Five years ago, Stephen Harper swept into power partly through a high-powered Conservative blitz of the airwaves, capitalizing on Liberal corruption and offering a fresh alternative. Accountability, ...

In the wake of the robo-call scandal, John Fryer penned a letter to major newspapers describing his experience attending at the Conservative-aligned Manning Centre for Democracy Campaign School.

Seven hopefuls to replace late NDP leader Jack Layton square off in Vancouver today. The Vancouver Observer reports live from the final debate before the March 24 party vote. Follow our live blog as ...

Dressed in a hot pink Wonder Woman costume, Evans joined colleagues and disrupted a room full of banking executives in the Waldorf Astoria ballroom with an outburst targeted at Bank of America CEO ...

If you live in North America, it turns out that you’re much more likely to have access to clean drinking water if you’re wealthy, white and don’t live in a rural area or a First Nations’ community.

What a great idea for a party from our friends at Gen Why! Enjoy onstage inter-generational dialogue, live music, film, local artisans, DIY merchandise making. Collaborate and present your ...

Canada’s counterpart to the Oscars, the Canadian Screen Awards, are on CBC TV Sunday night. They've nominated It’s Only the End of the World in nine categories (way too many). The five for Old Stone ...

Zite. Say it aloud and it sounds like a sneeze. But Zite, the brainchild of two former UBC students, is changing how we get our news. Until a few years ago, I started the day with the Globe and Mail, ...

Sitting a six-hour drive south of Vancouver, the Columbia Generating Station is B.C.'s closet nuclear plant. As we near the one year anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, VO investigates.

The Canadian Centre for Elder Law (CCEL) is hosting an event this morning to celebrate International Women’s Day, and to draw attention to the inequalities women face in society as they age. The ...

“Wine to me is passion. It's family and friends. It's warmth of heart and generosity of spirit." This famous quote from the late Robert Mondavi was remembered during a small wine tasting in honor of ...

Ashley Wray is an award-winning journalist writing from the Fraser Valley. A former arts and entertainment editor, she has worked in numerous media, including print, television and radio. Her ...