Vancouver

Linda Garcia is set to receive this year's Goldman Environmental prize for keeping an oil-by-rail terminal our of her Washington neighborhood.

Instead of shaming disabled consumers who rely on straws, let's hold producers of plastic financially responsible for their waste.

Vancouver has begun offering users instant test strips to verify whether their illegal drugs contain fentanyl.

We canvassed the world of the social and behavioral sciences, looking for rising stars whose careers promise to make a lasting mark. We'll be profiling the top 30 throughout the month of April.

Adding to racial redlining, zoning attempts to regulate human behavior, restricting residents just as it does developers.

A counterintuitive approach to addiction in “Canada’s poorest postal code.”

In downtown Vancouver, government-approved researchers are providing drug addicts with heroin to see if a dependable supply of the substance will improve lives.

The problem with placemaking. Or, what happens when a city becomes a magnet for the globe's upwardly mobile, with growth outpacing what the locals can keep up with.