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Gregor Robertson

GiveEmThis.com suggests gifts for your Facebook friends, but at what price?

According to GiveEmThis.com, a romance novel is the perfect gift for Stephen Harper. But is that knowledge worth the loss of privacy?

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...

How to cut down on food waste this Christmas

Helpful tips for Vancouverites to reduce food waste this Christmas, so you can eat, drink and be merry (and be green).

Shamed by Canada's Kyoto withdrawal, enviros turn to cities

Hannah McKinnon, campaigns director with Climate Action Network Canada, says Canadians should be "ashamed" of government.

Homeless shelter clients, staff 'frustrated' with city enforcement

Homeless shelter asks: No room at the inn for Mary and Joseph?

NPA got mad when they should have gotten smart

So it is over. And the result was predictable. Predictable, that is, if you don’t pay attention to the media’s predilection to focus on the small beer like the “Occupy Crisis”.  Polls over the...

Coping with COPE's ouster

2011 Vancouver Municipal Election: Why was Vision's campaign ally COPE flushed from City Hall?

Mayor Gregor Robertson re-elected

2011 Vancouver Municipal Election: Another three years for Mayor Robertson.

Why I’m voting Gregor Robertson

Vancouver municipal election 2011

OMG, Jeff Lee

Who needs Fox News North when we already have the Vancouver Sun and its civic ‘reporter’ Jeff Lee, author of "Robertson continues his quest for a Utopian society".