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| Mar 22, 2024 | Canada, British Columbia, and local partners invest more than $98 million in water infrastructure improvements across the province | CANADA, March 22 - From Infrastructure Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/office-infrastructure/news/2024/03/canada-british-columbia-and-local-partners-invest-more-than-98-million-in-water-infrastructure-improvements-across-the-province.html
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| Sep 25, 2023 | Canucks: Goaltender Ty Young gets signed, then gets cut | The Vancouver Canucks’ goalie development conveyor belt remains robust.
The NHL team announced Monday they’d signed prospect Ty Young to a three-year entry level contract, which won’t kick in until next year.
Young was drafted in 2022 and i... |
| Jun 30, 2022 | Vancouver's KiSS FM has been playing Rage Against the Machine on repeat. Why? | Article content
Vancouver radio station KiSS Radio was giving listeners déjà vu on Wednesday by playing a Rage Against the Machine song on repeat. |
| Jun 13, 2022 | 14 arrested after protesters block Massey Tunnel, Ironworkers Memorial Bridge | Article content
A group of environmental protesters blocked three major thoroughfares in Metro Vancouver and Vancouver Island on Monday, causing disruptions and delays to rush-hour traffic. |
| May 27, 2022 | Canucks: Brock Boeser says his final goodbye to his father Duke | Article content
Before Brock Boeser’s first game in the NHL, Vancouver Canucks coach Willie Desjardins pulled out a surprise – he invited Boeser’s dad Duke into the dressing room to read out the team’s starting lineup for the night. |
| May 22, 2022 | Vancouver Canucks confirm coaching shakeup, three assistants out | Article content
The Vancouver Canucks have confirmed that three assistants won’t be returning to their coaching roles with the team next season. |
| May 5, 2022 | Fire & Flood: B.C. is facing two extremes — is your community ready? | Article content
In Part 1 of the series, Fire & Flood: Facing Two Extremes, our four-month investigation reveals that B.C. has fallen dangerously short of what’s required to protect our cities and towns from extreme weather events like ... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | How many new homes are needed in Metro Vancouver? The number is shocking | Article content
Kayce Hopwood keeps her food in sealed plastic bins, stacked precariously high on her kitchen table, so the mice inside her Richmond apartment won’t eat it. |
| Apr 11, 2022 | B.C. suspect in 'multiple' murders pleads guilty to armed robbery in Seattle | Article content
A high-ranking member of the Brothers Keepers gang who fled to the U.S. while a suspect in “multiple” murders in Canada has pleaded guilty in Seattle to armed robbery. |
| Apr 11, 2022 | COVID-19 update for April 11: WHO tracking two new Omicron variants | No mask mandate in Ontario despite sixth wave | Getting COVID twice more common as immunity wanes | Article content
Here’s your daily update with everything you need to know on the COVID-19 situation in B.C. and around the world for April 11, 2022. |
| Apr 11, 2022 | Vancouver penthouse owner can't keep amenity space to himself as city refuses to amend permit | Article content
The City of Vancouver has refused an application by developer Concord Pacific to amend a permit so its president and CEO, Terry Hui, can keep a massive amenity space for his sole use in a Yaletown luxury condo where he owns ... |
| Apr 10, 2022 | COVID-19: Suspended B.C. doctor on speaking tour warns parents about vaccinating their kids | Article content
A doctor suspended by the College of Physicians and Surgeons for allegedly disseminating false narratives about COVID-19 is on a speaking tour of the B.C. Kootenays to warn parents about the risks of vaccinating kids. |
| Apr 9, 2022 | IHIT called in after man dies in Maple Ridge shooting | Article content
Ridge Meadows RCMP confirm a man has died in a shooting in Maple Ridge Saturday afternoon. |
| Apr 9, 2022 | Many seniors exercised, socialized less during the pandemic. That needs to change | Article content
Hilary Clark was 89 and fit when the pandemic arrived two years ago. |
| Apr 8, 2022 | As COVID-19 cases creep back up, mask mandate needed, says B.C. disease modeller | Article content
As B.C. drops its vaccine passport, a member of the province’s COVID-19 Modelling Group is calling on businesses to encourage people to mask up. |
| Apr 8, 2022 | End of vaccine card in B.C. too soon as BA.2 variant spreads: doctor | Article content
It’s too early to drop all COVID-19 restrictions, including proof of vaccination at indoor venues, as infections rise in British Columbia due to a “let it rip” approach for managing the virus, a retired emergency room doctor... |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Vancouver to lose thousands of parking meters crucial for securing bicycles | Article content
A City of Vancouver decision to eliminate 5,500 single-space parking meters over the next two years will lead to a major loss of bike-locking opportunities for two-wheeled commuters, according to councillor Pete Fry. |
| Apr 7, 2022 | Victim of Penticton dumpster tragedy had been turned away from homeless shelter | Article content
A 52-year-old man who has now died after being crushed in the back of a garbage truck on Tuesday morning was turned away the previous night from the old Victory Church homeless shelter, The Herald has learned. |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Why is NHL goal scoring up? Skill, speed, stoppers, striplings behind surge | Across the National Hockey League, goals are up.
