Adriax Dix has shed a bit more light on what he considers the "high end" of the individual tax bracket. Speaking in studio with CKNW's Bill Good, he reiterates his position -- that he has to look at the province's budget next spring before he can give a firm figure. But he says he does not consider $ 100,000 a year to be a high income. "We have to … [Read more...]
Premier talks Enbridge, offshore workers and the female vote
October 23, 2012 by
Premier Christy Clark touched on several topics in an hour-long interview with CKNW’s Bill Good, in which she also took questions from callers. Firstly, she continued to paint herself as a defender of the environment when it comes to Enbridge pipeline proposal – a day after environmental groups staged a large anti-pipeline demonstration … [Read more...]
Daniel Rosenberg Talks About User Interaction Design Experience (UX)
October 22, 2012 by
Group Name: Langara College's CS Computer Tech Meetup Location: Langara College Main Campus, A130 - 100 West 49th Ave., Vancouver, BC Cost: Free Wheelchair accessible Daniel Rosenberg, one of the founders of the human-computer interaction (HCI) field, will distill his 33 years of user interaction design experience (UX) into a simple framework that … [Read more...]
B.C.’s agriculture minister talks local meat slaughter
October 8, 2012 by
B.C.'s minister of agriculture says he'll consider calls for meat producers to carry out more slaughter at the local level. This, in the wake of a still-expanding beef recall originating at a federally licenced facility owned by XL Foods in Alberta. "That's what I've asked staff to do, to go back and look at the way we have these slaughter … [Read more...]
Cam Gigandet’s “Johnson” Walks & Talks
October 8, 2012 by
Cam Gigandet and comedian Nick Thune will star in the raunchy indie comedy "Johnson" for 2DS Prods. and Roman's Empire says Variety. Gigandet will play a charismatic womanizer who receives his comeuppance after his penis mysteriously leaves his body and takes human form (Thune). Stripped of his manhood and pitted against his alter ego, he must … [Read more...]
August Talks Original “Dark Shadows” Take
October 3, 2012 by
Tim Burton's film adaptation of the gothic soap opera "Dark Shadows" earlier this Summer was not well received by the critics. Now frequent Burton collaborator John August has revealed to STYD that the previous incarnation of the project was quite different to the product we ended up with. August, who penned the first draft of "Dark Shadows" a … [Read more...]
BCGEU talks to resume
September 24, 2012 by
The BCGEU has announced contract talks with the provincial government will resume this week under a news blackout. Contract talks broke off in June and since then the union has conducted four one-day strikes and implemented an overtime ban. The union represents 25-thousand provincial government employees. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Jude Law Talks “Sherlock Holmes 3”
September 19, 2012 by
Out doing promotion for "Anna Karenina" in Toronto, Jude Law gave Collider a quick update on the progress of a third "Sherlock Holmes" film. "I don't [know when filming begins]. There's certainly talk of it and I know there's a script being played around with, but [Robert] Downey's a busy boy and I'm a busy boy, so we'll see. But we want to [do … [Read more...]
Chris Evans Talks “Captain America” Sequel
September 18, 2012 by
Showing up at the Toronto Film Festival the other week to promote "The Iceman", actor Chris Evans spoke with Collider about how the upcoming sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is progressing. Evans confirmed that filming begins March next year and that he's read up on the Winter Soldier arc in which Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan) has been … [Read more...]
“Dredd” Scribe Talks Trilogy Potential
September 4, 2012 by
Even though "Dredd" hasn't opened yet (it makes its initial global bow in the UK later this week), the film's writer Alex Garland is already talking about sequel possibilities. Talking with fans on 2000AD Online (via Bleeding Cool), Garland spoke about his aims for a possible sequel and what characters from the comics he would incorporate. "If I … [Read more...]
