March 29, 2024

Long Weekend in Phoenicia, New York

Weekend getaways from NYC run the gamut from ultra-luxe to off-the-grid. So if nature, quirky shops, and local arts are your thing, look no further than Phoenicia, a small town hidden in the Catskills. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Casting: Moyer, Long, Aggeliki, Isaac

Devil's Knot "True Blood" star Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of Atom Egoyan's West Memphis Three-themed "Devil's Knot". Moyer will play prosecutor John Fogelman in this narrative feature take on the incident. [Source: Deadline] The 10 O'Clock People Justin Long is in negotiations for the lead role in Tom Holland's adaptation of the Stephen … [Read more...]

The leader of the BC Conservatives wants to know why the PST bill took so long

The leader of the BC Conservative party is welcoming the new improved PST but is wondering, what took so long?   John Cummins says the changes to the PST announced by the government are good but really just minor improvements, and the process as a whole isn't rocket science.    He said "They will be able to file electronically … [Read more...]

Canadian Taxpayers Federation welcomes “long overdue” return to the PST

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation says the return to the PST has its pros and cons.   BC Director Jordan Bateman says one thing is for sure reverting to the PST won't be a net benefit to the BC economy.   He said "I don't foresee any kind of economic gain out of this of course there will be certain sectors that might do a little better, … [Read more...]

I-HIT investigators in it for the long haul

Homicide investigators will remain at a house in Surrey's Newton neighbourhood overnight and into Friday. Officers are trying to figure out how a man came to be shot dead in the basement suite of a house on 70th Avenue at 124th Street.  Corporal Adam McIntosh with I-HIT says the investigation is in its early stages so far. When asked if … [Read more...]

Long time gangster gunned down in East Vancouver

  A well-known gangster, who returned to Vancouver in January after serving five years in a U-S prison, is the city's latest murder victim. Vancouver Police are investigating the drive-by shooting death of Ranjit Cheema, gunned down as he was exiting his S-U-V on East 61st Avenue near Ross Street this morning. According to the Vancouver Sun, … [Read more...]

After long wait, cop gets day in Court

An Abbotsford Police officer accused of using excessive force during an arrest will have his day in court Thursday. Constable Adam Page is charged with assault, after the arrest of a shoplifter one night in September of 2009.  Officers were called to a store in the 327-hundred block South Fraser Way. They arrested a 37-year-old man who had … [Read more...]

Jetting Across Europe: A Long Weekend in Stockholm

Since the film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, set in Sweden's capital, is up for a few Golden Globes this Sunday, we thought it would be fun to call on our Stockholm correspondent for a roundup of the city's highlights. Hop aboard a flight on EasyJet or Ryanair for a mere $ 30 from London, or about $ 60 from Paris, and within a couple of hours … [Read more...]

Deadly long weekend near Tofino

Two separate incidents near Tofino on the west coast of Vancouver Island this holiday weekend have claimed two lives. 24-year-old Ryan Thompson of Colwood near Victoria died Saturday afternoon in a diving accident at the Maggie Falls swimming hole, east of the Tofino-Ucluelet junction. Early Sunday morning,  a man was struck and killed on the … [Read more...]

Long search for Medicare doc for Vancouver couple

That turned out to be more difficult than anticipated. The couple, both in their 70s at the time, were on Medicare and surprised when one physician's office after another turned them ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]