The numbers are clear.
So far in the 2021-22 season, 6.24 goals have been scored per game.
That’s the highest rate of goals scored in two-and-a-half decades. In 1995-96, The average NHL game ... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | Ban on foreigners buying residential properties not likely to have an impact on Metro Vancouver prices, experts say | Article content
A federal government ban on most foreigners buying homes for two years expected in Thursday’s budget is “virtue signalling” and not likely to impact prices in Metro Vancouver, local experts say. |
| Apr 5, 2022 | Dan Fumano: Is this the end of 'single-family zoning' in Vancouver? | Article content
In the tree-lined side streets that make up most of Vancouver’s residential land, nothing but single detached houses were allowed to be built for most of the past century. |
| Apr 5, 2022 | COVID-19: B.C. to offer fourth vaccine doses for elderly, immunocompromised | Article content
B.C. health officials are gearing up for a spring booster program targeting the elderly and Care home operators are ecstatic that the province will offer a second COVID-19 booster dose to seniors over 70 and immunocompromise... |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Cruise ship headed to Victoria had 'lots of COVID' on board, passenger says | Article content
VICTORIA — A Canadian passenger aboard the Caribbean Princess said there was “lots of COVID-19” on the cruise ship, which has cancelled its scheduled stops in Victoria and Vancouver this week. |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Troubling trend as more of Vancouver's retail spaces sit empty | Article content
Commercial retail vacancies in half of Vancouver’s 22 business improvement areas are higher than what is considered healthy, a troubling trend akin to the widespread unaffordability seen in the housing market. |
| Apr 4, 2022 | Judge declines to order sale of 'forever home' owned by two Vancouver couples | Article content
A judge has declined to order the sale of a Vancouver duplex that was purchased more than 20 years ago by two couples and was originally intended to be their “forever home.” |
| Apr 3, 2022 | COVID-19: Five things to watch for this week in B.C. | Article content
Things seem to have changed over the past week, as the drop in hospitalizations faltered and COVID-19 levels in wastewater began to rise. |
| Apr 3, 2022 | ICBC bill to cyclist reinforces need for riders to have insurance, advocates say | Article content
A year ago Derek Wilson had dismounted from his bicycle to use the crosswalk on Comeau Lake Road in Coquitlam when a sports car turning right hit him, swooping him onto the car’s hood and windshield with his bike on top of h... |
| Apr 3, 2022 | Vancouver dispensaries hope to spur legalization by selling magic mushrooms | Article content
Several dispensaries selling magic mushrooms have opened recently in Vancouver in defiance of federal legislation. |
| Apr 2, 2022 | IHIT called in, man charged after Surrey resident killed in Friday shooting | Article content
A 48-year-old man has died following a shooting incident in Surrey on Friday afternoon. |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Borders busy on first day after COVID-19 test lifted for arriving travellers | Article content
Washington state border towns were flooded with a sight they haven’t seen much of over the past two years — B.C. licence plates — on the first day Ottawa dropped required COVID-19 tests at Canada’s border. |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Green Party's Elizabeth May tests positive for COVID-19 | Article content
OTTAWA — Green Party of Canada MP Elizabeth May says she has tested positive for COVID-19. |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Transit police discover card skimmers at Canada Line Compass card vending machines | Article content
