The family of an elderly couple killed by a hit-and-run driver in Surrey nearly four years ago has a mixed reaction to Thursday’s sentencing of Ravinder Binning. The man who killed Dilbag and Bakshish Badh in 2008 has been sentenced to four years in prison and been banned from driving for 10 years. Varinder Badh, who was in the car with her … [Read more...]
Four senior VPD officers set to testify next at missing women inquiry
March 11, 2012 by
The next panel of witnesses to testify at B.C.’s missing women inquiry will feature four senior Vancouver police officers working in the years before serial killer Robert Pickton was arrested. In the late 1990s, Inspectors Fred Biddlecombe and Dan Dureau, Sgt. Geramy Field and Deputy Chief Const. Brian McGuinness each had a hand in the search … [Read more...]
Sundance Acquisitions 2012: Volume Four
January 29, 2012 by
Wish You Were Here Entertainment One has acquired North American rights to Kieran Darcy-Smith's psychological thriller "Wish You Were Here" which opened the World Cinema Dramatic competition at Sundance. Edgerton, Felicity Price and Teresa Palmer star in the story of four Australian friends who head off to Cambodia on vacation -- but only three … [Read more...]
Two dead, four injured, as flames tear through Vancouver Island home
January 25, 2012 by
Two youngsters have died as flames swept through a home on the Nanoose First Nation, north of Nanaimo. Const. Garry O'Brien confirms the seven and 10-year-old children died when the blaze broke out shortly after 5 a.m. He says the house in Lantzville, about 17 kilometres north of Nanaimo, was fully engulfed within minutes, Two adults and two … [Read more...]
Trank Wanted For “Fantastic Four” Reboot
January 14, 2012 by
"Chronicle" director Josh Trank has become the frontrunner to direct a reboot of the "Fantastic Four" franchise at 20th Century Fox reports Variety. Michael Green ("Green Lantern") is penning the newest draft about the four individuals who gained superpowers after exposure to cosmic rays during a scientific mission to outer space. The previous … [Read more...]
Four former Vancouver mayors say “legalize it”
November 23, 2011 by
Four former mayors of Vancouver are urging other levels of government to consider alternatives to marijuana prohibition. Larry Campbell, Mike Harcourt, Sam Sullivan and Philip Owen have signed an open letter to MPs and MLAs, calling on them to consider legalizing and regulating pot. Owen says marijuana should be seperated from hard … [Read more...]
Four More Join Tarantino’s “Django”
November 11, 2011 by
James Remar ("Dexter"), Tom Wopat ("Dukes of Hazzard"), James Russo ("Public Enemies") and Todd Allen ("Friday Night Lights") have all joined the cast of Quentin Tarantino’s western "Django Unchained" reports Variety. Remar and Russo will play slave trading brothers Ace and Dicky Speck who purchase Django at auction. Wopat plays Marshall Gill … [Read more...]
Four new schools for overcrowded Surrey
October 31, 2011 by
SURREY, B.C. - B.C.'s fastest-growing school district will get four new schools to accommodate expanding enrolment in Surrey and aging buildings in other districts will be upgraded or replaced.Premier Christy Clark says land has been bought for four future schools in Surrey and that a total of nine new schools will be built in B.C.Education … [Read more...]
Family of four out of home after late night fire
October 30, 2011 by
A family of four is out of their home this morning after a fire in their North Vancouver home last night. Assistant Fire Chief with North Van District Fire and Rescue, Mike Cairns says multiple calls came in just after 11 pm about a house fire on Paisley Road. "It was venting out the back corner bedroom and our crews showed up shortly after police … [Read more...]
Ten years of Four Pillars in Vancouver
October 7, 2011 by
Prevention, treatment, harm reduction and enforcement. It’s been 10 years since the Four Pillars drug strategy has been official policy in Vancouver — and although the comprehensive model of dealing with the city’s drug epidemic has worked, it hasn’t been on the scale the policy’s author envisioned in 2001. “We’re getting there slowly, but scale … [Read more...]
