Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty got a rude welcome in his hometown yesterday from a group of about 10 protesters who attempted to crash his lunchtime speech to the Canadian Club at the Chateau Laurier. “We waited until he was speaking,” said Dan Sawyer, of the Ottawa anti-poverty group Under Pressure. “We wanted to make sure he was in the room … [Read more...]
“War,” T5 Stick With Their ‘R’ Ratings
January 27, 2012 by
When McG makes a gritty action film like "Terminator Salvation" it gets a PG-13, when he tries to do a rom-com with some light action in it - it gets an R. Fox's "This Means War", starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, has lost its appeal to the MPAA to have its R rating reduced to a PG-13 reports Reuters. The board upheld the … [Read more...]
Billboards still hurt their eyes
January 12, 2012 by
A Vancouver City Councillor is trying to address the complaints he says are still coming in about the bright lights around BC Place. It's been more than three months since people living near the newly renovated stadium started complaining that its billboards were keeping them up at night. Geoff Meggs says that issue hasn't gone away and … [Read more...]
Putting their best foot forward to end violence
December 7, 2011 by
Seven hundred pairs of women’s shoes lined the stairs outside the Vancouver Art Gallery yesterday to commemorate some 850 women killed by men over the past two decades in British Columbia. The ninth annual shoe memorial, which originated as a way to remember women killed in abusive relationships, coincides with the National Day of Remembrance and … [Read more...]
Kwantlen Students Moving to Impeach their Student Association Directors
November 28, 2011 by
Calling their student association unaccountable and secretive, a group of Kwantlen students is taking matters into their own hands. The group is making a bid to impeach thirteen current k-s-a directors at a special general meeting on Wednesday. It comes after the discovery several current directors and their proxies are related or connected … [Read more...]
B.C. Lions ready to reclaim their den
October 1, 2011 by
The B.C. Lions are ready to reclaim BC Place stadium as their new home. The players set foot for the first time Thursday at the newly decked-out stadium and they can’t wait to experience all the bells and whistles of the $ 563-million makeover when they play against the Edmonton Eskimos Friday. David Podmore, chair of PavCO, promises the public … [Read more...]
“Cloud Atlas” Directors Split Their Duties
August 22, 2011 by
The ambitious adaptation of David Mitchell's novel "Cloud Atlas" for Warner Bros. Pictures and Focus International is getting split into two, at least behind the scenes according to The Hollywood Reporter. Filmmakers Tom Tykwer and the Wachowski siblings will shoot parallel to each other using two separate film crews. Though not confirmed, it's … [Read more...]
Volunteers share the fruits of their labour
July 25, 2011 by
Vancouver Fruit Tree Project pickers harvested the first two cherry trees of the season this week, marking the organization's 12th year.Over the coming weeks volunteers will be picking ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