Translink Police have recovered three skimming devices used to steal banking information on Compass card vending machines on the Canada Line. |
| Mar 31, 2022 | Construction giant sues Metro Vancouver for $250 million over North Shore sewage plant | Article content
Responsibility for delays and cost overruns on construction of Metro Vancouver’s now $1-billion North Shore wastewater treatment plant will be decided by the courts. |
| Mar 30, 2022 | B.C. cyclist hit by car gets $3,752 bill from ICBC for car's damage | Article content
Ben Bolliger was shocked to open the mail last week and see a bill from ICBC for $3,752.01. |
| Mar 30, 2022 | Words 'he', 'she', 'himself' and 'herself' taken out of B.C. regulations | Article content
Almost 750 instances of outdated gendered language have been removed or updated in 138 provincial regulations so far in 2022, according to the B.C. government. |
| Mar 29, 2022 | B.C. manages cybersecurity risks posed by staff working from home: audit | Article content
VICTORIA — B.C.’s auditor-general says the government has effective tools in place to manage cybersecurity risks that could arise from an increase in public service employees working from home during COVID-19. |
| Mar 28, 2022 | B.C.'s Homebuyer Protection Period wont be in place until late spring | Article content
B.C. Minister of Finance Selina Robinson says details of the government’s plan to introduce a cooling-off period for homebuyers will not be revealed until late spring. |
| Mar 28, 2022 | COVID-19: Two-tiered vaccine exemption system favours public servants, lawyer argues | Article content
A lawyer for some of the unvaccinated health-care workers in B.C. who were fired from their jobs says the province has created an unfair, two-tiered system for those seeking vaccination exemptions for medical reasons. |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Why a lot of home equity won't guarantee refinancing your mortgage | Q: I went through a nasty divorce about 10 years ago and ended up having to borrow some money from my family for the down payment on a townhouse for my kids and myself. I’m on a fixed income and try to be very careful with money so that we ... |
| Feb 3, 2022 | Canucks mid-season report card: Nothing but net? Not quite, but it’s close | It’s the NHL All-Star break and the Vancouver Canucks are 20-20-6, sitting seventh in the Pacific Division.
They’re on their second coach and second GM of the season. The playoffs are a flickering dream.
What do we make of this team?
Coming... |
| Jan 27, 2022 | Canucks week ahead: Road ‘worriers’ hope they’ve put COVID-19 in the rearview mirror | The Vancouver Canucks, again, find themselves on a crucial four-game road trip.
They play four conference opponents on this upcoming sojourn, and need to start piling up some wins to have any hope of making the NHL playoffs.
They have been ... |
| Jan 15, 2022 | Canucks Game Day: Visitors hope hosts won’t be raising ’Cane in morning match | VANCOUVER CANUCKS
(16-17-3, 7th in Pacific Division)
at CAROLINA HURRICANES
(24-8-2, 2nd in Metropolitan Division)
Saturday, 10 a.m. PT, PNC Arena.
TV: Sportsnet. Radio: Sportsnet 650 AM. WHY WATCH?
The Canucks have lost two straight. They ... |
| Jan 14, 2022 | Canucks by the numbers: Taking fewer penalties less of a killer | Want a better penalty kill? Start by taking fewer penalties.
That’s an adage that both men who have served as Vancouver Canucks head coach this season have uttered.
Travis Green couldn’t get his team to take fewer penalties. Bruce Boudreau,... |
| Dec 26, 2021 | Canucks: Healthy again, Myers and Motte are eager to get back to action | When it comes to COVID-19, the mood around the NHL is shifting toward confusion, at least.
