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Queen's Marque on the Halifax waterfront by MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects and FBM Architects.

Agreed but let’s also add: the street can be an awesome public space of fun, social interaction and learning

While Bluesky may not have the user base of Twitter or FB (611M & 3.07B), it does have a healthy 38 million registered users.

Bluesky reaches people who tend to be kind, solutions-focused & future-oriented, compared to the big corporate social media channels.

I consider that a feature, not a bug.

Love this - thanks Jason

Opinion: When local planning becomes provincial command On B.C.'s Bill 13, Bill 15 and the end of urban democracy: These bills give the province approvals, fewer checks, less local resistance

Thanks to UBCs Erick Villagomez for this enlightening op ed vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Here’s what Calgary’s transformed Olympic Plaza will look like Calgary officials have revealed the designs for the Olympic Plaza transformation project that is meant to revitalize the downtown public space.

Here’s what Calgary’s transformed Olympic Plaza will look like
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Looks very promising! So good to see this space being respected and refreshed

Vancouver trees showing off that spring is coming.

Carney's Liberals to create new affordable housing developer | Urbanized If elected, Mark Carney's Liberals would aim to double Canada's new housing starts, including the creation of Build Canada Homes.

Liberal leader Mark Carney promises to double housing starts to 500,000 units/year.

CMHC's key housing programs would be transferred to a new developer entity.

Development fees for multi-unit buildings would be cut by half by subsidizing cities. #elxn45 #cdnpoli

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Liberals promise to build nearly 500,000 homes per year, create new housing entity Liberal Leader Mark Carney says his government would double Canada’s rate of residential construction housing over the next decade to nearly 500,000 new homes per year.

New liberal platform on housing released today. Big move to create a new agency but while the pledge to cut dccs is there wish we saw more on exactly how they will reduce charges and support cities infrastructure needs.
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Carney unveils signature housing plan he says will double pace of home building in Canada | CBC News Liberal Leader Mark Carney unveiled his signature housing policy Monday, promising to double the number of homes built annually in Canada to nearly 500,000.

Important that housing be a key conversation within this election. To that end good to see some ideas we can debate. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Housing Starts Slow In February, Tumbling 68% In Toronto And 48% In Vancouver After posting a 3% gain in January, the annual rate of housing starts slipped 4% in February, new data from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) shows. The agency reported on Monday that, on...

Now durring this Federal election would be a really good time to see some truly innovative proposals on how to fix some of the systemic challenges to increasing housing supply. storeys.com/canadian-hou...

Crafting the narrative: wealth migration, growth machines and the politics of housing affordability in Vancouver, Canada In many gateway cities – cities tightly locked into global flows of capital and people – immigration has become the largest component of population growth, and thus a major determinant of housing m...

Full article: "Crafting the narrative: wealth migration, growth machines and the politics of housing affordability in #Vancouver, #Canada"

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good gravy i forgot how much the harbour air flight from vancouver to victoria was a delight

Michael Hooper: For Vancouver's densification to succeed, planners and elected officials must listen to detractors Questions  about amenities and infrastructure are dismissed as “anti-density” or “anti-housing” — further polarizing policy discussion

Very dramatically B.C eliminated public hearings last year. Here Michael Hooper from UBC planning makes a case about public input. For the record - public input makes planning better we just have to figure out how to do it even better! vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

That’s been the norm for some time Andy. And they wonder why menswear sales on the 6th flr have been slow for years

TransLink to receive $1.5 billion more from federal transit fund | Urbanized The federal government will provide TransLink with $1.5 billion from the Metro-Region Agreements stream of the Canada Public Transit Fund.

“Metro Vancouver’s public transit authority of TransLink will be on the receiving end of $1.53 billion in additional funding from the federal government’s $30-billion Canada Public Transit Fund (CPTF) over 10 years.” 🇨🇦 dailyhive.com/vancouver/tr...

Urbanists Have a Communication Problem, and It’s Costing Us Great Cities Advocates must adjust the way they talk about city planning. Overuse of jargon and a strict focus on logical debate alienates people, but focusing on the concrete benefits of better urban design — or,...

“Cities become great through people trying things, seeing what works and doubling down from there.” www.strongtowns.org/journal/2025...

Great to see the support for mass transit

Thanks for bringing this up Mike - it is a repeatedly lazy move by the Feds. If they broaden who could use this it would help a lot of ppl. With a bit of effort they could establish criteria that fit the program they truly want.

Canada needs to build 3 million homes in ten years to keep up with population growth and to address pre-existing housing shortages. Alberta needs a whole lot more homes as they continue to attract families from other provinces.

Read more here: www.missingmiddleini...

These are the six stores Hudson's Bay will be able to keep open | Urbanized Hudson's Bay Company has announced it can keep the lights on at six select department store locations in Canada.

JUST IN... Hudson's Bay has indicated it'll be able to save just 6 of its 80 department stores across Canada.

These are all located in Ontario and Quebec.

Liquidation for other stores now targeted to begin on Monday. #HBC

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WINTRUP: Winnipeg’s planning scandals: Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic Winnipeg has abandoned the mission of delivering effective services that meet the needs of the average Winnipegger. Read more.

This is not an easy read related to the planning profession and I am sure there are other opinions. perhaps thats all the more reason we need to have more of a focus on whats going on in #ywg #winnipeg. winnipegsun.com/opinion/wint...

Sad to see but at the same time not at all surprising

Vancouver looking lovely tonight. Great pedestrian space along the seawall #yvr

B.C. housing starts fell last year. Industry leaders fear trade war will make it worse Housing construction has slowed more than the government's earlier projections, and the trade war means its unlikely to rebound quickly.

Previously the BC housing ministry blamed city approvals for the slow down. But now the finance minister says its the market. Seems they arent sure now
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Thanks all for helping me transition over to the new site.
Passionate urbanist hoping to hear (not just talk) from other city builders
About their great ideas

Hey @brenttoderian.bsky.social thanks for helping to lead the change over to this site for urbanists and city builders. So who do I follow /
Whose
Best to connect with ?