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Vancouver police demand media hand over riot images

Newsrooms argue that agreeing could endanger journalists -- who might then be seen as acting on behalf of the police.

Artistic director Max Reimer defends city's million dollar Vancouver Playhouse bailout

"It's like they're trying to elicit a Tea Party response,"  Vancouver Playhouse artistic managing director Max Reimer said. He was referring to reactions critical of public funding for one...

Open Medicine: because health care information belongs to everybody

Open Medicine editor Anita Palepu: health care information should belong to all of us.

Vancouver riot review: John Furlong's balancing act

The following piece was first published on August 2. The Stanley Cup riot review, which will be released today, is co-chaired by John Furlong. On the surface, no one seemed to bat an eye when former...

Trevor Boddy on how to design Vancouver into a better city

"Vancouver thrives when it embraces its many origins, peoples, ideas and forms," writes urbanist and architecture critic Trevor Boddy in his manifesto, HybridCity. "Our metropolitan strength, the...

Watermark takes Vancouver Sun, Miss 604, Vancouver View, and me to check out oceanfront condos in Sechelt, B.C.

"Hello, how's it going? Welcome on board, my name is Tyler. Should be a good trip," said the young pilot in the spiffy Harbour Air Seaplanes pilot uniform, black cap and ...

Give postal workers some respect

With the onset of the Canada Post strike, corporate news organizations have created too many caricatures of postal workers, describing them as greedy and selfish, and pitting them against the general...

Ferries, frigates and PR

Christy Clark and her government have been some of the BC shipbuilding industry’s biggest problems. Now, they say they are its chief salespeople.

Vancouver Sun shames woman for breastfeeding in public

Breastfeeding is protected as a human right in B.C., but that doesn't stop some from criticizing women who do it.

Kris Krug talks about BP oilspill and social media at Remixology

Photo of the BP oilspill by Kris Krug from his TEDx Oil Spill Expedition. Some rights reserved by kk+ ( staticphotography.com )