Overheard at the Olympics
Feb 19th, 2010
An interview with Olympic Street medics Chris Shaw and Danika Surm about the first week of the 2010 Olympic Games.
Overheard at the Olympics
Jan 31st, 2010
Of economic catastrophe, compelling "adverbiage" and an editor's beautiful prose.
Investigations
Dec 3rd, 2009
On CBC yesterday, BC Almanac's Mark Forsythe asked Tom Biecker, of Belmont, Washington how the residents of the bucolic village are coping with news that the Canexus Chemical Plant of North...
Solomon Post
Dec 2nd, 2009
Be sure to listen to CBC Radio today at 12:10 PM to hear the Vancouver Observer's latest comments on the history of chlorine disasters and the why rail cars filled with chlorine are being moved from...
Political Junkie
Nov 29th, 2009
Vancouver city council has bowed to public pressure and is reconsidering parts of the controversial 2010 Olympics “sign” bylaw. Critics have charged that the bylaw would have significantly infringed...
Solomon Post
Oct 19th, 2009
Tyee columnist Rafe Mair apologized to Chris Shaw yesterday in an article in The Tyee. He said he had disagreed with Shaw's anti-Olympics position for years, but had now changed his mind...
Solomon Post
Oct 18th, 2009
Just Click Contribute VanCity's John Chow was the first person to hit the contribute button on the front page of our website, follow the link, and sign on for a $20 monthly credit card...
Olympics Retort
Oct 8th, 2009
In the opinion of the author, a sport event just doesn't merit giving up hard-won rights.
News
Oct 7th, 2009
Two citizens stood up today against the Vancouver Olympics Committee and the City of Vancouver to oppose a bylaw they say will infringe on free speech and erode Canada's Charter of Rights and...
Olympics
Jan 24th, 2009
Chris Shaw, who has written extensively about the Olympics, was one of some twenty speakers who addressed their concerns to city council last week regarding the Millennium project and requests by the...
