Days after a massive quake hit off the BC coast, provincial emergency response teams are looking at what they would do better next time. Chris Duffy, executive director of emergency coordination, says work is underway to have more wide-spread tsunami warnings aired on television in the future. "Hopefully we'll see some forward movement on … [Read more...]
Junior hockey teams could benefit from NHL lockout
September 16, 2012 by
It's official -- for the fourth time in 20 years, the National Hockey League has locked out its players. And it's not just hockey fans that are feeling the impact. But also small businesses -- restaurants, bars set to potentially lose millions of dollars across the province. But CKNW's Dave Pratt says there could also be some big local winners -- … [Read more...]
David Attenborough Teams With Bjork
August 7, 2012 by
Natural history broadcaster David Attenborough and Icelandic musician Bjork are teaming up for Pulse's one-off documentary entitled "Attenborough and Bjork: The Nature of Music" which will be distributed through UK Channel 4 says THR. Attenborough and Bjork are teaming "to tell the story of how and why music has evolved", and "mankind's unique … [Read more...]
Worthington Teams With Schwarzenegger?
July 24, 2012 by
It seems two Terminators are set to meet at last. Sam Worthington ("Terminator Salvation") is in early talks to join Arnold Schwarzenegger ("Terminator 2") in David Ayer's upcoming action-thriller "Ten" at QED International and Open Road Films says Variety. Skip Woods penned the script which follows an elite DEA task force that robs a dangerous … [Read more...]
Bond wants to save funding for rescue teams
April 21, 2012 by
B.C.'s justice minister hopes the federal government will have a change of heart about funding cuts to emergency disaster crews. Shirley Bond says the axe is not slated to drop until March of next year. "We have conveyed through my senior staff in Emergency Management BC our concerns. We have contacted the City of Vancouver immediately upon being … [Read more...]
The Echo Nest teams with Twitter to integrate tweets into music apps
February 8, 2012 by
The Echo Nest, better known as the creature behind the Spotify Radio curtain, is teaming up with Twitter for a pilot program to integrate tweets into music apps of all ages and descriptions. The company has applied its artist extraction technology to Twitter's Verified Accounts in order to identify artists whose Twitter handles are now part of its … [Read more...]
Homeless soccer teams thankful for the pitch
August 11, 2011 by
Vancouver Whitecaps winger Shea Salinas, right, challenges for the ball as members of the MLS team played with Vancouver's homeless soccer team at Oppenheimer Park ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
