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JF: This is a general reference blog that links up to several things in addition to science & fiction, the esoteric & the mysterious. It's where mythology & technology, science & fiction, coincidence & synchronicity, occasionally merge. A vast amount of websites are referenced here so that visitors can see & compare various perspectives.

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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada

North Vancouver lane realignment on pause following public outcry

Transit service cuts could lead to 200 more hours stuck in traffic a year

Inside the new Sydney Metro | Australia's best transit project

West Vancouver opens door to deferring wastewater plant cost overruns

A Vancouver-penthouse-at 838-west-Hastings

East Vancouver tenants living with no power, refuse to leave

Live Nation unveils 50K-seat outdoor concert venue in Toronto

toronto might get to have the world's-longest-tunnel

Severe summer weather cost $7 billion in most destructive season on record

BC NDP voters rethinking carbon tax

Restaurants in Canada are predicting severe consequences following changes to foreign workers policy

The Alex Fraser Bridge (1986)

Climate protesters march through downtown Vancouver

Broadway Subway Project (SkyTrain) Vancouver

West Vancouver bike lane planters lead to confusion

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North Shore sewage debacle has Metro Vancouver rethinking approach to Iona replacement project

Miami's Signature Bridge

Busy traffic weekend expected in North Vancouver for massive festival

How a megathrust earthquake could hit the Pacific Northwest and SW BC

Vancouver Lime e-scooter launch leads to some sour reactions

Eglinton Crosstown LRT crosses huge milestone but 2024 opening looks unlikely

Metro Vancouver transit facing 'drastic cuts'

Sound Transit Publishes Final EIS for West Seattle Link Extension

North end of Granville Street Bridge

Climate change costs growing for B.C. municipalities

Surrey's streets, roads and bike paths

Metro Vancouver residents shocked by e-scooter rider in George Massey Tunnel

Construction for Oakridge-41st Ave Station Upgrades Starts Sept. 16th

Climate protest promising to impact traffic Friday afternoon in Vancouver

The old and new Pattullo Bridge

The old and new Port Mann Bridge

How the World Trade Center Was Rebuilt

Transforming the Surrey-Delta border

Dramatic weather shift expected to kick in overnight for Vancouver

The Slum that Japan Doesn't Want You to See

Some new towers in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside

Amazon opens major office atrium as part of its phased growth within The Post building in Vancouver

Wells Fargo Center (Portland, Oregon)

U.S. Bank is leaving the U.S. Bancorp Tower in downtown Portland

Columbia Centre in Vancouver and Columbia Center in Seattle

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Life on 3rd and Pike, Inside Seattle’s Drug Epidemic

How Vancouver commute times compare to the rest of Canada

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1045-haro-street-vancouver-receivership-sale

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The Boundary Road corridor between North Vancouver, Burnaby and Richmond

Lynnwood Link extension

Ottawa to limit low-wage temporary foreign workers in Canada

Kensington (Philadelphia)

LA's Most Dangerous Hood

The Ironworkers Memorial Bridge will experience lane closures over the following week

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/skytrain-brentwood-town-centre-expansion

Construction begins on new expanded Oakridge-41st Avenue SkyTrain station entrance

Surrey-Newton Guildford LRT

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Rail strike would halt B.C.'s West Coast Express

Broke and broken: Canada’s public transit in critical funding state

Toronto’s CNE is off to a rough start after record-setting rainfall on opening weekend

Quebec to limit temporary foreign workers in Montreal with six-month freeze

Singapore and Switzerland

Canada vs. Australia

Canada or Spain?

The Monorail vs. the Subway

The Columbia River Crossing project (CRC)

Potential railway stoppage could have big West Coast Express impacts

Freight Train issue blocks major Langley intersections

Transforming Nanaimo into a public transit hub for Vancouver Island

A mixed-use building development at VCC-Clark SkyTrain station with rental housing, office, childcare, grocery store, and retail uses

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain construction cost balloons by 50%

8-km-long Highway 1 widening in Abbotsford

Slate-Owned Metrotown Place Office Towers Under Receivership Listed By CBRE

Hullo Ferries celebrates a busy first year, and looks ahead to growth and expansion

Several Vancouver narrow bridge issues

The Largest European Cities

Should downtown Vancouver eventually require a 3rd major train station?

Wall Centre in downtown Vancouver