For their final projects in the spring 2010 term, UBC journalism students reported stories related to local land and food issues. This map shows where their stories are situated in the greater Vancouver area.
Bulldozers dot the landscape of Warren Nottingham’s once peaceful farm as construction of the South Fraser Perimeter Road moves forward in Delta, B.C.
Located alongside fragile Burns Bog land, the Nottingham farm remains one of the most ecologically valuable areas in the Lower Mainland.
With the new provincial highway cutting through Nottingham’s property and other areas in Delta, environmental [...]
What began with a single cow in her back yard has now erupted into a legal and personal headache for Home on the Range operator Alice Jongerden.
“I have nothing to hide,” said Jongerden, seated on a bale in her hayloft. “Our intent was never to be in the black market or to be under [...]
Chickens in Vancouver face a vote at city council deciding the conditions for keeping them in backyards. For some chicken owners, the new regulations could be a curse, rather than a blessing. Daniel Hallen has the story.
Having a little cottage behind her home has always been a dream for Ocea Ringrose.
“Growing up as a kid I always loved the idea of having a little coach house or a little studio house,” Ringrose said. “It’s just so cool.”
In one year, Ringrose will have that cottage.
She and her partner, Colin Meacham, [...]
Building a laneway house can be expensive. The costs vary depending on the size of the new building and its amenities.
An average single-family property in Vancouver measures 33 by 120 feet. Currently the city allows a 500-square-foot laneway house to be built on a lot this size. If you have a larger property, your laneway [...]
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One person’s street art is another’s nuisance. Katie Dangerfield, Daniel Hallen and Yvonne Robertson look at how new limits on the amount and type of street art allowed during the 2010 Winter Olympics are making it difficult for artists.
By Lara Howsam
Rod Gash is a resident of Kitsilano’s first homeless shelter. A recovering addict, Gash lived in area carports before the shelter opened Jan. 15 on West 4th Avenue between Pine and Fir Streets.
Gash was among the sixteen people who arrived opening night. The shelter reached its 40-person capacity within days of opening, on [...]
Up to 35 positions are scheduled to be eliminated from the City of Vancouver Department of Engineering, but so far, one group appears to be safe.
Vancouver City Council passed its 2010 operating budget Dec. 18, 2009, which included cuts to programs and jobs proposed in November. According to a union official, jobs will go as [...]
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