Base Logic Part Three: The Violence

Tuesday, 12. 14. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

Over the course of three months The Dependent earned the trust of a small group of drug dealers operating in the Downtown Eastside.

Third in a four part series on drug dealing in the Downtown Eastside.

Base Logic Part Two: The System

Thursday, 12. 2. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

The Dependent observes the rules and hierarchy of the Downtown Eastside’s street-level drug trade.
Second in a four-part series.

Base Logic Part One: Introductions

Tuesday, 11. 23. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

The Dependent gets integrated with some of the Downtown Eastside’s biggest drug dealers.
First in a four-part series.

Aboard the Barge at the Celebration of Light

Friday, 07. 30. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

“From the sound and the vibrations, we know if it’s going well or not,” Furtado explains. “If there’s an explosion inside the mortars it’s a very different sound and feeling.”

BC Flirts with Direct Democracy

Friday, 07. 23. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  Featured, News and Features

Bill Vander Zalm’s Fight HST campaign has mobilized and invigorated the most apathetic electorate in British Columbian history.

“IT’S A FILTHY, PERVERTED PAPER”: A History of The Georgia Straight

Tuesday, 07. 13. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  Featured, News and Features

“As any advertising executive knows, any publicity is good publicity.”

A City of Villages?

Tuesday, 07. 6. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  Featured, News and Features

Here we are, fifteen of us, on the lawn of an upscale Dunbar home, and we’re listening as Southland Farm’s Jordan Maynard introduces us to the ancient craft of raising chickens for eggs.

Vancouver sends cyclists a $25 million invite

Friday, 05. 28. 2010  –  Matt Cavers  –  News and Features

Vancouver has a bicycle subculture. But can it build a culture of cycling?

Welcome to The Lifestyle: The Secret World of Vancouver Swingers

Friday, 05. 21. 2010  –  Jesse Donaldson  –  News and Features

A look beneath the sheets at the hidden, and often misunderstood world of the Lower Mainland’s Swinger Community.

Newscast - May 1, 2010 Marijuana Rally

Friday, 05. 7. 2010  –  Matt Chambers  –  News and Features

Dependent reporters found themselves amidst a sea of stoned activists last Saturday during the fifth annual Global Marijuana March.
Video feature.