Warner Bros. Pictures have shifted around films on their release schedule and officially set their Summer 2013 titles. First up "The Hangover Part III", the apparent final film in a trilogy, has scored a May 24th 2013 release date. Shooting on the film will kick off in September. Then there's Guillermo del Toro's monster tale "Pacific Rim" has … [Read more...]
Human remains in Pacific Spirit Park identified
March 16, 2012 by
The BC Coroner's service has identified the human remains found in the woods at Pacific Spirit Park yesterday. The remains have been identified as those of 47 year old Violet Puskas. She was last known to be alive on January 5th. Dental records were used to identify the woman. Foul play has been ruled out in her death. CKNW Vancouver … [Read more...]
Ron Perlman Joins del Toro’s “Pacific Rim”
November 18, 2011 by
Ron Perlman has joined the cast of frequent fellow collaborator Guillermo del Toro's action tentpole "Pacific Rim" at Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures reports Wired. del Toro calls the film a "very, very beautiful poem to giant monsters. Giant monsters versus giant robots. Twenty-five-story-high robots beating the crap out of … [Read more...]
Highly infectious influenza-like disease detected in Pacific salmon
October 17, 2011 by
B.C.’s salmon industry could be facing even tougher times if the provincial government doesn’t take action soon, an SFU professor warned Monday. Simon Fraser University researchers Richard Routledge and Nicole Gerbrandt, in collaboration with independent biologist Alexandra Morton, have found the first-ever traces of infectious salmon anemia (ISA) … [Read more...]
Deadly virus found in Pacific salmon smolt
October 17, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Experts say a highly-infectious virus has been found in wild salmon on B.C.'s central coast.The research of Simon Fraser University professor Rick Routledge led to the discovery of infectious salmon anaemia in two of 48 sockeye smolts collected.Routledge, who's doing a long-term study on the collapse of Rivers Inlet sockeye, says the … [Read more...]
Klattenhoff Joins Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim”
October 2, 2011 by
Diego Klattenhoff (TV's "Homeland") has joined the cast of Guillermo del Toro's epic actioner "Pacific Rim" at Warner Bros. Pictures reports Variety. Set in 2025, the 12th year of a war against alien creatures who reside in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, the story finds a group of humans banding together to create and pilot massive robots to … [Read more...]
Madison Pacific to pay special cash dividend
September 26, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Madison Pacific Properties Inc. (TSX:MPC) (TSX:MPC.C) will be paying a special cash dividend of 35 cents per voting share and non-voting share next month. Local news from metronews.ca/vancouver … [Read more...]
09/28/2011 – Pacific Salmon Foundation Fundraiser at the Lattimer Gallery
September 24, 2011 by
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Pacific salmon floated as BC’s official fish
September 14, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - The provincial government is floating a proposal to formally designate the salmon as B.C.'s official fish.The proposal was put on the table by several conservationist groups as B.C. enters the peak of salmon fishing season and a federal commission investigates the decline of the sockeye.David Marshall, with the Fraser Basin Council, … [Read more...]
Milpo to take over Inca Pacific
September 6, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Minera Milpo SAA is bidding to acquire Inca Pacific Resources Inc. (TSXV:IPR) for 61 cents per share in cash under a $ 35-million friendly takeover agreement announced Tuesday.Inca Pacific shares gained 26 cents or 79 per cent to trade at 59 cents after trading resumed, suggesting investors didn't expect a higher offer to come forward. … [Read more...]
