Colin Farrell is closing a deal to star in the long-gestating supernatural thriller "Solace" which Afonso Poyart ("Two Rabbits") is attached to direct. Farrell will play an FBI detective who seeks the help of a retired and reclusive doctor (Anthony Hopkins) to try and solve a series of grisly murders. The doctor was a genius at solving murders … [Read more...]
Mission residents seek to have 24-hour driving prohibitions overturned
December 30, 2012 by
Two Mission residents are asking a BC Supreme Court Judge to overturn their 24 hour driving prohibitions. Harmeet Dhaliwal claims she was driving below the speed limit on Stave Lake Road November 12 when she was pulled over by a police officer. She says the officer questioned her about smoking … [Read more...]
Cantelon says he will not seek re-election
December 10, 2012 by
Liberal MLA Ron Cantelon has changed his mind and says he will not run for re-election in May. The Parksville-Qualicum MLA tells his local newspaper it's time to move on and make way for fresh blood. Cantelon announced in August he would run for a third term, despite suffering a heart attack in 2011. He was first elected in 2005. CKNW … [Read more...]
Julius Onah To Seek The “God Particle”
December 2, 2012 by
Short film director Julius Onah ("Big Man," "Little Girl Blue") has been set to direct the low-budget sci-fi thriller "God Particle" at Paramount InSurge and Bad Robot. The story follows an American space station crew left abandoned after a problem with a Hadron accelerator causes Earth to vanish entirely. Oren Uziel penned the script and J.J. … [Read more...]
Revoked BC Tories seek Court time
November 8, 2012 by
The bitter internal struggle in the BC Conservative Party has not only gone public it is about to play out inside a Court room. Three so-called dissidents whose memberships have been revoked have lawyer-ed up to fight back. A lawyer representing Ariane Exkardt, John Crocock, and Allison Patton have served the party. Patton … [Read more...]
Cantelon to seek re-election
August 22, 2012 by
Despite some recent health problems, Liberal MLA Ron Cantelon has announced he will run for re-election next year. Cantelon made the decision despite suffering a heart attack last year. First elected in 2005, Cantelon represents Parksville-Qualicum. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
VPD seek kidnapping suspect
July 19, 2012 by
Vancouver police are hunting for the suspect in a kidnapping case from Tuesday. Nineteen-year old Harmeet Singh Dadwan is wanted in connection with the unlawful confinement, assault and robbery of a 17-year old boy. "It's alleged that shortly before 5p.m. on Tuesday, Dadwan and a second male approached the victim on the street in Southeast … [Read more...]
Six companies seek to take over Liquor Distribution Branch
July 3, 2012 by
The Province has received six proposals, in its bid to privatized the Liquor Distribution Branch's warehousing and distribution services. They come from Container World Forwarding Services, Exel Canada, Hillebrand Westling, Kuehne and Nagel, Metro Supply Chain Group, and Schenker of Canada. Those proposals will now be evaluated, with a short-list … [Read more...]
Paramount, Abrams Seek Particles & Nazis
June 12, 2012 by
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions have acquired Patrick Aison's spec script "Wunderkind" reports The Wrap. Set in the 1970s, the action-thriller follows a young CIA agent hunting runaway Nazis with an older Mossad agent. The two become reluctantly intertwined as they hunt Hitler's former henchmen. The news comes as … [Read more...]
Police seek suspect in West Vancouver arson
May 25, 2012 by
They've done everything they can to identify someone who's been targeting people with ties to BC's Justice Institute, now the Mounties are seeking help finding a suspect videotaped committing an arson in West Vancouver earlier this year. RCMP Sgt. Peter Thiessen says 14 victims have been identified over the past year, but no more attacks have been … [Read more...]
