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...]
Five men stabbed in Vancouver
June 23, 2012 by
Five men were stabbed at a karaoke bar on Kingsway near Welwyn street this morning. Vancouver Police say a 911 call came in around 2:30. Officers arrived to find three victims... two more showed up in hospital. Constable Brian Montague says all are in their mid to late 20s. He adds two remain in serious, but stable condition. The attacker -- … [Read more...]
University researchers develop 50 gigapixel camera, hope it hits the mainstream in five years
June 21, 2012 by
Gigapixel cameras aren't exactly hot-off-the-presses, but a few wizards at Duke and the University of Arizona may be close to getting that sort of technology into your future point-and-shoot. Reportedly, electrical engineers with gobs of free time and an imagination the size of Coach K's ego have managed to synchronize 98 minuscule cameras in a … [Read more...]
Google’s Sundar Pichai confirms that offline Google Drive ‘coming in five weeks,’ hints at ad-supported Chromebook
June 1, 2012 by
During the closing session here at D10 in California, Google's on Senior Vice President of Chrome & Apps Sundar Pichai was joined by Susan Wojcicki (SVP of Advertising at Google) at Walt Mossberg. Sundar was able to drive the majority of the conversation in the realm of Chrome and Chrome OS, and quite a few interesting nuggets were dropped. For … [Read more...]
Soho House Announces Expansion of Five New Houses by 2014
May 31, 2012 by
The exclusive, jetsetter-friendly Soho House has announced five new houses in their international expansion, set to open over the next two years. We hope the world is ready for this kind of luxury. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Five Can’t-Miss Amsterdam Eats
May 19, 2012 by
Amsterdam conjures up the three C's for most of us: canals, cute houses, and coffee shops. Add culinary adventures to that with these five can't miss eats. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Five Pitch-Perfect Hotel Packages for Baseball Lovers
May 12, 2012 by
Get into the spirit with all-inclusive baseball-themed hotel offers that will get you to the park and back in style, feed you well, put celebratory drinks in your hand, and send you home with gifts. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Five arrested in Mexico for murder of UBC grad student
May 8, 2012 by
Five people have been arrested in Mexico, in connection for the murder of a UBC student in Mexico. Authorities say three women are among the five arrested for the murders of 39-year-old Ximena Osegueda and her Mexican boyfriend Three others accused in the crime remain at large. The couple disapeared in December, and their remains were found … [Read more...]
Vancouver entrepreneur slays all five of CBC’s dragons
March 21, 2012 by
It’s official: Vancouver’s Bradley Friesen is the first contestant on the CBC’s Dragon’s Den reality investment show to ink a joint deal with all five dragons. The pitch for Friesen’s product, dubbed LastCall, was simple — imagine a hangover cure that’s consumed before the drinker goes to bed for the night. The dragons saw immediately that the … [Read more...]
Five reasons to smile
February 17, 2012 by
University of B.C.’s John Helliwell and Dr. Joti Samra, host and psychologist on the Oprah Winfrey Network’s Million Dollar Neighbourhood, talk about some of the most important discoveries in the field of happiness research and key indicators of life satisfaction. 1. It’s not all about the money, money, money “It’s not huge amounts of wealth that … [Read more...]
