April 27, 2024

Video tells story of local teen who kills herself after being bullied

A sad story is trending on Twitter this morning in Vancouver. #RIPAMANDA is spreading on the social media site after it appears the teen was severely bullied at school and took her own life. It started when a 15-year-old girl named Amanda posted a video on YouTube. She flips through index cards, telling about how she was tormented by bullies … [Read more...]

Burns Lake first nation chief has own story about John Furlong

The chief of Lake Babine Nation is adding unproven allegations of abuse surrounding former VANOC boss John Furlong have been known for years. “Former citizens of LBN and other first nations in Burns Lake… they've known about this for quite a while.” Chief Wilf Adam claims he has his own story with Furlong, when he was a teacher … [Read more...]

Keanu Reeves Talks “Bill & Ted 3” Story

In a recent interview with GQ, Keanu Reeves was surprisingly forthcoming about story details on the third film in the "Bill and Ted" series. As previously reported, a script by series creators Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson has already been penned but little has been known about the storyline until now. Reeves says: One of the plot points is … [Read more...]

DEVELOPING STORY: Large landslide north of Nelson

Four people are unaccounted for after a landslide in the tiny community of Johnsons Landing on Kootenay Lake. The slide came down late this morning, hitting three homes in the remote community about 70 kilometres north of Nelson.Bill MacPherson speaks for the Central Kootenay Regional District. "Four residents are unaccounted for.  It's trying … [Read more...]

DEVELOPING STORY: Documents damaging for Clark Liberals

More trouble for Christy Clark's Liberals. The NDP has freedom-of-information documents it says show the government had no intention of privatizing the liquor distribution branch warehouses, until Exel logisitics presented it's own business plan. The NDP says Exel employs several BC Liberal insiders, including Patrick Kinsella. The NDP says the … [Read more...]

Local Politcian has to explan body parts story to his son

A Vancouver City Councillor is among the False Creek Elementary School parents, who've had to explain the grizzly discovery to their children. N-P-A Councillor George Affleck says he's shocked and horrified about the developments. He says "the students were unaware of what was going on. My son came home and didn't even know what had happened, so we … [Read more...]

Developing story: PST coming back

Finance Minister Kevin Falcon has introduced Bill 54, committing the government to re-introduce the Provincial Sales Tax by April 1, 2013 with all permanent exemptions as promised. The single act replaces decades of bills and regulations, simplifies language and administration. The bill lays out general exemptions for snacks, food and fuel, but a … [Read more...]

“Toy Story 3” Scribe Pens “Catching Fire”

Oscar-winning scribe Michael Arndt ("Little Miss Sunshine," "Toy Story 3") is in talks to perform re-writes on the script for 'Hunger Games' sequel "Catching Fire" at Lionsgate reports Heat Vision. "Slumdog Millionaire" scribe Simon Beaufoy signed on to adapt the Suzanne Collins novel a while back when Gary Ross was attached to direct. Now with … [Read more...]

A continuing story in Chase

RCMP in the interior town are involved in a standoff with a man who's holed up in a bank. Cpl. Dan Moskaluk says the man is armed with a gun and a knife but he says reports the suspect has an explosive device are un-confirmed, "With respect to who this individual is, this has not been concretely established. The motives for his actions or his … [Read more...]

“Braveheart” Story Becomes A Series

STV Productions, Digital Rights Group, Nine/8 Entertainment and Creative Media are all teaming to develop "Wallace", a historical dramatic television series based on the life of Scottish legend William Wallace reports The Live Feed. Said to be akin to recent cable series hits like Starz's "Spartacus" and HBO's "Game of Thrones", the project … [Read more...]