After 11 years of bringing you local reporting, the team behind the Vancouver Observer has moved on to Canada's National Observer. You can follow Vancouver culture reporting over there from now on. Thank you for all your support over the years!

Linda Solomon

National Observer makes shortlist for Canada's best news site

National Observer is shortlisted along with Toronto Star, CBC News, CTV News, and CTV News Calgary for Canadian Online Publisher Association's (COPA) prestigious 2016 award for 'Best News Website'....
"The Big Swim" will be published in February, 2015.

Getting my book on climate change published: Nerves in patterns on a screen

The emotional landscape of trying to get published surprised me: why was I more anxious about a publisher accepting my manuscript than about it being rejected?
Books beget books beget books

I got a book contract! And I bet you can, too.

A lot of friendship and mentoring went into "The Big Swim," which will be published by New Society Publishers in February, 2015.

Oil sands pipelines not good for BC economy, CRED Conversation panelists say

It was a business advocate's perspective on oil pipelines in BC that sparked a spontaneous round of applause at a public discussion themed “Will new oil pipelines benefit BC businesses?”...

Vancouver Observer officially releases "Extract" at party that packs Ceili's Kitsilano: photos

A great crowd turned up to celebrate the Vancouver Observer book launch for Extract: The Pipeline Wars, two days ahead of the Enbridge Joint Review Panel hearings in town.

Vancouver Board of Change panel on women and business

What impact do women have in making businesses more successful and sustainable? This will be the question asked at a Vancouver Board of Change panel called Women & Leadership in the New Economy...

Vancouver Observer wins excellence in journalism award from Canadian Journalism Foundation

The Vancouver Observer won the prestigious Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF) Excellence in Journalism award for small media tonight while CBC Radio One's The Current took the large media award....

Miss Representation: Vancouver women leaders challenge sexism in media industry

The Vancouver Observer publisher Linda Solomon joined a distinguished panel of media specialists to talk about institutionalized misogyny.

The Vancouver Observer to release e-book on Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline

This summer, The Vancouver Observer is launching a comprehensive e-book on the oil sands and the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project. The controversial pipeline – which would cut...

Tsunami, riots, Occupy, civic election, casino, Keystone XL pipeline, tar sands: VO's top stories in 2011

2011 was a year of big stories on the Vancouver Observer. From natural disasters to political unrest, many of the events around the world impacted people in Vancouver, while a few of the big stories...