April 25, 2024

Google removes Nexus Q from landing page, further distances itself from a curious launch

Google had already yanked the "In Stock" status from its Nexus Q as we awaited a re-envisioning of its purpose, but today's Nexus launch is making it ever clearer that we may never hear from the bizarre orb again. Launched in July with an almost unbelievably small set of features, it took but a few weeks for Google to postpone the proper launch … [Read more...]

Vancity distances itself from Enbridge Pipeline group

Vancity has cut ties with Enbridge, citing a scathing U-S report on how the company handled a 2010 oil spill in Michigan.  The credit union says it has parted ways with the Calgary-based company which is trying to build the Northern Gateway Pipeline because it no longer meets its criteria for socially responsible investments. An environmental … [Read more...]

Attorney General Shirley Bond distances herself from Van Dongen application

Independent MLA John Van Dongen is going to court in a bid to be named an intervenor in the legal wranglings over the controversial $ 6 million Basi-Virk deal.  The Auditor-General is in the midst of a court battle to get all relevant documents on the government's decision to waive the $ 6 million it paid to Basi and Virk's … [Read more...]