The city's public review of the controversial Sequel 138 condominium development near Hastings and Main Street – the heart of the impoverished Downtown Eastside (DTES) – came under fire today as ...

Today Observer Media Group (OMG) announced that Linda Solomon Wood is leaving her role as editor-in-chief of the Vancouver Observer to become editor-in-chief of the National Observer. Wood is CEO of ...

One of the true pleasures of growing your own food is eating vegetables that you can’t find in stores. From the crunch of fresh-picked peas right off the vine to the intense flavour of frost-sweetened ...

On Saturday, April 17th a long list of Juno awards were presented at the gala dinner and awards, the non-televised portion of the Junos. The Vancouver Observer was there, well, observing the ...

One of the gardeners who has co-created the astonishingly lovely gardens at Hollyhock has crafted a similarly beautiful book. Claudia Raaen’s magnificent flower and nature photography is stunningly ...

Red Bull’s Heavy on the Right Coast party – planned and executed by Anna Von Frances of Pink Mafia – was the place to be during Juno week-end. The event was hosted by Canadian rap superstar Drake, who ...

April 20 is a special day in Vancouver. The city's marijuana laws become even fuzzier than usual as cannibis-law reform activists, students, tourists, local farmers ...

One common excuse I hear for why the transportation in BC and Canada is so much dirtier than in Europe is that Canada is a much bigger and more spread out. It is certainly true that denser populations ...

Robo-call scandal: The Vancouver Observer reports live from the committee, where chief electoral officer Marc Mayrand talked about voter fraud and democratic integrity.

For those Vancouverites still waiting for the cows to come home, today they did. Right into downtown Vancouver. About 50 farmers - and two penned calves - from the Fraser Valley brought their concerns ...

Michael Ignatieff is upping the ante on health care, saying a Liberal government would summon Canada's premiers and territorial leaders for a health-care summit meeting within 60 days of taking office ...

Ballet BC offers yet another high calibre evening of dance with their 25 th Anniversary Celebration. Featuring fantastic live music performed by The Turning Point Ensemble (also celebrating their ...