The nominees have just been announced for the 28th Annual Independent Spirit Awards which will be held on February 23rd. Five films have scored nominations for the top award of the night - Best Feature. They include "Beasts Of The Southern Wild," "Bernie," "Keep The Lights On," "Moonrise Kingdom" and "Silver Linings Playbook." Four of those five … [Read more...]
New effort to protect spirit bears
September 15, 2012 by
A conservation group has bought the hunting rights to a big chunk of the great bear rainforest in an effort to protect BC's rare spirit bears. The Raincoast Conservation Foundation has purchased a 3,500 square kilometre hunting licence. Raincoast's Brian Falconer estimates there are 300 to 400 of the black bear subspecies living in the … [Read more...]
Community centres bring London 2012 spirit to Vancouver
July 28, 2012 by
Vancouver community centres are bringing the Olympic spirit from London here. Kerrisdale, Kitsilano, Kensington and Douglas Park are all showing the Games on TV through to the end of the events. Park board commissioner Constance Barnes says part of this is bringing back the spirit from Vancouver 2010. "Community centres are a hub. They're a … [Read more...]
Human remains in Pacific Spirit Park identified
March 16, 2012 by
The BC Coroner's service has identified the human remains found in the woods at Pacific Spirit Park yesterday. The remains have been identified as those of 47 year old Violet Puskas. She was last known to be alive on January 5th. Dental records were used to identify the woman. Foul play has been ruled out in her death. CKNW Vancouver … [Read more...]
Awards: Gotham Indie, NYFCC, Spirit Noms
November 29, 2011 by
The awards season kicked off over the past 24 hours with two organisations announcing their winners and one their nominees. New York Film Critics Circle The various winners were announced over Twitter during the course of the last few hours with "The Artist" taking the Best Feature award. "Cave of Forgotten Dreams" scored Best Documentary, "A … [Read more...]