A week ago, Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman criticized league’s protocols that were taking players with mild symptoms or even those w... |
| Dec 9, 2021 | Canucks week ahead: New era gets an extended home run | It’s a new era in Canucks management, with the hirings of Jim Rutherford as president/interim general manager and Bruce Boudreau as head coach.
Will things actually be any different in the short term, though? Owner Francesco Aquilini clearl... |
| Nov 29, 2021 | How to prepare for life’s financial emergencies | Q: A few of us almost lost our townhouses to a flash flood. A nearby creek overflowed and thankfully neighbours were able to help with sandbags and we managed to save our homes. However, it got us thinking about what could have happened and... |
| Nov 15, 2021 | Five steps to take in the 10 years before retirement | Q: My husband and I really don’t follow our finances all that well. Our budget works and we don’t have much debt, basically just our mortgage, and some money owing on our line of credit from helping our youngest buy her condo. We pay off ou... |
| Nov 14, 2021 | The Skate: So what now? | It is not a good start to the year and everyone knows it.
There’s plenty of chatter swirling about changes.
Sure, maybe this is it.
But we’ve also seen this movie before.
In 2016, the Vancouver Canucks lost nine games in a row. And it was “... |
| Oct 18, 2021 | Top money management tips that everyone can do | Q: My wife and I got married about five years ago. We both finished our post secondary education and found jobs in our chosen careers. We thankfully were able to keep working during the pandemic and managed to pay extra down on our debt. We... |
| Oct 5, 2021 | Canucks’ Conor Garland doesn’t mind getting short end of the stick | He’s listed in your program at 5-foot-10, but new Vancouver Canucks winger Conor Garland will cop to the truth when asked: He’s really 5-foot-8 .
And that means the stick he was using last season would be best suited for a 14-year-old boy .... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Canucks' special teams getting special look as opening-night roster starts to take shape | When the skates hit the ice Wednesday at Rogers Arena, the course going forward was obvious: There may still be two weeks before the 2021-22 regular season opens, but the Vancouver Canucks are already starting to look towards their opening-... |
| Aug 26, 2021 | Protect plants from pests with insect netting or floating row covers | Q. After growing bulbing onions successfully for the past few years, I was astonished and dismayed this year to see the plants topple over and die before they could begin forming bulbs. I pulled a few up, to find their bases had gone squish... |
| Jul 9, 2021 | Canucks top 10 prospects: Arvid Costmar gets an edge with will added to skill | The Vancouver Canucks have a trio of centre prospects, all of whom look like, at best, fourth-line centres if all plays out for them.
But it’s very clear that Arvid Costmar, No. 9 on our 2021 Top-10 Canucks prospects list, has the best chan... |
| Jul 2, 2021 | Canucks to announce AHL Abbotsford's team name July 9 | The American Hockey League hockey’s rebirth in Abbotsford is yet another step closer to reality.
The Vancouver Canucks told season ticket holders in an email on Friday that their AHL squad — relocated from Utica, N.Y. and set to begin play ... |
| Apr 30, 2021 | TSN fires Whitecaps play-by-play announcer Peter Schaad | TSN has turfed Vancouver Whitecaps TV play-by-plan man Peter Schaad.
No immediate reasons were given for the change, although Bell Media, TSN’s parent company, has been aggressively cutting costs in its ranks, including the unexpected and u... |
| Jan 8, 2021 | Patrick Johnston: A grab bag of 2020-21 Canucks cap considerations | Some random items for your consideration: What to do with Mike DiPietro?
It would be best for the young man to play games.
That said, the Canucks are required under the special roster rules governing this season to have three goalies on han... |
| Dec 13, 2020 | Sunday Briefing | #120 | Welcome to this edition of the Vancouver Tech Journal Sunday Briefing, your bi-weekly roundup of Vancouver innovation stories and insights.
Last week, reporters explored the steep drop in local venture financing; the Vancouver company provi... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | ‘Calgary Canucks’ keep loading up, not Josh-ing when they landed Leivo | The truth is, there already is a team called the Calgary Canucks (courtesy of the Alberta Junior Hockey League), but you can understand why people were making that nickname a joke over the weekend after Josh Leivo became the third player wh... |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Canucks turnover in net the big story in free agency | Free agency day started slowly bit picked up steam.
