March 28, 2024

Apple’s Eddy Cue reportedly fires Richard Williamson, who oversaw the iOS 6 Maps team

We aren't apt to ever hear this in official fashion, but Bloomberg has it on good authority that Apple's newly-promoted Eddy Cue has just fired the guy who was unfortunately leading the Maps team at the time of iOS 6's release. If you'll recall, Cue was placed in charge of both Siri and Maps during an executive shakeup back in October, and it seems … [Read more...]

Overnight fires in Vancouver

Firefighters say two overnight blazes have caused extensive damage in Vancouver. The La Baguette Bakery on Granville Island is closed indefinitely after a fire started in one of its ovens around 8 p.m. That one is considered accidental. An hour later, fire at the caretaker and clubhouse facility at Columbia Park in the 5900 block of Alberta Street … [Read more...]

ICBC fires six Richmond estimators after RCMP investigation

ICBC has fired six estimators at the Richmond claims centre for breaking company policy. The workers were canned after ICBC discovered these estimators had approved repair estimates from autobody shops over the phone, rather than by doing an-in person inspection. Mark Jan Vrem with ICBNC says the investigation has been going on for months. "We … [Read more...]

Security heightened after arson fires in park

After a string of arsons in Stanley Park in recent months,  one of the businesses in the park says it's stepping up security. James Cronk is the producer of Theatre Under the Stars, which operates Malkin Bowl. He says, over the summer, all the stakeholders stepped up security after the station of the popular miniature train attraction burned … [Read more...]

Fires set in Stanley Park

Fire has caused 200-thousand dollars damage to a changeroom facility at Brockton Oval. That's one of two arsons in Stanley Park overnight. The first occured at Malkin Bowl, but didn't really get going. Just over an hour later -- at 12:45am -- another garbage fire spread to the Brockton Oval changeroom facility. Park board general manager … [Read more...]

Lightning sparks few fires, but conditions grow hotter, drier

Wildfire activity in B.C. is relatively quiet right now, but officials say it’s expected to heat up. Information officer Alyson Couch says conditions, particularly in the southern interior and the northeastern part of the province, are getting hotter and drier, and crews are being positioned in the appropriate areas. "It's really difficult … [Read more...]

Smoke from fires in Colorado blankets B.C. Interior

Smoke blanketing much of the B.C. Interior isn't the result of any local forest fires.Information officer Fionna Tollovsen says it's coming from south of the border. "We've been receiving quite a few phone reports about a haze that's present in the Kamloops, Lillooet and Merritt zones. We've also even received some reports from down on the … [Read more...]

Pollster Angus Reid fires back at Premier dismissing latest survey

Premier Christy Clark's attempt to laugh off poll results showing only three in 10 British Columbians like her have offended pollster Angus Reid. “She seems to want to have us stand out in some way. You'd think she'd be happy that we actually are employing 250 people here in the province of British Columbia." Speaking with CKNW's Jon McComb … [Read more...]

Two fires in one week at Vancouver elementary school

A fire at a Vancouver school is under investigation--and fire officials say it's the second fire at the school in one week. Battalion Chief Rod MacDonald calls both incidents "highly suspicious." MacDonald says there was a fire in a classroom and a broken window about a week ago at John Henderson Elementary School, at 451 East 53rd Avenue. "Just a … [Read more...]

NDP fires at Justice Minister over transfer of disgraced Mountie to B.C.

NDP justice critic Kathy Corrigan says the Liberal government should do more to protest the transfer of a disgraced RCMP officer to BC. And Corrigan faults Justice Minister Shirley Bond for negotiating a new contract with the Mounties that does not include the power to reverse the decision. "I think it's completely untenable that we have no … [Read more...]