April 27, 2024

Energy-saving program pulled

The City of Vancouver is pulling out its energy-saving program - after the program bombed from lack of homeowners' participation -  costing taxpayers more than $ 100,000.  An ambitious program voted in about a year ago by the city - encouraging homeowners to do enery-saving updgrades wasn't as successful as the City had … [Read more...]

Woman and baby reportedly in hospital after being pulled from Surrey pool

There are reports that two people--apparently a woman and a baby--have been taken to hospital after being pulled out of a pool in Surrey late Sunday evening. The pool is said to be at an apartment complex at 105th Avenue and 150th Street. This has not yet been confirmed by officials. We will have more as the details become available. CKNW … [Read more...]

George W’s Head Pulled From “Thrones”

HBO announced on Friday it is pulling last year's first season finale of "Game of Thrones" from both the network, disc retailers, and online VOD outlets like iTunes and HBO Go says The NY Daily News. The reason? Conservative critics have been outraged this week over learning that George W. Bush's likeness was used on a victim's decapitated and … [Read more...]

Barnston Island again at risk to be pulled from ALR

There could be another attempt to yank Barnston Island out of the Agricultural Land Reserve. New Westminster Coun. Chuck Puchmayr says private interests have bought up the land and evicted many of the tenants. "There is a real neglect going on there. The Barnston island property is so close to the bypass at the South Fraser Perimeter Road onto … [Read more...]

A body has been pulled from the Fraser near the Abbotsford Mission bridge.

The RCMP have pulled a body from the Fraser river near the Abbotsford Mission bridge.  Sergeant Miriam Dickson says the body was spotted in the river just after two this afternoon.    She said "And they spotted what they believe to be a body just East of the Mission bridge so the Mission RCMP attended to the wharf there and with the … [Read more...]