A huge sturgeon caught in the Fraser River on Friday near Chilliwack is likely over 100 years old. Dr. Marvin Rosenau has studied sturgeon for the past 21 years, he says fish that large is an old-timer. "That fish has gone through a couple of world wars, conflicts, so it's had a long history". The fish caught friday was over eleven feet long, five … [Read more...]
Woman injured trying to catch Skytrain
June 11, 2012 by
A woman has head injuries after getting tangled up on Skytrain this morning. She was at New Westminster station, trying to catch a train heading downtown. Just as the Skytrain doors were about to close, the woman tossed her shopping bag, attached to her left wrist, through the closing doors. The bag was too small to prevent the doors from … [Read more...]
VPD look for new ways to catch hockey rioters
April 22, 2012 by
While the Vancouver Canucks try to stay in this year's race for hockey's Holy Grail, local police are examining new ways to track down last year's rioters. Posters and images placed online helped identify many of the 85 suspects already facing charges. The head of the riot investigation team, Insp. Les Yeo, says they're now considering running a … [Read more...]
Catch a free beach walk on Marco Island in Florida with this tip
January 13, 2012 by
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida conducts free educational beach walks at Tigertail Beach. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Vancouver wants to catch up to other communities recycling levels
July 16, 2011 by
The amount is sometimes shameful. Even with the bottles, cans, paper and cardboard shifted to recycling boxes, the big trash can I wheel into the alley every week is heavily laden.A quick glance ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
