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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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Why some Vancouver buildings reject "unlucky" 13 and other numbers

City of North Vancouver Top’s List of Canada’s Liveable Cities in 2024

Grouse Mountain celebrates new gondola opening

The Institutional like interiors of The Butterfly tower in Vancouver

Main Cities in BC, Canada

The removal of some Broadway Plan tower height limits

Vancouver's last undeveloped waterfront site could potentially house a new convention centre and hotel...

Canadian Urban Institute launches Climate Ready Infrastructure Service to connect local governments with climate and infrastructure experts

Canada and Australia

skytrain-capstan-station-construction-challenges-delays

A 43-storey addition atop an existing nine-storey office building at 111 Peter Street?

One Delisle condo-tower

Slow construction progress on the Broadway Subway

the Northlander Corridor, Ontario

A signal issue shuts down an entire TTC subway line

Luxurious apartments in Calgary

Nine new towers in the Broadway Plan

How public transit held up during Taylor Swift's Vancouver concerts

public-transit-construction-and cost-control

illegal houses

more skytrain-disruption-and power-outage

Some of Metro Vancouver's Future Transit Plans

Should Even taller towers belong in the Broadway Plan?

fortisbc-customers-gas-bills-price-increase

Prominent Toronto office tower will be completely demolished

The Aloha Tower

Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine Bridge–Tunnel

The Pierre Laporte Bridge

The proposed mixed-use development concept for transforming Vancouver City Hall into "Civic District"

SkyTrain-Canada Line North Arm Bridge

B.C.'s South Asian Heritages Museum

Archeological-dig-at-Notre-Dame-Paris-unearths-2-000-years-of-history

Broadway-plan-amendments-in Vancouver, BC

Construction starts on TransLink's new bus depot in South Vancouver for 300 battery buses

Vancouver Art Gallery cancels new building design, goes back to the drawing board

The Quebec Bridge (1919)

After 5 years of reconstruction, Notre Dame will reopen to the public

Metro Vancouver's TransLink now has Canada's second-highest public transit ridership per capita

Six towers and retail village proposed for a Port Coquitlam mixed-use redevelopment near SkyTrain

I-5 reduced to 2 lanes over Ship Canal Bridge for 9 months in 2025

Vancouver's Waterfront Station

Bridgeport Station

Marine Drive Station

Canada's Indo-Pacific Strategy

Is it more expensive to live in Vancouver or Toronto?

The Airport Express Train

Its not just Yaletown that's unaffordable

Diesel made from old cooking oil to feed Metro Vancouver truck fleet

12 staffers from Metro Vancouver fly to New Orleans

A new-roof-for the olympic-stadium-870-million

Limited bus depot space caps TransLink bus service expansion at 15% (WTH?)

Train cuts off only road access to Surrey's Crescent Beach for hours

Cambie Street Bridge repairs choke traffic out of downtown Vancouver

BC Ferries warns of potential 30% fare hike as costs rise

BC Hydro imported a quarter of the province’s power in the last 12 months

Are Two major BC cities really at risk of disappearing due to rising tides?

Prince Rupert has Canada's 3rd busiest port

B.C. Hydro seeking new energy projects as demand for power grows

Elizabeth Quay West in Perth, WA

Calgary's Green Line debuts southeast station designs

Calgary vs. Edmonton

Edmonton city council discusses how to help newcomers

Proposal to eliminate car lane on Mountain Highway in North Vancouver for new bike lanes irks residents

The Top Largest Airports in North America

The Struggle to Complete Hawaii’s $11B Railway

The Broadway Tower Plan

Fiery crash leaves people injured, closes Highway 1 between Chilliwack and Abbotsford

Vancouver's Robson Street sports fan zone

waterfront-station-gastown-railyard-redevelopment-vancouver-civitas

Some design insights for safe bicycle transportation from the experts

Is Life Better in the USA or Canada?

How the City of Vancouver will pay for its 2026 FIFA World Cup costs

Calgary Transit’s $33M revenue shortfall