The Canucks have a new goalie in Braden Holtby . That was the big highlight. Tyler Motte was re-signed too.
Jacob Markstrom and Chris Tanev went to Calgary.
And the Canucks still have hole... |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Patrick Johnston: Canucks sign Holtby to replace Markstrom in net | At the end of the day, the budget ruled everything for the Vancouver Canucks.
Jacob Markstrom is out, Braden Holtby is in.
Markstrom, the team’s MVP the past two seasons was seeking an annual figure and term that combined were too rich for ... |
| Sep 13, 2020 | How Terry Fox, Today’s Google Doodle, Ran For Cancer Research | Pictured here is the Terry Fox Memorial near Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada. (Photo by: Education ... [+] Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty Images |
| Aug 14, 2020 | Canucks 4, Blues 3 (OT): Bo-lieve it! Horvat nets OT winner, boosting series lead to 2-0 | Playoff hockey is fierce stuff.
If the St. Louis Blues were guilty of being a bit sleepy in the series opener on Wednesday, they were “woke” in Game 2 on Friday. Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat, though, continues to be the most dominant... |
| Jul 26, 2020 | Don't be surprised if John Chayka lands in Buffalo | Three items to line up together about soon to be ex-Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka:
1 According to Craig Morgan, who covers the Coyotes closer than anyone, Chayka’s chance to pursue a “professional opportunity” over and above j... |
| Jun 28, 2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #108 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
Canadian venture-capital investment is down for the first and second... |
| Jun 26, 2020 | Finding Big Country documentary lands on ESPN | Kat Jayme has slammed another dunk.
The Vancouver filmmaker’s name will flash across American TV screens next week in one of the most high-profile ways possible: her film Finding Big Country is going to play on ESPN.
The American sports cha... |
| May 24, 2020 | The Sunday Briefing | #103 | The Vancouver Tech Journal brings you news, insight, opinions, and the lesser-known stories from Vancouver's innovation ecosystem. This is The Sunday Briefing. Enjoy.
My latest piece of writing is a profile of Rich Osborn, the managing... |
| Apr 23, 2020 | Netting helps keep garden pests away | Q. What vegetables need to be covered with some sort of barrier to pests that infest them?
A. I use a lightweight floating row cover or insect netting to cover carrots, beets and spinach, onions, and cabbage family vegetables – but only bec... |
| Jan 30, 2020 | Canucks at 50: Bure's bitter breakaway from Vancouver netted blue-chip talent in deal | The Jan. 18, 1999 trade that saw Pavel Bure traded to the Florida Panthers was the final nail in the coffin of the squad that Pat Quinn had assembled and nearly reached Stanley Cup glory in 1994.
It also could be seen as the opening of the ... |
| Nov 4, 2019 | Vancouver Tech Journal | #81 | In this week’s Sunday Briefing, read about Vancouver real estate and tech growth in the New York Times; how Vancouver small businesses are struggling to find cybersecurity talent; Lyft’s very Vancouver-themed advertising campaign; and 20 ot... |
| Aug 20, 2019 | Canadian Court Upholds Vanbex Asset Seizure | A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has upheld an asset seizure from Lisa Cheng and Kevin Hobbs, principles of a “blockchain consultancy” called Vanbex, who, according to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), conducted an allegedly f... |
| Jul 27, 2018 | DGB Grab Bag: Luong-Owned, Cap Circumvention, and Iginla's "The Shift" | Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: Roberto Luongo – Oh come on, as if anyone in Montreal these days should be able to recognize what a decent hockey player looks like.
