Google had already yanked the "In Stock" status from its Nexus Q as we awaited a re-envisioning of its purpose, but today's Nexus launch is making it ever clearer that we may never hear from the bizarre orb again. Launched in July with an almost unbelievably small set of features, it took but a few weeks for Google to postpone the proper launch … [Read more...]
Google removes Nexus Q from landing page, further distances itself from a curious launch
October 30, 2012 by
Recovery efforts will continue at Johnsons Landing
July 24, 2012 by
Recovery efforts at the site of the Johnsons Landing mudslide will resume. Using heavy excavation machinery, crews will spend another two days working in the area of the Webber family home. The bodies of 60-year-old Valentine Webber and his 22-year-old daughter Diana were recovered near that home last week. Officials believe they may be able to … [Read more...]
Search continues in Johnson’s Landing
July 13, 2012 by
The search has once again been called off for night in Johnson's Landing, as crews search for four missing people, unaccounted for a after a massive landslide.After a series of smaller landslides made the site too dangerous to continue Friday morning, the search is now back on.Bill Macpherson with the Central Kootenay Regional District says crews … [Read more...]
YVR handles successful emergency landing
May 14, 2012 by
Vancouver International Airport has confirmed that a Kelowna Flightcraft DC-10 conducted an emergency landing caused by a mechanical issue. The aircraft touched down safely just before 9 pm Monday. The airport says there were 3 people on board and they are all un-injured. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Plane makes emergency landing after bomb threat
April 11, 2012 by
Korean Air says a bomb threat is to blame for the emergency landing of a Boeing 7-77 at Comox Airport Tuesday afternoon. Flight 72, bound for Seoul, was turned around after a call to the airline's Los Angeles Call Centre. NORAD's John Cornelia says U-S fighter jets were scrambled from Portland, "Two F-15 fighters under the direction of NORAD, … [Read more...]
Emergency landing for Vancouver-Toronto flight
December 3, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - WestJet says passengers aboard a Vancouver-Toronto flight were delayed by about six hours after their plane made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff.Airline spokesman Robert Palmer says the flight left Vancouver on Saturday morning, but returned as a precautionary measure after a pilot noticed a strange smell.Palmer says it … [Read more...]
B.C. ferry damaged after hard landing
November 19, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - A BC Ferry is out of commission after a hard landing at the Departure Bay terminal in Nanaimo, B.C.BC Ferries spokeswoman Deborah Marshall says there was damage to both the Queen of Coquitlam and a wing wall that guides the ferry into the dock.No one has reported being injured aboard the ferry because of the jolt.Marshall says the 3 … [Read more...]
Air Transat jet makes safe emergency landing at YVR
November 16, 2011 by
A plane carrying close to 300 people had to make an emergency landing at the Vancouver airport last night. The Air Transat Airbus bound for London had 296 people on board. Airport staff have confirmed flight 242 landed safely, but they haven't been able to explain why the plane was forced to return to YVR. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
