With the popularity of social networks like Pinterest and online business ventures like Etsy and Cargoh, it’s no surprise to see a renewed movement in the do it yourself (DIY) industry and creative ...

The highlight of this day is the "group of death" match between Cote d'Ivoire and Portugal that could become one of the highlights of the tournament. Two great teams. Winner likely to advance, loser l ...

Feisty and fiery are words used often to describe Betty Krawzyck, the Vancouver-based, eighty year-old grandma whose environmental activism has helped garner attention towards the dangers facing BC’s ...

You might think Harjit Sajjan takes a pretty mean combat gear photo, but Canada's new Minister of National Defence is some kind of next-level Spy vs Spy war hero. A 2006 letter of appreciation for ...

Last spring, every news outlet had it: a daily, unfolding enviro-political struggle on the remote central B.C. coast, shown with world class 4K video and photography. The Heiltsuk First Nation in ...

According to spokesperson Freda Huson, the first thing you need to know about the Unist'ot'en Camp is that it isn't really a camp at all. “It’s a community," she told Vancouver Observer. "We have ...

After almost eight years as an elected Vancouver school trustee, I got fired on Monday. We did some important work. We brought in groundbreaking policy protections for trans students and we created BC ...

Despite being born in the 1970s, in a postwar, economically devastated North Korea with then idolized ruler Kim ll-Sung in power, Lucia Jang thought her life was going quite well until she was ...

"Glee" star Cory Monteith's body was cremated days after his death, following a private viewing of his body by members of his immediate family and girlfriend Lea Michelle. Monteith is one of a growing ...

The Gitga'at First Nation is celebrating the federal government's decision today not to approve the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline and to enact a moratorium on crude oil tankers on the North Coast ...

Amnesty International is calling for a stop work order on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam, saying the mega project on the Peace River threatens the human rights of indigenous ...

This article can now be found in Extract: The Pipeline Wars Vol. 1 Enbridge. Extract contains a year of the Vancouver Observer's powerful reporting on the proposed Enbridge pipeline. Get your copy ...