April 26, 2024

Microsoft confirms ‘a delay in approval’ of updated SkyDrive app for iOS

Feisty, no? Following a report from The Next Web, Microsoft has confirmed to us that there is indeed a hangup in moving the updated SkyDrive app into the App Store. For those unaware, it was reported that Microsoft and Apple were deadlocked in discussions due to the former's decision to allow users to buy more storage from within the app. In other … [Read more...]

School boards get approval to determine own calendar

It's official: boards of education in BC can now set their own school calendars beginning with the 2013-14 school year. Education Minister Don McRae says regulations have now been put in place to allow the change, which could mean an end to traditional summer holidays for some districts. "Yeah maybe we could have opportunities where we have maybe … [Read more...]

Province spells out conditions for pipeline approval

The provincial government has outlined its requirements for approval of any heavy oil pipeline, such as the Northern Gateway project proposed by Enbridge. They include the completion of the environmental review process and implementation of world-leading marine and land oil spill response, prevention and recovery systems. BC's first nations … [Read more...]