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Investigations

Washington Resident Cites VO in CBC Interview About Unwanted Olympic Gift: Chlorine From Vancouver in His Backyard

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...

"It goes into your city as a cold dense killing cloud," hazardous materials consultant says of chlorine disasters

The Olympics offers Vancouver a "teachable moment," a hazardous materials expert says. But does Vancouver want to learn?

Acid Free America?

Andrew Feldmar, a well-known Vancouver psychotherapist, rolled up to the Blaine border crossing in the summer of 2006 as he had hundreds of times in his career. At 66, his gray hair, neat beard, and...