March 28, 2024

Serkis Plans Mo-Cap “Animal Farm” Film

London-based mo-cap studio The Imaginarium has scored the film rights to both Samantha Shannon's upcoming dystopian novel series "The Bone Season" and George Orwell’s seminal anti-Stalinist allegory "Animal Farm" reports Deadline. Imaginarium founders Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish will produce both films while Serkis will also write, direct … [Read more...]

Warrant issued for Colony Farm escapee

A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for a 26 year old man who escaped from the forensic psychiatric hospital in Port Coquitlam. Police say  Matthew David Mikolajczyk is unstable and needs immediate medical attention. He is known to hang around Vancouver and Prince George and he has a history of violence. He was sent to Colony Farm after … [Read more...]

Ultimate Farm Stays Around the World

Close your eyes and picture the rustic romance of waking up to a day of foraging, cooking classes, horseback riding, and lazing by the pool. Now read on to find our favorite farm stays around the world. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Five Fabulous Farm Dinners this Summer

The farm-to-table trend is everywhere. But bringing diners and renowned chefs to the farm is still a growing concept. This summer, dine under the stars at one of these farm dinners across the country. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Colony Farm undergoing procedural reviews

A pair of procedural reviews are underway at Port Coquitlam's Forensic Psychiatric Hospital after two recent cases of patients leaving on day-passes, never to return. Dr. Johann Brink, the hospital's Director of Clinical Services, says the first review will be an internal one, dealing particularly with the two missing men. The second, will be … [Read more...]

Coroner’s Jury releases recommendations after mushroom farm deaths and injury

More inspections, more reporting, more training. That's among the 15 recommendations made by an Inquest jury into the deaths of three workers at a mushroom farm in Langley four years ago.  Jim Sinclair, head of the BC Federation of Labour, says the findings, as long as they're implemented, will hold employers accountable, "We're hoping in the … [Read more...]

Testimony concludes at inquest into mushroom farm deaths

Testimony has concluded at the coroner's inquest into the 2008 deaths of three mushroom farm workers in Langley. A jury will now deliberate and come back with recommendations aimed at preventing a similar tragedy. Final witnesses included the widows of two of the men killed, ending with 16-year Tracey Phan, whose father was left severely brain … [Read more...]

Inquest into mushroom farm deaths resumes with labour advocate

A coroner’s inquest into the deaths of three workers at a Langley mushroom farm in 2008 picks up Monday, with testimony from B.C.’s top labour advocate. Jim Sinclair's message is pretty simple: Hand out meaningful criminal penalties to employers who violate labour laws. "When there's clear negligence – not just an accident, but … [Read more...]

Inquest hears government took no formal action before mushroom farm deaths

It received numerous complaints about a mushroom farm in Langley, but the B.C. ministry of environment took no formal action before a tragedy in 2008. A regional manager says the department’s goal is to make sure violators stop, but John Braman admits no enforcement orders were carried out before three men were killed by toxic fumes. He says … [Read more...]

Emotions run raw at inquest into Langley Mushroom farm deaths

The apology from a witness during a Coroners inquest examining the deaths of three workers at a Langley mushroom farm has been interrupted by a grieving wife who accused him of being a liar.  Thinh Doan wrapped up his testimony by telling the families of the victims he wanted to apologize a hundred times, a thousand times.  But as he was … [Read more...]