Impending logging on BC’s pristine Cortes Island is becoming a hot topic this week, with increasing media attention around the issue and a petition to protect the forests now boasting over 4,700 ...

Following the Conservative government's approval of a $15 billion sale of Calgary-based Nexen Inc. by a state-owned Chinese enterprise, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced today that "Canada is ...

The Nutcracker is perhaps the most popular ballet in the world. Based upon the turnout and the crowd’s response of last night’s performance of Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker it’s not hard to see this ...

The National Energy Board issued a report recommending the approval of the controversial Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline today at a media lock-up event in Calgary. The pipeline was approved with ...

Environmental activist and author Tzeporah Berman told a group of citizen advocates on Burnaby Mountain on Tuesday that they were helping to make history by showing up to oppose the proposed Kinder ...

I met Ron McGrath at the A&W by Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver. It was still dark when we sat down to have breakfast. I couldn't tell right away that he was homeless. His many layers of clothing ...

For three years running, Michele Morin, a teacher at Gleneagle Secondary in Coquitlam, has challenged her entrepreneurship class to raise money for the Passion Foundation. Her classes learn about the ...

Great work by Jeff Bridges and lesser efforts by Denzel Washington, Jackie Chan and Peter Jackson arrive in theatres today. (Read more) ...

One evening in December, the phone rang. The night had consumed the last remnant of daylight. I had just emailed The Vancouver Observer's Black Rock Oceanfront Resort contest winner about the ...

The Head and the Heart currently on their Signs of Light World tour made a stop in Vancouver. The band hails from Seattle, Washington, a city known for its first-rate music scene and its abundance of ...

Economists are panning the British Columbia government's recent pledge to help first-time homebuyers get into the housing market by pitching in for the down payment. Experts say the policy could end ...

Gathering coincided with what organizers said were more than 2,000 similar events taking place around the world on the eve of the 21st U.N Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris.