her new condo. Are the rules too vague? Is the city allowing too many exceptions to building height limitations? The city tries answering those questions.
Finally, Allen Garr's weekly column on the firing of TransLink's chief reveals some of the reasons the proposed plebiscite on transportation improvements for Metro Vancouver is likely to fail. May we all enjoy the massive traffic jams of 2020.
