Premier Christy Clark is offering prayers and support to the Prince George residents as they recover from the devastating explosion and fire at the Lakeland sawmill that left one dead last night. Clark paid tribute to the city in the legislature Tuesday. "I also want to commend the countless first responders, the volunteers, the health care … [Read more...]
Sony Offers $5M For Erotic “Shades”
March 25, 2012 by
Sony Pictures has made a considerable $ 5 million offer for the film rights to the erotic E.L. James book "Fifty Shades of Grey" says Variety. The book began as a posting on a fan-fiction website before becoming a word-of-mouth eBook hit that scored a major reprint deal with Random House imprint Vintage. James, the author, is a former TV … [Read more...]
Donor offers $10K in 36-year-old murder
March 10, 2012 by
A mourning mother of an 11-year-old girl who was murdered more than 36 years ago is hoping a $ 10,000 reward will encourage witnesses to come forward. “I prayed and I asked God to give something that would work, and a week later I received an anonymous donation,” sobbed Shari Greer, at a RCMP press conference in Vancouver Thursday. Greer’s … [Read more...]
B.C. offers $5,000 off price of clean cars
November 5, 2011 by
SURREY, B.C. - B.C. residents will get up to $ 5,000 off the sticker price of a qualifying clean energy vehicle starting Dec. 1.Environment Minister Terry Lake said Saturday that the rebate includes qualifying new vehicles that are battery electric, fuel-cell electric, plug-in hybrid electric and those that operate on compressed natural gas.Andrea … [Read more...]
Christie offers 4K upgrade kit for 2K projector that you couldn’t afford to begin with
September 22, 2011 by
For the eight millionaires who've been watching the pre-release of Killer Elite on their in-home Christie CP2230, we've got exemplary news for you: your already-amazing image quality is about to get even better. The same projector that was chosen to reside in the Academy Theater at Lighthouse International in New York City -- and the same one that … [Read more...]
Famous Buddhist peacemaker offers way to end pain, anger
August 10, 2011 by
One of the world's most famous Buddhists on Tuesday led about 1,500 people on a walking meditation across the expansive University of B.C. campus.Thich Nhat Hanh, a tiny 84-year-old Zen monk ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
OCZ’s Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD offers 2,800MB/sec, 500,000 IOPS, plenty of thrills
August 2, 2011 by
Hard to believe that we spotted OCZ Technology's original Z-Drive at CeBIT 2009. Just over two full years have passed, and already we've seen the 600MB/sec claims offered on that fellow eclipsed by a few successors. Today, the latest in the line is making its debut, with the Z-Drive R4 offering 2,800MB/sec and over 500,000 IOPS with a single … [Read more...]
