Unpublished Newswire

Standing outside a Toronto courthouse Thursday, Timothy Rees said an enormous burden had been lifted from his shoulders. Finally, nobody can call him a murderer.Thirty-five years after Mr. Rees was convicted of killing 10-year-old Darla Thurrott, the Crown withdrew that charge against the now-62-year-old, bringing to an end his decades-long battle to clear his name.

Stanley Kwok was a central figure in 1980s and 1990s Vancouver: a developer, architect and planner who oversaw the redevelopment of the Expo 86 lands, and who helped lay the foundation for an urban planning approach that came to be known as “Vancouverism.”The hugely successful plan he helped create combined dense residential and commercial space, parks and amenities near transit, with open public spaces, light, views and enough breathing space to ensure a high standard of livability. The redevelopment of the Expo 86 lands is widely believed to have set the city on course to become a...