Thursday, February 29, 2024

Future-plans of-Burnaby-forests-tree-urban-forest-management-strategy

 https://www.burnabynow.com/local-news/future-of-burnaby-forests-tree-urban-forest-management-strategy-8379402

Most of BC remains as a wilderness. Indeed, there are only a handful of major urban areas, so the wilderness isn't going away. Almost 2 dozen Switzerland's can fit inside of BC, yet BC has yet to reach the population of 1 CH.

Monday, February 26, 2024

Vancouver's Arthur Erickson Place achieves zero-carbon building certification

 https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/arthur-erickson-place-vancouver-zero-carbon-building

This could have been the first office tower in Vancouver to have at least 40 stories, but it wasn't even permitted to have 30 floors, due to imposed height limits. Calgary & Seattle never have had to endure such restrictions.

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

The Vancouver Auto Show is returning after a four-year hiatus

 https://www.straight.com/just-announced/vancouver-auto-show-2024

Well, the cancel (car) culture hasn't been able to ban such vehicles from Vancouver & BC in general, so far.