The political career of former Solicitor General Kash Heed - may soon be over.CKNW has confirmed Heed won't be running in Vancouver-Fraserview in next year's provincial election.In an interview with the Asian Journal newspaper, Heed calls the decision an "easy one."Heed slams the bureaucracy, saying "he continually hit roadblocks as to why we could … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Casting: Moyer, Long, Aggeliki, Isaac
June 30, 2012 by
Devil's Knot "True Blood" star Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three-themed "Devil's Knot". Moyer will play prosecutor John Fogelman in this narrative feature take on the incident. [Source: Deadline] The 10 O'Clock People Justin Long is in negotiations for the lead role in Tom Holland's adaptation of the Stephen … [Read more...]
Cowichan Valley school trustees could be fired this weekend
June 30, 2012 by
Time is running out for the elected board of education in the Cowichan Valley. Board members could be fired tomorrow. Education Minister George Abbott says the board has until midnight tonight to submit a balanced budget, as required by the school act. If they don't, Abbott says he will meet Sunday with Lieutenant Governor Steven Point to sign an … [Read more...]
Photos of Google’s Vic Gundotra wearing the latest, blue-hued Glass prototype
June 30, 2012 by
Sergey Brin briefly pulled out a light blue prototype of Google Glass whilst on stage at Google I/O, and as it turns out, those are evidently the latest and greatest models that the company is willing to wear around. We ran into social exec Vic Gundotra after this morning's keynote, only to find him donning precisely the same set that was teased on … [Read more...]
Winkler, Spicer Adapting “The Coward”
June 30, 2012 by
Max Winkler and Matt Spicer have come onboard to pen an adaptation of Nick Jones’ comic play "The Coward" for Big Beach Films says Deadline. Winkler will direct and Spicer will executive produce the film which deals with 18th century English aristocrats. Scot Armstrong, Ravi Nanden, Mark Turtletaub and Peter Saraf will produce. Dark Horizons - … [Read more...]
Hundreds expected for 2nd annual “SlutWalk”
June 30, 2012 by
Vancouver's second annual "SlutWalk" is happening Saturday, starting at the Art Gallery at 2pm. Hundreds are expected for speeches and the march. Organizer Rachel Malek says the message to end slut-shaming is still strong. "We want to make sure that clothing, somebody's behaviour, the way somebody's dressed, somebody's profession … [Read more...]
“Magic Mike” Stage Musical Progressing
June 30, 2012 by
The budgie-smuggling action of "Magic Mike" hits screens tomorrow, and now filmmaker Steven Soderbergh and star Channing Tatum are coming onboard a stage show version of the stripper film. Deadline reports that the pair will produce a stage musical adaptation which is aiming to open on Broadway next Summer. Carolin, who wrote the screenplay for … [Read more...]
Education Minister calls BCTF ratification vote “terrific”
June 30, 2012 by
After the BCTF ratification vote BC's Education minister is hoping the next academic year will be free of any job action. George Abbott also isn't reading anything into the fact 48% of teachers didn't vote at all. "I am first off just very pleased that they were able to secure over 75-percent ratification I think that is terrific … [Read more...]
Squamish signs new RCMP deal but wanted more “negotiations”
June 30, 2012 by
Squamish the last municpality left has now signed the RCMP deal but they aren't happy about it. Mayor Rob Kirkham is finally talking about his concerns chief among them costs, including the new RCMP headquarters in Surrey. Despite the the province and Ottawa signing the deal months ago Kirkham says he thought there was wiggle room to … [Read more...]
