‘They had weapons pointed at our heads,’ recalls secret Gaza flotilla activist
Three days on the high seas. Three days in Israeli detention. A Vancouver woman tells her story of a bold attempt to change Israeli government policy.
Category Archives: Vancouver Observer
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.”
Federal NDP leadership race explainer
2010 NDP race: Who’s running in the leadership race, and what issues are they pushing?
Lunar eclipse to turn moon eerily orange, red, or dark bloody brown overnight
Bonnie Tyler fans, get ready: 6 a.m. will mark a total eclipse of the heart. Er, moon. But this is no ordinary eclipse.
#Attawapiskat housing crisis heats up, from Parliament Hill to Twitter
While B.C. indigenous leaders protest in Ottawa, applauding Attawapiskat chief, Vancouver ‘twittivists’ took the Native housing fight online.
COPE’s Ellen Woodsworth braces for political winter, next steps
Will the former councillor run in 2014? Will she even have a home? We get up close.
Civil liberties, privacy groups cry foul as PM hails historic border deal
Today’s sweeping U.S.-Canada border deal locks out terrorists, widens gates for trade, PM says.
Fighting violence against women in Vancouver’s sex trade
It’s been 22 years since the Montreal massacre. We talk violence against women, and ways to end it, with a survival sex work organizer Jennifer Allan.
Gap between Canada’s rich and poor widening dramatically
Does a rising tide lift all boats? Canada’s wealth gap becoming a chasm, says OECD
Homeless shelter clients, staff ‘frustrated’ with city enforcement
Homeless shelter asks: No room at the inn for Mary and Joseph?
Canada ‘fiddles while planet burns’, says Councillor David Cadman at Durban climate talks
Where in the world is Councillor David Cadman? Fighting climate change in Durban.
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