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"Half of park, street trees at end of cycle" by Bill Cleverley (Times-Colonist)
City of Victoria has a couple of parks master plan workshops coming up this month, January 09 (tomorrow & on 1/24) to figure out how to manage continuation and replacement of current "urban forest." (See city website for "Urban Forest Master Plan".)
[Note that the statistics given in this article apply to the City of Victoria (which is downtown core and core neighbourhoods, ~80K pop.), NOT the Greater Victoria area nor the CRD (Capital Regional District), which is 13 municipalities. CRD/ Greater Victoria municipal politics is screwy - we badly need amalgamation of the core municipalities (Victoria, Oak Bay, Saanich, Esquimalt, View Royal).]
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"Financial 9-1-1: Implications of the Economic Crisis - The UVic President's Panel on the Economy"
Podcast of the panel/symposium hosted by University of Victoria on 11/18/08 re. "Financial 9-1-1: Implications of the Economic Crisis - The UVic President's Panel on the Economy"
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How might the current economic crisis affect your house, your job, your future? Gain insight and a fresh perspective on the global financial crisis from this panel discussion featuring business, economic, and financial experts from UVic and the community.
Speakers: Graham Voss, UVic, Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Basma Majerbi, UVic, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business
Tom Siemens, RBC, Vice President Commercial Banking
Robert Jawl, Jawl Properties, Principal
Tony Gage, Head, JEA Pension System Solutions
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Local perspective.
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Google Transit Partner Program
Tell me again why Victoria is not yet hooked into this? Vancouver transit did it - why not BC Transit in Victoria?
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Stop Global Warming: Questions for Candidates in Victoria Municipal Election ('08)
These are questions put together by UUs in James Bay, the first part directed at municipal candidates. They're excellent and to the point, and give a concrete point-of-reference for how even municipal politicians might address the global climate issue without resorting to pie-in-the-sky or motherhood statements.
more fromwww.stopglobalwarmingvictoria.org
The Future is Now (Joseph Boutilier): Google Maps
This is a very cool implementation of Google maps, built by Joseph Boutilier (at 18 the youngest candidate in the current Victoria municipal election). He took a map of Victoria and added geo-links to connect specific sites with specific issues (and his proposed policies/ approaches). Very nice work.
more frommaps.google.com
Victoria Earthquake Maps
Earthquake hazards mapping for Greater Victoria, including amplification, liquifaction, and other risks, relative to one another for the region.
Basically, if I can just make sure I'm at home (in Rockland -- *rock* land, see?) when the big one strikes, I could be alright. Small comfort, though...
more fromwww.empr.gov.bc.ca
"Waste not; Making the most of our sewage" 2007-waste-not.pdf (application/pdf Object)
one-page PDF, "Waste not; Making the most of our sewage"
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Capital Regional District's Annual Reports Garner Top Honours for Fourth Year Running - CivicInfo BC - News
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Gawker and the Rage of the Creative Underclass -- New York Magazine
References to a "creative underclass" and "roiling Schadenfreude" of course set off bells for anyone familiar with the Victoria BC scene, which has long sustained itself on highly creative (often volatile) people living on substandard wages. True, that might be the only thing Victoria and NYC have in common, but the socially determined psychology suggested by the author's intro makes me want to read this with an eye on our local scene. We have in this city "a huge cheering section for failure," as a local commentator once put it, and maybe Grigoriadis's article will shed light on how that happens.
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YATES EAST OF DOUGLAS; BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA AT LEFT - B.C. Archives
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NORTHEAST CORNER OF FORT AND DOUGLAS STREETS - B.C. Archives
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GOVERNMENT ST, VICTORIA, FROM POST OFFICE. THE "BIG SNOW" - B.C. Archives
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