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For the last several months, a city at the heart of Silicon Valley has been training artificial intelligence to recognize tents and cars with people living inside in what experts believe is the first experiment of its kind in the United States.

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Bridge safety in Metro Vancouver questioned after Baltimore ship strike, collapse

28/03/24

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Simon Little & John Hua

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Global News

Mar. 26, 2024

The ship strike and tragic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning has put a spotlight on the potential risks faced by two of Metro Vancouver’s key spans.

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Houston's "Housing-First" Success in Reducing Homelessness

08/03/24

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Winnipeg Free Press

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National Observer

Slim hugs Jessalyn Dimanno, the manager of outreach for the Coalition for the Homeless. CALLAGHAN O’HARE / FREE PRESS

Mar. 8, 2024

HOUSTON — The bright Texas sun bears down on the cracked cement landscape behind a gas station on the city’s outskirts. Here, an elaborate makeshift structure shields its resident, a lanky man called Slim, from the elements — it can get cold at night, he says.

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Vancouver’s go-slow multiplex policy could blow a hole in provincial housing projections

06/03/24

Author:

Alex Hemingway

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CCPA - Policy Note

Feb. 21, 2024

The long reign of exclusionary single-family zoning is being challenged in British Columbia—and none too soon amid a severe housing shortage.

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Los Angeles Just Proved How Spongy a City Can Be

25/02/24

Author:

Matt Simmon

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Wired

Feb. 19, 2024

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Climate 'Not Mentioned' in Alberta Water-Sharing Talks

01/02/24

Author:

Bob Weber

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National Observer

Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz says negotiations between water licence holders in three southern Alberta river basins will open this week. Schulz shakes hands with Premier Danielle Smith in Edmonton on Oct. 24, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Jan. 31, 2024

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

EDMONTON — Lance Colby saw what was coming.

The Alberta government said Wednesday it would open talks on water-sharing between large users as the province's drought situation worsens. But Colby, chair of the Mountain View Regional Water Services Commission in central Alberta, had already begun such discussions.

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How Hope's Politicians Changed Minds on Pride Flag

01/02/24

Author:

Tyler Olsen

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Fraser Valley Current

Jan. 30, 2024

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Police raids rock Edmonton, as Indigenous encampment dismantled

21/01/24

Author:

Brandi Morin

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Ricochet Media

Residents of an Indigenous homeless encampment in Edmonton being evicted by police | Photo by Brandi Morin

Jan. 18, 2024

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The shady group determined to block our climate solutions

19/01/24

Author:

Marc Fawcett-Atkinson

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National Observer

Jan. 15, 2024

A shadowy new organization attacking the climate efforts of Canadian cities is infiltrating Google searches and ads in the New York Times and other publications online.

The group — Voice for Energy — bills itself as a platform for Canadians to "speak up" against municipalities implementing measures to reduce or ban natural gas to "protect" people’s so-called "energy choice."

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

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San Jose invited tech companies to mount cameras on a vehicle in what appears to be first-of-its-kind experiment

Drought-weary Alberta opens water-sharing talks with large users

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