The President of the Vancouver Film Studios is casting doubt the province grabbing the Times of India Awards sShow will mean any influx of movie jobs into BC. Pete Mitchell says productions from india are low budget and bring in their own people. "I saw a clip very recently of a producer from Mumbia when asked if he was going to produce … [Read more...]
USB 3.0 enhancement to bring 10Gbps transfers, backward compatibility in mid-2013
January 7, 2013 by
Don't call it USB 4.0. Here in Las Vegas, the USB 3.0 Promoter Group announced the development of a SuperSpeed USB (that's USB 3.0, if you're curious) enhancement that will "add a much higher data rate, delivering up to twice the data through-put performance of existing SuperSpeed USB over enhanced, fully backward compatible USB connectors and … [Read more...]
Ting begins ‘bring your Sprint phone’ program, lures you to the contract-free side
December 27, 2012 by
Ting, a curiously structured MVNO utilizing Sprint's network, has a pretty interesting pricing structure. For ridiculously light users, it's bound to save some dough, but heavier users may not fare so well. For those who've yet to hop on the myriad other MNVO networks that tap into Sprint's infrastructure, Ting is now inviting those with Sprint … [Read more...]
Campaign aims to bring lapsed Catholics back to church
October 21, 2012 by
One of the world's biggest religions is buying advertising to bring Metro Vancouver’s stray Catholics back to the church. The Catholics Come Home campaign, developed by a non-profit organization in Atlanta, reaches out to lapsed parishioners using television ads. This is the first time they've partnered with a Diocese outside the United … [Read more...]
A local bike messenger wants to bring some respect to his profession.
August 3, 2012 by
Patrick Desjardins says he's helped form the Vancouver Bicycle Messenger Association to try to change how people treat messengers. He says those who pedal around the city delivering things, their workplace, the street, to be safer, "When we work outside with cars, we tend to get bullied and intimidated a lot by cars because we ride a … [Read more...]
Community centres bring London 2012 spirit to Vancouver
July 28, 2012 by
Vancouver community centres are bringing the Olympic spirit from London here. Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Kensington and Douglas Park are all showing the Games on TV through to the end of the events. Park board commissioner Constance Barnes says part of this is bringing back the spirit from Vancouver 2010. "Community centres are a hub. They're a … [Read more...]
The most expensive internet in America: fighting to bring affordable broadband to American Samoa
July 5, 2012 by
"You could argue that there's some value in it." That's New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking candidly during a recent interview at D10 in California. The topic of conversation? Widespread WiFi, and whether or not the government should be the one thinking about its future ubiquity. More specifically, if WiFi hotspots should be treated … [Read more...]
Rainfall, snowmelt could bring high water levels higher
June 16, 2012 by
Officials with BC's River Forecast Centre have their eyes glued to water levels this weekend. Heavy rain is in the forecast. High streamflow warnings have been issued for almost all of upper BC -- from the upper Fraser down to the Kootenary and upper Columbia rivers. Dave Campbell with the forecast centre says river levels are especially high not … [Read more...]
The NDP react to government move to bring closure to Bill 22 debate.
March 12, 2012 by
The Clark government is imposing limits on the debate over Bill 22, which will ban strikes by BC teachers until the end of August. A motion passed today will end all debate on the bill by 5:00 Thursday, NDP house leader John Horgan says the motion was unnecessary. Horgan said "We believe that there's a fundamental impasse between … [Read more...]
Bring in Gomery, says MP
March 1, 2012 by
Call John Gomery to investigate the robocalls scandal, says a Vancouver Liberal MP whose riding was among those allegedly targeted by fraudulent calls. Vancouver Quadra MP Joyce Murray is urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to get Gomery — the retired judge who headed up a public inquiry into the sponsorship scandal involving Jean Chrétien’s … [Read more...]
