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August 2012 Blog Posts (4)

South Burnaby

I just joined and am seeking to make contact with fellow residents in the south Burnaby area.

Added by Jonathan Rider on August 27, 2012 at 8:44am — No Comments

chickens - want one? or two?

Hello, We are going travelling for 7 months and need to find a home for some chickens. One, Mathilda is a good layer, easy going. An Astralorp, another, Ophelia is a dear old Orpington.. a beautiful chicken but doesn;t lay often. The other two, Beatrice -the Head chick.. quite a character, quite dominant.. a reasonable layer is a Barred Rock.. and the last one Brucie another Astrolorp, but doesn;t often lay. Anyway.. Let me know.. I have a big sack of organic layers mash too. Mary…

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Added by Mary O'Donovan on August 22, 2012 at 7:14am — No Comments

Shifting context puts billion-dollar Pattullo Bridge project on shaky footing

By Eric Doherty, July 30, 2012

TransLink’s plan to replace the four-lane Pattullo Bridge with a new six-lane bridge at an estimated cost of up to $1 billion has not attracted much attention, with the exception of some concerned residents in New Westminster and Surrey.

But the constantly evolving movement against tar-sands expansion is set to make this and other roadway expansion projects a new front in the battle over pipelines and tankers.

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Added by Eric Doherty on August 2, 2012 at 2:19pm — No Comments

Transportation Transformation: Rethink and Repurpose

By Andrew Cuthbert

It is by no means a new idea that car travel and dependency is bad for the environment, health and a host of other derivatives. But as life goes on and the pace of change seems to only move at a crawl, it can be hard to find alternative transport methods and hang up your keys. Finding alternatives is what Transportation Transformations: Building Complete Communities and a Zero Emission Transportation System is all about. As part of the Canadian Centre for Policy…

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Added by Eric Doherty on August 2, 2012 at 2:18pm — No Comments

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