They say you can’t keep a good dog down, and a local canine named Rumble, shot last weekend while defending his home from intruders, is proving them right. The four-year-old American Staffordshire terrier is recovering at a veterinarian a week after he was found at home, bleeding from a severe beating and a gunshot wound to the chest. Rumble was … [Read more...]
Burnaby dog shot during home invasion on the mend
March 3, 2012 by
A heroic dog from Burnaby shot in the leg during a home invasion is on the road to recovery. Doctor Michael King with Canada West Veterinary Specialists says Rumble – an American Stratfordshire terrier – is doing well after complicated surgery. “Thankfully, it looks like he's avoided any nerve injury or other compromise to the … [Read more...]
Mom shot in front of kids; ex-husband arrested
February 15, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - Vancouver police say a 30-year-old woman was shot dead in front of her two young children before relatives could tackle the gunman, who was the woman's ex-husband.Const. Lindsey Houghton says Jenny Le Wong was the mother of a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy, who were not hurt in Tuesday night's attack in the basement suite … [Read more...]
Fox Has Shot “Deadpool” Test Footage?
January 14, 2012 by
Comic writers Rob Liefeld and Scott Lobdell showed up at the Arizona Comic Con last weekend and according to Bleeding Cool they dropped a surprising bit of news about Fox's proposed R-rated X-Men spinoff comic book adaptation "Deadpool". “They’ve got a great director on the movie, they’ve got a great script. I may or may have not seen some sort of … [Read more...]
Inquest in death of man shot by police
December 6, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - The BC Coroners Service has announced an inquest into the death of a man who was shot by Vancouver police.Forty-eight-year-old Darrell Elroy Barnes died on July 22 of this year after he was shot by police during a confrontation in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside.The inquest is set to begin on July 30 of next year and is scheduled for five … [Read more...]
“Doctor Who” Movie Talk Shot Down
December 2, 2011 by
The other week "Harry Potter" film director David Yates sent the online blogosphere into a tailspin with comments to the trade paper Variety that a movie is in development based on the classic and still highly popular British sci-fi TV series "Doctor Who". What was surprising was word that he and BBC Worldwide Productions head Jane Tranter are … [Read more...]
“Game of Thrones” Shot Back-To-Back?
November 30, 2011 by
With a lot of acclaim and good ratings, everyone is understandably bullish about the future of HBO's big-budget fantasy series "Game of Thrones". Well, things may be going better than we expected. As we've seen, the ten-episode first season of the show covered 'Game of Thrones', the first book in George R.R. Martin's "Song of Ice and Fire" … [Read more...]
Young adult male shot in Royal City
November 1, 2011 by
A 29 year old man is in Royal Columbian Hospital being treated for a gunshot to the face. Police aren't saying whether there could be any gang involvement. The initial call was to 280 Ross Drive where police found a car with bullet holes in it, and the victim. The crime scene itself,was at the site of the old Woodlands School. Both areas … [Read more...]
“Independence Day 2 & 3” Shot Back-To-Back?
October 28, 2011 by
Fifteen years on, "Independence Day" director Roland Emmerich and producer/writer Dean Devlin are finishing up back-to-back sequel scripts to that 1996 alien invasion global hit reports Vulture. Back in 2009, Fox reportedly started working on structuring a deal to sign Will Smith to return to the role of Captain Stephen Hiller and shoot both films … [Read more...]
Woman shot dead was actress, model
September 28, 2011 by
SURREY, B.C. - An actress who had a small role in the movie Diary of Wimpy Kid was shot to death at a university parking lot early Wednesday morning.The body of 19-year-old Maple Batalia was found at about 1 a.m. in the parkade near an entrance to the Surrey Central City campus of Simon Fraser University, where she was a student.Her father, … [Read more...]
