Missing Women Inquiry: Senior RCMP officer stands by glowing report
The author of a 2002 report praising RCMP for its efforts to catch serial killer Robert Pickton stood by his conclusions, despite admitting more could have been done in hindsight.
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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.”
Government pipeline rhetoric reminiscent of Cold War, McCarthyism: prof
Federal accusations that Enbridge opponents are “foreign” influenced “radicals” are frighteningly familiar to a Cold War historian.
Missing Women Inquiry: Brother of Pickton victim calls on RCMP to apologize
Families of serial killer Robert Pickton’s victims are beyond livid after the RCMP again dodged questions about why the force has not apologized.
Stevie Cameron on the high stakes in Missing Women Inquiry’s final round
Much is riding on the The Missing Women Commission of Inquiry. Reputations. Money. Possibly even careers. Award-winning author Stevie Cameron discusses the proceedings.
Murdered UBC student Ximena Osegueda Magana was a ‘beautiful shining soul’, says capoeira friend
Friends of slain student Ximena Osegueda Magana, 39 are ‘devastated’ after the Hispanic studies researcher and capoeira performer was found murdered in Mexico this week.
Missing Women Inquiry resumes next week, but will it make a difference?
The New Year sees Round Two of the inquiry into the botched Pickton investigation, but many questions remain.
Despite death and overdose, therapeutic Ecstasy shows promise
Recent overdoses from the illegal drug Ecstasy have led to warnings from police, but some worry that misconceptions about the drug will stall important research into trauma treatment.
American guns, Canadian deaths
With four in the Lower Mainland dead and another wounded since Christmas Eve, VO investigates the source of the guns.
Five days of holiday gun violence in Surrey leaves death and soul searching in its wake
Holiday shootings renew concerns about crime rates, stereotypes, gangs and drug laws in Surrey, B.C.
Feist, Bon Iver, Radiohead: Best indie albums of 2011
Like “alternative” in the 90s, “indie” is an ill-defined genre overall, but one with a thriving Vancouver scene. VO reviews some of the best albums of the year.
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