April 25, 2024

Crash in Burnaby sends seven people to hospital

The intersection of Kingsway and Royal Oak was blocked to traffic for several hours overnight as Burnaby mounties pieced together a collision involving three vehicles. Seven people were taken to hospital -- five have since been released. The two still in hospital were riding in a taxi cab and not wearing seatbelts. RCMP suspect one of the three … [Read more...]

Man faces seven charges in abduction; beating of teenager

Seven charges have now been laid against a Surrey man accused of abducting and beating a young woman in Maple Ridge. 25 year old Ian James William Campbell is facing charges of kidnapping, choking, assault with a weapon, unlawful confinement and auto theft. He remains in custody. The 17 year old victim was abducted outside a Maple Ridge mall … [Read more...]

“Magnificent Seven,” “Lizard King” Get Scribes

MGM has set newcomer Nic Pizzolatto (HBO's upcoming "True Detectives") to pen the remake of Western classic "The Magnificent Seven" to which Tom Cruise is currently attached says Variety. The original, itself a remake of the Kurosawa classic "Seven Samurai", follows a group of American gunmen hired to protect a small Mexican village from a group … [Read more...]

“Game of Thrones” Seven Devils Trailer

EW has posted another new trailer for "Game of Thrones" which apparently marks the first time HBO has licensed an indie pop song to market the big-budget fantasy series. The song in question, Florence and the Machine's "Seven Devils", proves quite fitting for the new trailer which includes some sweet landscape shots of locations like Winterfell … [Read more...]

Saoirse Ronan Joins “Order of the Seven”

A while ago three "Snow White" film projects were in development - two are about to hit cinemas, while the third seemingly went quiet. Today comes word that "Atonement" and "Hanna" star Saoirse Ronan has been cast in the lead role in the film "The Order of the Seven" for Walt Disney Pictures says Heat Vision. Previously titled "Snow and the … [Read more...]

Seven thousand without power after windstorm

From Surrey to Chilliwack, thousands of BC Hydro customers have been without power through Sunday. Greg Alexis of BC Hydro says about seven thousand people are without power in the area from Surrey to Abbotsford and Mission.  About three thousand more in south Surrey had service restored around 2 PM Sunday after being without it for much of … [Read more...]