March 19, 2024

Residents living near Surrey’s Colebrook Road set to meet with Mayor again

People living on Panorama Ridge in Surrey will meet again with the city's mayor this week to discuss crime prevention.  Video cameras and lights have been installed on Colebrook Road in the area after four bodies were found there in a six week span this year.  Bob Campbell with the local ratepayers association says the move is just one … [Read more...]

Road Rage in Burnaby

Burnaby RCMP are asking for public help in finding more witnesses to a road rage incident that sent an elderly man to hospital. Police say the assault took place at 8:30 last night near the intersection of Lougheed Highway and Gilmore Avenue. The driver of a silver Toyota Echo was tailgating a beige sedan and continously honking his horn. Just … [Read more...]

Thrill Rides, Road Trips, and Bourbon: Weekly Roundup

What do you call an adventure... dune bashing in the Middle East? Drinking bourbon from dawn till dusk? Or maybe diving in the Red Sea? We cover it all and more in this week's top stories. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

A Food Lover’s Road Trip through Vermont

Vermont is a food lover's heaven with farmers' markets, microbreweries, working farms, the Ben & Jerry's factory, and tons more. Here's the perfect Vermont road trip filled with culinary stops. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

Coroner’s Service investigating after remains found off Cypress Bowl Road

The BC Coroners Service has been called in after a body was found Friday afternoon in West Vancouver. "A dog walker out in the wooded area just north of the houses in West Vancouver discovered some human remains. As a result of this discovery she notified the West Vancouver Police Department and led officers to the site where she found the human … [Read more...]

First Photo: “Mad Max Fury Road”

There was doubt earlier, but now it has been confirmed by Warner Bros. Pictures - AICN has posted the first photo of Tom Hardy as Max Rockatansky in the upcoming "Mad Max: Fury Road." The photo was signed by Hardy and given to one of the crew members. In this outing, Max (Hardy) gets caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland … [Read more...]

Impaired driver hits car stopped at Abbotsford road block

Abbotsford Police had to jump out of the way as a truck slammed into a car stopped at a drinking driving road block just before 10pm Saturday night. Sergeant Lisa Shea says the man driving was going around 100 kilometers per hour, and didn't even break as he approached the blockade. "The driver of the truck has been arrested for impaired driving," … [Read more...]

Tips for Saving on Holiday Road Trips

Taking the old rental car out for a spin this holiday season? Save some bucks with our tips for saving while driving, and put that extra money to good use. You know, on presents. Fodor's Travel News … [Read more...]

“Bent Road,” “Jeremiah Harm” Get Scribes

Cross Creek Pictures has optioned the film rights to Lori Roy's novel "Bent Road" and has set Mark Mallouk to adapt the script. The tone is said to be akin to "A History of Violence", and Benderspink is producing. The story follows a man who left home in Kansas as a youth after the mysterious death of one his older sisters, then returns with his … [Read more...]

Opponents of heavy oil hit the road

Opponents of heavy oil projects stopped in Burnaby Thursday night as part of a week-long speaking tour through BC and Alberta. It's being organized by the Council of Canadians with the goal of halting any more pipelines in this Province. One of the participants is Sven Biggs with Tanker-Free BC who admits most of the people who turn up to … [Read more...]