Vancouver's Police Chief says "about half" the officers under investigation for viewing pornography and other inappropriate images on the job have been disciplined. Jim Chu says there have been several members who have accepted their discipline and the department's working through the other half of officers involved. Chu said … [Read more...]
Vancouver police are half way through punishing members caught viewing porn on the job.
March 8, 2012 by
New RCMP contract moving through system
February 23, 2012 by
BC's Justice Minister says the new deal for the RCMP inked with Ottawa continues to work its way through the sign off stage. Shirley Bond says municipalities who are being briefed on the details will get to decide if they want the deal, or not, "We are finishing the final sign-offs; obviously we need to do that at the Government level. I expect to … [Read more...]
Driver in custody after race through Surrey
February 17, 2012 by
SURREY, B.C. - RCMP in Surrey, B.C., are adding up the damage after a driver used his car to cause a one-man demolition derby.Mounties say the incident began just after midnight when the suspect sped away from a traffic stop near the Newton neighbourhood, racing toward North Surrey.A police pursuit never began, partly because the RCMP helicopter, … [Read more...]
Visualized: futuristic AMELIA aircraft (theoretically) soars through NASA wind tunnel
January 31, 2012 by
It's the Advanced Model for Extreme Lift and Improved Aeroacoustics, and it's the brainchild of many, many intelligent beings planted at California Polytechnic State University. The aircraft has been in design courtesy of a grant from NASA, touting engines above the wings and the ability to achieve shockingly short takeoffs and landings. And did we … [Read more...]
Two dead, four injured, as flames tear through Vancouver Island home
January 25, 2012 by
Two youngsters have died as flames swept through a home on the Nanoose First Nation, north of Nanaimo. Const. Garry O'Brien confirms the seven and 10-year-old children died when the blaze broke out shortly after 5 a.m. He says the house in Lantzville, about 17 kilometres north of Nanaimo, was fully engulfed within minutes, Two adults and two … [Read more...]
Galaxy Nexus shipping now in America: unlocked for $750 through Expansys
November 24, 2011 by
Pre-order, pre-schmorder. Americans more anxious to blow $ 750 on the planet's first Ice Cream Sandwich handset than anything on Black Friday can do so right now, as Samsung's Galaxy Nexus is shipping from the warehouses at Expansys. We've received independent confirmation that orders placed today are shipping out, with the aforesaid tally nabbing … [Read more...]
Fire rips through Vancouver home
October 9, 2011 by
Vancouver firefighters are uncertain whether anyone's been killed in an early morning house fire on West 23rd Avenue near Willow Street. Battalion Chief Tom Laverty says the two storey house is full of debris and his crews are having a tough time searching it. He calls the resident a 'hoarder.' "We were told by some neighbours here that this … [Read more...]
Fusion Garage’s Grid 4 smartphone sails through the FCC, Grid OS details flow from user manual
October 8, 2011 by
Go on, Fusion Garage -- get down with your bad self. While we'd previously heard that the outfit's $ 399 Grid 4 smartphone wouldn't hit shelves until "closer to Q4," a surprise stop by the FCC this morning makes us cautiously optimistic that it'll happen -- at least in the US -- sooner rather than later. For those who've forgotten, this guy's … [Read more...]
‘Canadian spirit’ shines through
September 19, 2011 by
One person can make a difference. Terry Fox is the embodiment of that statement, and it wasn’t lost on more than 650 runners who turned out for the 31st annual Terry Fox Run at Stanley Park yesterday. “He was a young individual who had a lot of determination and courage to set out to do this on his own,” runner Eric Sirianni said. “That’s the … [Read more...]
Sony’s Face-to-Avatar blimp soars through SIGGRAPH, melts the heart of Big Brother (video)
August 16, 2011 by
Telepresence, say hello to your future. Humans, say hello to the next generation of Chancellor Sutler. All jesting aside, there's no question that Big Brother came to mind when eying Sony Computer Science Laboratories' Face-to-Avatar concept at SIGGRAPH. For all intents and purposes, it's a motorized blimp with a front-facing camera, microphone, a … [Read more...]
