Speakers mostly agreeable to massive plan for Vancouver's False Creek

Vancouver city council heard from scores of residents, developers and interest-holders Wednesday ahead of a key decision on whether to approve a sweeping plan to transform northeast False Creek.
The 174-page plan for the waterfront neighbourhood calls for mixed-use developments that could house as many as 12,000 residents, including an estimated 3,250 in social-housing units, and employ as many as 8,000 people.
Many who spoke during the hearing were broadly in support of the plan, though re