Canada
Misery Road: Vancouver's Third World
Pictures and text: ©Austin Andrews / ZUMA Press Vancouver, to many people, is paradise found. An oasis of snow and sand set in Canada’s most comfortable climate, it boasts a calibre of natural splendour and rugged good looks matched by…
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Four Angles on a Truck Siding (1 of 2)
Last exit before the tollbooth, north of Hope on BC Highway 5.
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A Saint Patrick's Parade on Granville
Four onlookers jockey for a better view. Shoulder-propped kids enjoy a clear view of the parade. A homeless woman scavenges for discarded bottles and food scraps after the parade.
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"…those slimy sneaks in Ottawa…"
Vancouverites and their picket signs were out again in full force this morning to demonstrate against the Harper government’s decision to extend Canada’s combat mission in Afghanistan through December 2011. The decision proved controversial and largely unpopular, with an estimated…
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"You Say Justice, We Say Now!"
International Women’s Day protestors in Vancouver brought a local perspective to the 100th anniversary of the global celebration Saturday in a rally for indigenous women’s rights and an end to violence in the Downtown Eastside, an area better known for…
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Vertical Orchestra
Visitors to the Central branch of the Vancouver Public Library were treated Saturday to a one hour performance featuring the twelve-member Touch of Brass Ensemble. Musicians were staggered at different levels in the building’s landmark seven-storey atrium, filling the space…
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Supply & Demand
Cut scenes from an upcoming photo essay documenting life in Vancouver’s troubled Downtown Eastside.
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