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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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Court upholds approval of B.C. port expansion

The old SkyTrain cars

The Kingsgate Mall saga

The cost-of-living in BC

Knight Street Bridge

Oak Street Bridge

Burrard Street Bridge

Arthur Laing Bridge

Granville Street Bridge

Cambie Street and Bridge

Dump truck crash shuts down Boundary Road on Burnaby-Vancouver border

The Grandview Viaduct

Boffo Proposing 45-Storey Tower For Phase Two Of Bassano In Burnaby

The Erasmus Bridge (1996)

Still, No Twinning the Lions Gate Bridge, and for good reason, sort of

Frigid nights in the BC Lower Mainland, but still not usually as cold as the rest of Canada

Even some temporary stairs up to this Burnaby walkway would be an improvement

The Aurora Bridge in Seattle SR99

Seattle-area traffic

Extreme weather planning in Burnaby’s community plan

Kingsgate Mall in Vancouver

Vancouver’s False Creek ferry service

Calgary’s drives, roads, streets and trails

A 72-storey tower proposed for Burnaby’s Metrotown

Demolition of unsafe SRO building in downtown Vancouver begins next week

Over 1,000 new homes planned to be next to Surrey Memorial Hospital

Site preparation begins for the tallest office tower in Surrey and BC

Trash tycoon reveals how 'miracle' Malibu house survived wildfires when everyone else's burned

Southgate City, Burnaby, BC

Los Angeles Metro Extends Free Rides Amid Wildfires

Getting Around Colorado

Toronto braces for longest stretch of cold temperatures since 2022

Metro Vancouver Iona Island sewage treatment plant project

Fewer paramedics are on shift as BC Ambulance is millions of $ over budget

List of changes to Los Angeles Metro bus and rail lines due to wildfires

Some Big changes coming to Vancouver’s False Creek

Two new Marriott hotels with 457 rooms to open next to Capstan SkyTrain station

A 22-storey rental housing tower proposed next to Whole Foods Kitsilano

Car fire on Arthur Laing Bridge

Should all future SkyTrain stations be built right from the start of each line?

Does Trump really want the U.S. to take over Canada?

A Transformative Northeast False Creek development

The (stumpy) Post in Vancouver

Capilano Mall redevelopment

British Columbia Highway 7

Toronto's-regional-transit-map-in the future

Geotechnical work for new Richmond-Delta tunnel planned

The pros and cons of living in Edmonton over Vancouver

Two rental housing towers proposed next to Main Street - SkyTrain station

Major construction now underway on 16-km-long Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

Shangri-La hotel and condominiums

North American cities by population

Greater Vancouver behind the scenes

The New Gerald Desmond Bridge

The O-Train Line 2 and 4 launch

SkyTrain stations' ridership jumps, due to Boxing Day frenzy at McArthurGlen Vancouver Airport Outlet Mall

Calls for Metrotown Station overpass continue after man left seriously injured by bus

Some assessed values of Metro Vancouver landmarks and major properties

Telus Towers in Canada

2024 was Vancouver’s wettest year so far this century

The-most-expensive-homes-in BC

Mixed-use development proposed for False Creek’s emerging health district

four-seasons-hotel-vancouver-tower-demolition-redevelopment

nordstrom-pacific-centre-vancouver-demolition-redevelopment

First new generation SkyTrain cars to enter service early 2025

Development differences between Surrey and Langley leave road at literal dead end

Canada's population and its lacking infrastructure

lululemon founder Chip Wilson's Vancouver property now valued over $82M

New Westminster business leaders talk about the city's economic future

The growth for some of Australia’s cities

The Seattle Space Needle and the Calgary Tower