Vancouver has recorded its 15th traffic fatality of the year. Police say it happened at 8:45 yesterday morning, when a car driven by a 74-year old Burnaby man left the 3500 block of Worthington drive and struck a pole. Police aren't sure if a medical condition caused the crash. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
Bomb threat disrupts downtown traffic
October 4, 2011 by
A potential bomb scare in downtown Vancouver turned out to be harmless but not before Vancouver Police closed the Granville Skytrain Station and intersections around it. A concerned citizen called police about 7:30 pm saying they saw someone leave a package under a parked car in the 600 block Seymour Street. Patrol officers, the ERT, K-9 … [Read more...]
Vection Field controls traffic at SIGGRAPH, fictional cities from the future (video)
August 16, 2011 by
So, let's set the stage. You're walking down a semi-busy street in a semi-foreign city. You're curiously hanging close to the middle of the sidewalk. You bust out your smartphone and figure out that your so-called engagement just got "Complicated." Your gait has an irregularity. You look up and spot what appears to be a local, eerily perturbed and … [Read more...]
Traffic tickets after bus crash near Vancouver
August 15, 2011 by
RICHMOND, B.C. - The RCMP say they've issued traffic tickets to the driver of a bus that crashed near Vancouver, leaving passengers with minor injuries.The crash happened Sunday evening on ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
Get to your lobster roll and blueberry pie faster by avoiding weekend traffic on the Maine Coast.
August 1, 2011 by
Weekend traffic heading to the Maine Coast along its feeder roads, I–95 and U.S. 1, can be brutally frustrating, especially at the tollbooths. If you travel midweek instead (or outside of peak season), you won't find yourself nearly as stymied. Fodor's Travel Wire … [Read more...]
