Beginning of Story Content RCMP in Penticton are warning the public about the operator of a second-hand store who is suspected of attacking a 22-year-old Penticton woman Saturday overnight. Police ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2011
Fincher Producing Dorothea Lange Biopic
July 31, 2011 by
David Fincher is set to executive produce a biopic about famed photographer Dorothea Lange says Variety. Despite contracting polio at age seven and being left with a permanent limp, Lange went on to become an acclaimed American photojournalist best known for her work in the 30's. Her poignant images humanised the tragic consequences of the Great … [Read more...]
Vancouver's first public event since riot goes off without a hitch
July 31, 2011 by
The first major public event since the Stanley Cup riot last month took place on the weekend without any significant problems, the Vancouver Police Department reported.With memories still fresh of ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Vancouver mayor may pay the political price for bike lanes
July 31, 2011 by
Cyclists make their way over the Burrard Bridge bike lane Sunday afternoon. The bike lane has had over one million riders in less than a year, an estimated 200,000 more bicycle trips than without ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
B.C., officer slashed in confrontation
July 31, 2011 by
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A police officer investigating a complaint of a distraught male in a New Westminster, B.C., park was slashed across the face.The officer approached a man Saturday night who ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Trevor Cadwood To Helm “Karma Coalition”
July 31, 2011 by
Canadian commercials and short filmmaker Trevor Cawood ("Terminus") is in negotiations to direct the feature thriller "The Karma Coalition" at Lin Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures says The Hollywood Reporter. Shawn Christensen's script centers on a professor who learns his wife, who died five years ago, might still be alive. He battles wits … [Read more...]
Free crack pipes to be handed out in Vancouver
July 31, 2011 by
Health officials in Vancouver say they will launch a pilot project later this year to distribute clean, unused crack pipes to drug users. While heroin users can pick up clean needles from ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Vancouver sky explodes with China fireworks 'Storm'
July 31, 2011 by
B.C. is awash in festivals this weekend, large and small, including Saturday's massive fireworks display and Sunday's Gay Pride Parade. Send us your festival photos to ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Antoine Fuqua Is “Storming Las Vegas”
July 31, 2011 by
Summit Entertainment has scored screen rights to John Huddy's 2008 non-fiction book "Storming Las Vegas" reports Deadline. The story follows Jose Vigoa, a Cuban-born commando veteran of the Soviet army who found his way to Vegas in the 1990s at a time when the town was trying to become squeaky clean. Vigoa and his crew then embarked on a violent … [Read more...]
Don’t worry about exchanging U.S. dollars in Panama
July 31, 2011 by
The dollar is the de facto currency; the Panamanians refer to it as the balboa, named for explorer Vasco Nuñez de Balboa who "discovered" the Pacific Ocean and claimed it for Spain. Fodor's Travel Wire … [Read more...]
