March 28, 2024

Vancouver Park Board approves motion to limit chlorine in city’s pools

The Vancouver Park Board has passed a motion to limit the amount of chlorine in the city's swimming pools. In the motion put forward by Commissioner Trevor Loke, it says all pools less than 30 degrees celsius must maintain a minimum of 0.5 parts per million of chlorine under the BC Health Act, and that more than 1 parts per million of chlorine have … [Read more...]

Sprint Guardian now available, allows parents to limit texting and keep tabs on a kid’s location

Sprint Guardian has been in the oven for some time now -- we actually heard about it during our interview with John Tudhope and David Owens at CTIA 2012 -- but now, at long last, the service is available. Concerned parents nationwide can locate Guardian on "many" Sprint Android-powered phones through the Sprint Zone. The program itself features … [Read more...]

Are B.C.’s speed limit laws outdated?

Proposed changes to highway speed limits in the United Kingdom have one B.C. group calling for similar upgrades in this province. The Conservative government in the U.K. is debating whether to raise the maximum speed from 112 kilometres an hour, to 128 km/h by 2013. Ian Tootill with "SENSE," or "Safety by Education Not Speed Enforcement," says the … [Read more...]