The second star: P.K. Subban – Word of advice from personal experienc... |
| Jul 13, 2018 | DGB Grab Bag: Boston's Self Own, Summer of Ovi Rages On, and No Sign and Trades | Three Stars of Comedy
The third star: NBC Sports Boston – Their twitter account decided to make a joke about the Blackhawks playing at Notre Dame. It ended up being the equivalent of cutting across the blueline with your head down and getti... |
| Feb 2, 2018 | DGB Grab Bag: Goodbye Jagr, Hello Whalers, and Brad Marchand, Comedy Star? | Three Stars of Comedy (All-Star weekend edition)
The All-Star weekend is weird. It's pretty much the only time all year that NHL players are allowed to show any personality, or at least try to. Some jump at the opportunity. Most don�... |
| Jan 13, 2017 | Down Goes Brown Grab Bag: Shootouts, Games in Hand, and Wayne Gretzky's Office | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's weekly grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter. Check out the Biscuits podcast with Sean and Dave Lozo as they discuss the events of the week.)
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| Dec 9, 2016 | Down Goes Brown Grab Bag: Cool Kids, Retaliation Fights, and Non-Rebuilding Canucks | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's weekly grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter. Check out the Biscuits podcast with Sean and Dave Lozo as they discuss the events of the week.)
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| Jul 1, 2016 | Down Goes Brown's Grab Bag: Stamkos, Tampering, and a Bizarre Jagr Trade | (Editor's note: Welcome to Sean McIndoe's Friday grab bag, where he writes on a variety of NHL topics. You can follow him on Twitter.)
Three stars of comedy
The third star: Jaromir Jagr's heart—After unsuccessfully trying to ... |
| Jul 21, 2015 | A Man Says He Is Getting Evicted Because a Stranger Got a BJ on His Back Porch | Read: This Woman Claims She Can Give Blowjobs That Are So Good, They're Fatal
A single father in Canada is being evicted after his landlord saw a guy getting some head on the tenant's back porch, but the 54-year-old man swears he ... |
| Jul 17, 2015 | The Value of Water on the West Coast — And Why California Is So Screwed | From the parched rivers of California to the brown lawns and raging wildfires of British Columbia, the value of water along the West Coast has become hard to ignore. Record-breaking dry spells have sparked conservation edicts from authoriti... |
| Jun 15, 2014 | Canadian Anti-Pipeline Activists Had Their Computers Confiscated Over Graffiti Charges | This article originally appeared on VICE Canada.
“Get down on the ground!” Vancouver police shouted at Gord Hill and his girlfriend as they raided their house last week, with their handgun pointed at his chest.
In an interview, the Kwakwaka... |
| Jun 2, 2014 | Google disrupted as Tiananmen anniversary approaches | China has been reportedly clamping down on the service for the last four days
(Updated to reflect comment from Google)
Google and China have had a pretty contentious history, for the last few years at least, and for good reason: the country... |
| Feb 25, 2014 | Is Vancouver's Wreck Beach Crackdown For Real? | Photo from the 15th annual Wreck Beach Bare Buns run, via.
I may not live in Vancouver anymore, but every time I go back, there are little differences that make returning feel like bizarro world. The latest victim of the west coast weed cap... |
| Sep 25, 2013 | Debt fight may be an opportunity for device tax repeal | MassDevice.com On Call | MASSDEVICE ON CALL — There’s not much talk of silver linings in the Congressional quagmire over the debt ceiling, but medical device industry lobbying group AdvaMed’s president & CEO Steve Ubl sees things a bit differently.
Support has ... |
| May 14, 2013 | Former Maple Leaf GM Sues Bloggers For Posting Rumors About His Firing, Spreads Rumors Far & Wide | By now, you probably know the Streisand Effect storyline. Obscure person X says something famous person Y either doesn’t want known or doesn’t like, famous person Y sues or threatens to sue, thereby vaulting the entire episode into a media ... |
| Feb 26, 2013 | Cyberbullying of teens increasing with smartphones, mobile Internet access | Article content
One in five online Canadian teens say they have witnessed people they know being bullied on social networking sites, according to an Ipsos Reid study released today.
