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 ...

For every same-sex wedding cake case that makes its way to the U.S. (or any other) Supreme Court, there must be dozens of others that are contested in the hearts of individual betrotheds and bakers.

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's official: Prime Minister Stephen Harper has approved the controversial Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) today. In a short, two-paragraph news release, ...