April 25, 2024

First Photos From “White House Down”

EW has published the first photos of Channing Tatum, Jamie Foxx and Maggie Gyllenhaal in Roland Emmerich's action thriller "White House Down" and HeyUGuys have posted up scans from the magazine of said shots. Check them out below: Dark Horizons - News … [Read more...]

Pipe that shut down Metrotown could be the same one investigated January

Friday was not the first time a suspicious pipe had the bomb squad at Metrotown. Transit Police Spokesperson Anne Drennan says back in January they brought in an explosive sniffing dog after a Transit worker reported a suspicious pipe. It turned out to be a piece of construction equipment, like the pipe found Friday. Whether it's the same pipe, … [Read more...]

NEW UPDATE: Explosive device shut down Surrey skytrain today

Transit police have just confirmed the device on the skytrain tracks was an explosive. They can't say what damage if any it may have caused if it had detonated on the tracks. RCMP bomb experts will detonate it for safety. Transit police are now trying to determine a motive after the explosive device was found on skytrain tracks in Surrey. … [Read more...]

Man gunned down in East Vancouver

A 21-year old man is dead in what appears to be a gang hit in East Vancouver. Police say it happened at 10:30 last night in the 3200-block of East 6th Avenue, between Windermere and Rupert. The victim apparently answered a knock at the back door and was shot. Police say the victim is known to them and early indications are that the shooting was … [Read more...]

David Suzuki turns down invite to run for the BC Green party

As the BC Green party hunts for high profile candidates for the next provincial election, they have scratched the name of one famous environmentalist. Leader Jane Sterk admits they have approached David Suzuki to run for the party but he said thanks but no thanks. However Sterk says Suzuki will be helping the party out, in a way, when it is time … [Read more...]

Mother of murder victim breaks down at inquest

The mother of a man murdered by his cell-mate nearly two years ago at a medium security prison in Agassiz cried today as she heard testimony from a fellow in-mate. Lela Phillips lost her 33 year old son Jeremy in November of 2010 when he was strangled by self-confessed serial killer Michael McGray at the Mountain Institution. This morning, she … [Read more...]

“Olympus” To Hit Before “Down”

War has officially been declared between duelling action thrillers about a terrorist takeover of the White House. FilmDistrict has scored the domestic distribution rights to Antoine Fuqua's "Olympus Has Fallen" and has set an April 5th 2013 release date. That puts it nearly three months ahead of Roland Emmerich’s "White House Down" which is … [Read more...]

RCMP: Rumours slowing down Todd investigation

Coquitlam RCMP looking into Amanda Todd's extortion say they're being overwhelmed by rumours, innuendo and those looking to make a profit off the teen's suicide. In a release this afternoon, Sergeant Peter Thiessen says the Serious Crime Section is dealing with thousands of tips. He says the rumours and misinformation are slowing the investigation … [Read more...]

Sailing the Scenic Diamond Down the Danube

Lined with historic cities and jewel-box villages, the Danube is just begging to be sailed down. So that's just what our cruise correspondent did—on a swank Scenic Diamond ship no less. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Coquitlam cops prepared to shut down massive house party

Coquitlam RCMP have got wind of a big house party planned for Friday in the Como Lake Village area. Constable Michelle Luca says the so-called Project X party won't be going ahead after over 1000 people were invited via social media. "Any time you get a large number of people together, you never know what's going to happen. And that's our largest … [Read more...]