A two-and-a-half year old girl has fallen to her death from a Surrey apartment building. Emergency responders were called about 8:15 Thursday evening to a building near 108th and University to investigate. The girl's body was found on the 2nd floor canopy over the building's entrance. She was taken to hospital but died from her injuries … [Read more...]
Five-year-old calls 9-11 when mom doesn’t get up from fall
August 15, 2012 by
Mounties are commending a five-year-old girl on Vancouver Island for calling 9-11 and helping to save her mother's life. West Shore RCMP say a dispatcher took a call this morning from a frantic young girl in Langford who said her mother had fallen in the backyard and wasn't getting up. Dispatcher: "9-11, do you require police, fire or ambulance? … [Read more...]
What to Do in NYC, San Francisco, Paris, Montreal, DC, and Rome This Fall
August 14, 2012 by
We know you're likely headed to one of these six cities come fall, and we can't blame you. They've got it all, from Fashion Week to electronic music festivals to a marathon that ends at Versailles. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Toddler injured in fall from window
August 8, 2012 by
Another close call involving a toddler and an unsecured window. Abbotsford Police say a 16-month old girl suffered relatively minor injuries after falling eight feet onto a driveway of a home on Upper Maclure Road. The toddler had been playing on a coffee table early last evening while her mother was downstairs doing laundry. The girl pushed up … [Read more...]
Ford C-Max Energi pricing: $29,995 after a federal tax credit, available this fall
July 25, 2012 by
Ford already spilled the beans on its $ 25,995 C-Max Hybrid (shown in the vid just after the break), but those anxiously awaiting more surrounding the C-Max Energi can finally start saving a precise amount of pennies. The automaker's first production plug-in hybrid will go on sale this autumn for $ 29,995 after a federal tax credit, and according … [Read more...]
Stakeholders disappointed after Coast Guard concerns fall on deaf ears
June 26, 2012 by
The general manager of the Jericho Sailing Centre is wondering why the Fisheries minister bother to meet with stakeholders at all. Mike Cotter says not one of the stakeholders who met with Keith Ashfield were supportive of the closing of Kits Coast Guard base. He even says they left the meeting feeling optmistic the minister took their … [Read more...]
White substance found on bus in Coquitlam, passengers fall sick
May 18, 2012 by
The hazardous materials team is on scene at the Coquitlam centre bus loop after some passengers reported feeling sick on a bus. Translink's Drew Snider says riders on the 97 B-line reported feeling ill, so they got off the bus. "Then, the bus driver continued his route and got to Lougheed, turned around, got to Coquitlam station and he started … [Read more...]
A transit bus has had a tree fall on it on the Lougheed, slightly injuring a baby.
March 19, 2012 by
Passengers are counting their blessings after a tree came crashing down on a transit bus on the Lougheed highway today. Translink spokesperson Erin Dermer says other than a scare almost every passenger was okay except for a slightly injured baby. She said "we had three ambulances respond at the scene and there was an infant that … [Read more...]
“Indiana Jones” Hits Blu-ray This Fall
March 3, 2012 by
It has been talked about for months but at last it has been confirmed - Paramount Home Media Distribution and Lucasfilm Ltd. will release 'The Complete Indiana Jones Blu-ray Collection' worldwide later this year. No specific release date however was stated other than a generic sometime this Fall in the northern hemisphere. A trailer promoting the … [Read more...]
Western Forest Products’ Q4 profits fall
February 22, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - Western Forest Products Inc. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profits were lower than the same period a year ago, but sales were higher.The Vancouver-based woodland operator and lumber producer (TSX:WEF) said net income during the last three months of 2011 was $ 5.3 million, a drop from $ 20.1 million a year earlier.The profits … [Read more...]
