3 d. ago From 'dustbowls' to plastic pavers: How Vancouver wants to change the city's alleys

"It's about the permeability and redirection of heat that comes from green lanes so they are cool, verdant and pleasant places," says city Coun. Mike Klassen

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3 d. ago LILLEY: Bradford says he’s all in to bring about generational change at city hall

East-end councillor says he's running for mayor and explains why he's announcing more than a year in advance.

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8 d. ago Core services and repealing blanket rezoning should be key issues in civic election

In 2023, Calgary city council passed one of the most divisive and sweeping planning changes in our history: blanket rezoning. With one vote, decades of established planning practices were overturned. For the first time, every single-family lot in the city could be redeveloped into multiplexes, rowhouses or townhouses — regardless of context or community input. […]

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2 w. ago Opinion: North Calgary needs a real transit vision — BRT now, rail tomorrow

For decades, North Calgary has been promised better transit. Every election brings talk of fairness and growth, yet every weekday morning, families in Panorama, Coventry, Livingston and Carrington sit in the same gridlock. The city’s largest infrastructure project, the Green Line LRT, won’t change that reality any time soon. In July 2024, council revised Phase […]

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2 w. ago Edmonton city council proposes shelter changes, more collaboration with province

Edmonton city council is preparing to pen a letter to the province again discussing homelessness. City council worries there are too many people using the services in the core.

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3 w. ago Some Chicagoans carrying passports, avoiding stores as immigration crackdown looms

CHICAGO — The streets in some of Chicago’s liveliest neighborhoods are quiet these days. Public schoolteachers want online learning for families scared to venture out. And houses of worship are urging people to carry identification everywhere they go. As the nation’s third-largest city awaits a much-hyped federal intervention, residents are making changes in their daily […]

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