The provincial election is exactly three months away, but NDP leader Adrian Dix has already announced his pick for deputy minister should he win the race. Dix has tapped BCIT President Don Wright for the job, which is the senior position in the public service. Wright is a former deputy minister of education in the Gordon Campbell … [Read more...]
Fox, Constantin Pick Up Sci-Fi Works
December 22, 2012 by
20th Century Fox has picked up the film rights to Top Cow's one-shot 2011 sci-fi thriller comic "Theory of Everything" by Dan Casey and Nick Nantell. The story follows a disgraced scientist as he seeks to rescue his thought-dead wife from a parallel dimension. Dan Jinks ("American Beauty," "Milk") will produce. Meanwhile, Constantin Film have … [Read more...]
Education Minister George Abbott is going to bat for his pick for mediator, again.
April 12, 2012 by
Another day, and Education Minister George Abbott is standing by his mediator, Charles Jago. The BCTF is determined to have Jago fired, and is working to figure out whether this will be argued before the labour board, or the courts. Abbott says this isn't about ramming legislation through "........why on earth would we go to all … [Read more...]
Former Flames first-round pick retires
October 20, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - Kris Chucko, a former Calgary Flames first-round pick, has decided to retire due to concussions.The 25-year-old winger, selected selected 24th overall by the Flames in 2004, suffered two concussions that he knows of."My decision was based on how I felt, how crappy I felt for and have felt for the last 11 to 12 months, and the six or … [Read more...]
