The Twilight Saga: Eclipse Filming In Coquitlam BC Today

The Twilight Saga: Eclipse began its third to last week of filming today in Vancouver, BC. Eclipse filming continued in the Minnekhada Park region of Coquitlam today as well as in studio. While the third Twilight...

Nvidia to launch DirectX 11 in 2009?

Nvidia has annouced that they will be the first one to launch DirectX11. This will be one shocking news for all the hardcore gamers! Both Nvidia and ATI promised that DirectX will launch in Q4 2009. However, their...

The Future of the Port Mann Bridge

Last month, the BC government unveiled its plans to replace the Port Mann Bridge with a new 10-lane bridge rather than having it twinned. The planned completion date is 2013 and construction has already begun. BC...

What are our children learning?

One major focus in schools from elementary to post secondary, is what kids are being taught in their classes. Well, the issue that I propose is what is not being taught. The bread and butter of any post secondary enrollment are mathematics and English. Articulation and...

My View on the Evergreen Skytrain Line

            Everyday  I  wake up have breakfast then go to school. My commute consists of two buses and a sky train ride with a transfer in...

Coquitlam's Evergreen Line soon to become reality

On Feb 25, 2009 Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced $350 million boost towards the much anticipated construction of the Evergreen Line to Coquitlam. Addressing a crowd at a news conference in Burnaby, Harper received a standing ovation from a BC Liberals and Tri-City...

Macquarie signals huge losses day after P3 mega-bridge announced

Just a day after the B.C. Liberal government announced plans to supersize the new Port Mann bridge crossing comes news that the project's private partner is facing major write-downs on its other infrastructure funds and equity investments. In an operating update released...

And It Begins: 3 Gangland slayings in 24 hours in Metro Vancouver

Barry Artiste Op/Ed Anyone following the Crime Beat. Like who really didn't see this one coming? It'll be getting worse before it gets any better as a rash of killings in 24 hours seem to be related. " Three...

Economy is a sleeping giant says Coquitlam's new mayor

Faiza Zia KhanThe newly elected city council of Coquitlam took oath to "faithfully perform the duties of my office, " in an elegant ceremony at the city council chambers on Dec 01, 2008.As tradition calls the...

Urban Transit Exercise on West Coast Express Train

Now Public Contributer on scene: On Sunday, November 23rd, at approximately 9:00 A.M., an explosion occurred on a West Coast Express commuter train while it was travelling through Coquitlam, BC. approximately...

The Sopranos redux

Sometimes reality can be stranger than fiction. "Coquitlam RCMP and a local newspaper say they have been contacted by an anonymous tipster who claims he has the bullet-riddled body of an escaped gangster stored in...

Golf Club Limits Members (Asians) to English Speakers: British Columbia

Opinion Barry Artiste. Wow, Golf a sport for Rednecks, who knew? Vancouver and the lower mainland of British Columbia, long a bastion of multiculturalism and diversity got a direct bogey in the “Gonads”, when...

Thanks to minister, folk-festival patrons shall overcome towing fines

Ha, the Government is picking up the tab for the towing cost- so says the Globe and Mail; I hope I helped to instigate this! Thanks Mike for letting me know! Nonetheless, we' re indirectly paying for it; and so it...

Catholic communities return Order of Canada medals

Two Order of Canada medals have already been returned since abortion-rights activist Henry Morgentaler received his just over a week ago. Both medal denyers are Catholics who oppose Dr. Morgentaler's pro-abortion work.The medals represent the highest Canadian honour and are...

Outraged priest returns Order of Canada medal

A priest in Coquitlam, BC has returned his Order of Canada (in the Canadain post no less) because he says that the appointment of abortion activist Henry Morgentaler 'degrades the order'."Lucien Larre, a...

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