While officials investigate why a small plane crashed near YVR yesterday, coworkers at a northern airline are mourning the loss of one of their pilots. Luc Rortin died in hospital last night. Bill Hesse, general manager at Northern Thunderbird Air remembers Fortin as an experienced pilot who had flown around the world. The … [Read more...]
How Arduino got its start: a behind the scenes revelation
October 28, 2011 by
Plenty of tales have cropped up through the years focusing on the roots of Arduino -- a tiny circuit board that holds a special place in the heart of every modern-day DIYer -- but a recent expose from the folks at Ieee Spectrum has a behind-the-scenes look that'll impress even historians. Massimo Banzi is the name, and Bar di Re Arduino is the … [Read more...]
Women still lag behind men in work force
August 31, 2011 by
A new report from the Conference Board of Canada is showing women in this country are still far less likely to hold senior management positions than men. The report says women made up 48-percent of the workforce in 2009, but less than a third of one-percent held a senior management role. That's 26-thousand out of eight million working women in … [Read more...]
Virus may be behind salmon demise
August 25, 2011 by
An aquatic virus may be the culprit for the recent decline of B.C.’s salmon stocks, according to researcher Dr. Kristi Miller of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Miller revealed the findings of her recent research at the Cohen Commission in Vancouver yesterday. She and DFO virologist Dr. Kyle Garver have found a correlation between the … [Read more...]
Park board investigates after eight-year-old boy left behind by day camp
August 18, 2011 by
An eight-year-old Vancouver boy found his own way home after getting left behind during a day camp outing on Granville Island on Tuesday.After discovering his campmates and supervisors had departed ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