Close to one in 10 — eight per cent – of the teens report ... |
| Aug 20, 2012 | BlackBerry smartphone maker Research in Motion begins job cuts by slashing a quarter of its Nova Scotia workforce | Embattled BlackBerry smartphone maker Research in Motion has begun its latest round of job cuts by laying off just under a quarter of its workforce in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Earlier this month, SmartCompany reported that RIM was expected to ... |
| May 1, 2012 | Facebook Photos Could Derail Plaintiff’s Injury Claim | Here’s another sticky legal question that wouldn’t have existed prior to 2004: a Canadian woman has been ordered by the Supreme Court of British Columbia to submit her personal photos from Facebook as evidence to be used in a damages claim.... |
| Mar 27, 2011 | Apple out of overseas iPad 2 stock by Saturday afternoon | Apple apparently ran out of its iPad 2 supplies by Saturday afternoon in most of the 25 countries where it launched the new tablet computer on Friday.
If it’s true, then Apple is well on its way to having another worldwide hit with the iPad... |
| Aug 13, 2009 | Insurance Company Sues Website Offering Claim Advice… Saying It's Infringing | Yet another example of “entitlement culture,” as companies misuse intellectual property law to try to prop up questionable business models, comes in this latest story, sent in by Jesse. An insurance company in British Columbia, Canada, call... |
| Aug 2, 2009 | BCSFA fires back at William Shatner | The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) is firing back at actor William Shatner, who in a letter to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper last week asked that salmon farms be removed from wild salmon migration routes off no... |
| Ways to water closely spaced plants | Q. To make best use of the space I have for growing vegetables , I have spaced the plantings close together. The close spacing has worked well, except that it has made watering a challenge. The dense foliage canopy of substantial plants lik... |
| Eight tips to get maximum value from your tax refund | Q: Last year I was fortunate to work pretty much the whole year. I graduated from university at the start of the pandemic and I never thought I’d find a great job as soon as I did. After seeing a few online ads for getting your taxes done, ... |
| Keeping score can help fix your credit rating | Q: During the pandemic, we used our credit cards to get by. We knew we’d get back to work eventually so that we could pay them off but it’s taking us longer to do that with the high cost of living. Recently, we applied to refinance our mort... |
| Party at the Angry Beaver: Seattle's hockey bar survives the pandemic to see the Kraken take form | Wednesday was a big day in more ways than one for hockey in Seattle.
Not only did the Seattle Kraken announce their initial batch of players , selected in the NHL Expansion Draft, but a local watering hole was able to host a party in celebr... |
| How to prepare for life’s financial emergencies | Q: A few of us almost lost our townhouses to a flash flood. A nearby creek overflowed and thankfully neighbours were able to help with sandbags and we managed to save our homes. However, it got us thinking about what could have happened and... |
| Protect plants from pests with insect netting or floating row covers | Q. After growing bulbing onions successfully for the past few years, I was astonished and dismayed this year to see the plants topple over and die before they could begin forming bulbs. I pulled a few up, to find their bases had gone squish... |
| Canucks’ Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes deals ‘take time’: agent | The agent for Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes would sign a contract today.
Pat Brisson, the super agent who has long represented Hughes and who added Pettersson as a client earlier this year, told Postmedia this week.
“But sometimes these... |
| Cryptocurrency This Week: Facebook’s Marcus Terms Bitcoin ‘Not A Currency’; ‘Regulation A Must’, Says SBI | Satoshi, the pseudonym used by the creator of Bitcoin has been officially added to the Oxford Dictionary. However, who is Satoshi? Only Satoshi perhaps knows. However, given the popularity of Bitcoin today, Craig Steven Wright and many othe... |
| Canucks welcome Matthew Highmore back to lineup, PK gets tweaked | Returning to the ice with his teammates was a long time coming for Vancouver Canucks winger Matthew Highmore.
He landed on the COVID-19 list two Mondays ago and, fever-free, under the province’s policies would have been eligible to play las... |
| Canucks to announce AHL Abbotsford's team name July 9 | The American Hockey League hockey’s rebirth in Abbotsford is yet another step closer to reality.
The Vancouver Canucks told season ticket holders in an email on Friday that their AHL squad — relocated from Utica, N.Y. and set to begin play ... |
