There’s a showcase of tiny houses at the North Van Shipyard Market on Friday nights. The homes are by CLICK modular. The City of North […] Read More
Category: sustainability
My back alley is a parking lot, for more than cars. Guess people are trying to avoid the very minimal residential parking permit fee (under […] Read More
Climate change just came to my neighbourhood. The wild wind storm Saturday night uprooted trees all over the city. The soil was so dry it […] Read More
The city is expanding the neighbourhood energy utility (NEU) beyond Olympic Village to the Great Northern Way Campus. The NEU provides heat and hot water […] Read More
I have been riding under this fabric beneath the Burrard Street Bridge for awhile now. I thought the City was still doing repairs on it. […] Read More
A colleague made these squares for a staff party recently. I was surprised when she told me where the recipe was from – the Peanuts […] Read More
I heard Ian Tostenson, the president of the BC Restaurant and Food Services Association on CBC Radio recently during a piece about the drought in […] Read More
Rain or Shine, Kitsilano’s favourite ice cream hang out, has a new outdoor seating area. They’ve taken over two parking spots on 4th Avenue. Car […] Read More
I’m going to make this dish for a potluck picnic this weekend. It’s always a favourite. It’s from the Greens Cookbook by Deborah Madison (the […] Read More
There’s a great feature on food waste in the August issue of Alive Magazine. Here’s an excerpt, but there’s much more if you click on […] Read More