The Vancouver Observer is an online news site based in Vancouver, B.C. As full-time staff reporter and photographer, my work was among the winning submissions for the publication’s 2012 Canadian Journalism Foundation Excellence in Journalism Award. VO was also awarded the 2010 Canadian Online Publishing Award for “Best Online-Only Articles.”
The Official Opposition reacted with fury to a breaking ‘Robo-Gate’ scandal in which a Conservative campaign firm phoned thousands of voters, spreading misinformation about voting station changes.
After the Conservative HR minister hinted at Old Age Security reform in next month’s federal budget, Canada’s ‘new vision of aging’ advocacy group ramps up ‘Hands off OAS’ campaign.
Nearly 5,000 people marched today to remember hundreds of women murdered or missing in Vancouver, and criticizing what they said is a ‘sham inquiry.’
He’s been criticized and celebrated – for his opposition to oil sands pipelines and his controversial call for progressives to work together. VO sat down with B.C.’s hopeful to replace Jack Layton.
With the province negotiating 250,000 job contracts with several unions in 2012, COPE 378 president David Black speaks about the coming fight, the age of austerity and today’s labour movement.
In the wake of the deaths of 11 Peruvian farmworkers in Ontario this week, concerns are again being raised about the safety of migrant workers in B.C.
Acclaimed Vancouver playwright – and former Chilean revolutionary – Carmen Aguirre was awarded the CBC Canada Reads prize, only a week after being called a “terrorist” for her book, Something Fierce.
Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia knows commerce in this city. The hotelier, spa magnate and Vancouver Board of Trade chair talked to VO about business leadership, public safety – and her secrets to success.
Racist groups in B.C. are part of an international network exposed by anti-Nazi document leaks, with links to violent attacks in Vancouver.
West Vancouver’s Cypress mountain shimmers on the horizon nightly, offering one thing Whistler doesn’t: late hours and excellent night skiing and boarding.
David P Ball 