Want to stick to your workout regime on the road, but don't want to use up precious suitcase space? Read on for some handy pack-this-not-that tips, fitness-style. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]
Sex-trade advocates gear up for 2013 court battle
January 1, 2013 by
Advocates for the rights of sex workers in Vancouver are busy preparing for a court case next June that will directly influence their own case to abolish prostitution laws here in BC. A group of Vancouver sex workers were cleared in September by the Supreme Court of Canada to proceed with their challenge of prostitution laws. Now, the group can … [Read more...]
North Shore Search and Rescue recover lost gear
December 30, 2012 by
North Shore Search and Rescue Team says its third attempt in retrieving the gear left on cypress mountain weeks ago has been successful. Team leader Tim Jones says the task was not easy but he's thankful for the kind weather conditions. "It was found the area of 3,000 feet on the other side of black mountain, where we originally cashed it for the … [Read more...]
North Shore Search and Rescue recover some of gear left on Cypress
December 22, 2012 by
North Shore Search and Rescue ground teams have recovered around ten thousand dollars worth of equipment left on Cypress during rescue efforts Tuesday. Team Leader Tim Jones says crews had to repel down Saturday morning to reach the canyon where snowboarder Sebastien Boucher was trapped. "They're doing it all safely, but it is a rope-rescue, full … [Read more...]
North Shore rescuers call off gear retrieval
December 21, 2012 by
The gear left up on the mountain during this week's rescue of an out of bounds snowboarder is going to come down - just not today. Tim Jones with North Shore Search and Rescue says today's attempt had to be called off because of very unsettled conditions. He says, "it's very vital gear that we get but we don't want to risk our members'" safety. … [Read more...]
Be careful how you upgrade your tech gear
December 13, 2012 by
An Alberta man updated his iPhone and lost all his text messages. Now, to get a copy of his messages, he's taking Telus before the BC Supreme Court. Sean Hall with Telus says the case is not out of the ordinary. Anyone who wants to get a copy of their text messages has to petition the Court, "We have a responsibility to protect the privacy of third … [Read more...]
Arad Onboard “Metal Gear Solid” Movie
August 30, 2012 by
Avi Arad is coming onboard as producer on Kojima Productions and Sony Pictures' planned film adaptation of the "Metal Gear Solid" video game franchise reports Game Informer. The first in the series of stealth-based games, which began back in 1998, the story follows an attempt to take back a secret military base from genetically enhanced soldiers … [Read more...]
Thousands of dollars worth of gear used by volunteer search and rescue personnel stolen
September 24, 2011 by
Volunteer search and rescue personnel in Steveston are without thousands of dollars worth of gear after a break-in at a storage trailer earlier this week. Kevin Robertson says equipment belonging to the Coast Guard Auxiliary was snatched, totalling in the range of $ 3,000. "They broke in, and they took a bunch of electronics, radio, G-P-S units, … [Read more...]
