ROBERT STEUTEVILLE    JAN. 1, 2009
Darrell Mussatto, an advocate for building houses on alleys (called lanes in Canada), in November won reelection without opposition to another term as mayor of North Vancouver, British Columbia. “Next spring, Mussatto intends to publicly display laneway-house models to show residents that they are not big structures and can go a long way toward easing the housing pressure in the city,” the Georgia Straight newspaper reported.