If you're heading to the fireworks, take transit. Translink spokesperson Drew Snider says the system is always busy and extra service is being added. "Skytrain is going to be running rush-hour service levels right through, starting in mid-afternoon and also keeping up to their regular closing time, because we expect that people will generally have … [Read more...]
Parents want teachers to take leave of absence before becoming trustees
April 15, 2012 by
Parents in New Westminster are concerned about teachers serving as school trustees. Wendy Harris, chair of the city's district parent advisory council, says a possible bias toward their union could impair teachers from serving fairly on the board of education. Her council is seeking to have teachers take a leave of absence before becoming a … [Read more...]
“This is Where I Leave” Adam Shankman
February 18, 2012 by
Adam Shankman is in early negotiations to direct and produce the family drama "This Is Where I Leave You" at Warner Bros. Pictures says Variety. Based on Jonthan Tropper's novel, the story centers on a father who dies and requests that his highly dysfunctional and non-religious family sit Shivah for seven days. Shankman would replace Greg … [Read more...]
Two crashes leave one dead, several injured
November 13, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Police in B.C.'s Lower Mainland are investigating two separate crashes that killed one person and sent several others to hospital.RCMP say poor weather and speed may have contributed to a fatal crash around 9:30 p.m. last night in Langley.An 18-year-old passenger was declared dead at the scene after a BMW went off the road, hit and tree … [Read more...]
Regulate marijuana and leave the gangs cold
November 10, 2011 by
A BC group that wants to regulate marijuana is trying to get the public talking about their cause. The war on drugs is not working. Three experts against drug prohibition argued just that at a discussion at SFU Woodwards Thursday night. They say that with increased government spending to enforce drug laws, there's an increase in drug-related … [Read more...]
Premier says “Occupy” should pack up and leave
November 4, 2011 by
After admitting she sympathizes with their cause, the Premier says it's time for Vancouver's Occupy protesters to pack up their tent city. Speaking at the kick-off of her two-week trade mission to Asia, Christy Clark says there's more than one way to bridge the gap between this province's rich and poor. "......One of them is to do what … [Read more...]
Program helps with ‘intense’ transition when girls leave gangs
September 16, 2011 by
With an increase in the number of girls playing a role in gangs in Vancouver, a local gang-awareness program has created a poster to show young women how they can be exploited by gangsters. Amir Javid, founder of the program Street Smarts, said the “girls and gangs” poster project was hard to implement because of the lack of research on the … [Read more...]
BC teachers leave talks about class size laws
September 13, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - British Columbia teachers plan to ask a judge to clarify a key Supreme Court ruling on their bargaining rights, a move that will likely prolong job action that started on the first day of school last week and set back work toward a new collective agreement.The teachers and the government have been in court-ordered talks aimed at … [Read more...]
MLA Black decides to leave
August 25, 2011 by
Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Iain Black is stepping down from his post to take a private sector job. The former B.C. labour minister will be joining the Vancouver Board of Trade as president and CEO in early October. “It took some convincing to tear me away from a job and a passion of mine since I was very young boy,” Black said. Black is the second … [Read more...]
Lax regulations leave buyers of former grow ops vulnerable
August 15, 2011 by
Gord McCrea and Susan Kammerle bought a home on a quiet cul-de-sac in Maple Ridge last year on the understanding that a marijuana growing operation that once occupied the basement had been small and ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
