Car Accident in North Vancouver

I arrived home and found this at the corner of 6th and St. George in North Vancouver. I have no idea what hapened. one neighbour says the truck hit the van.

Vancouver Fashion Week 2008

Vancouver Fashion Week kicked-off in style with a Gala at the Opus Hotel on Wednesday. Hosted by Dawn Chubai, the event allowed the crowd to get a sneak preview of the designs that will be featured throughout the...

Shoppers line up for new H&M store in Vancouver

People started lining up early this morning outside of the new H&M store in Vancouver. The new flagship store is located in Pacific Centre and is the largest H&M store in Canada occupying 28,660 square...

Congress Committee Releases Report on White House Climate Science Manipulation

We've heard the allegations. Now this report confirms that the Bush Administration has systematically censored scientists and edited documents and reports to mislead the public."The evidence before the Committee leads to one inescapable conclusion: the Bush Administration has...

Passport Canada leaks applicant's data

While applying for a new passport an Ontario man discovered that he could see other people's application data by slightly changing the URL of the page he was on. The data included social insurance numbers, driver's license, addresses, phone numbers and other pieces of ID. The...

Sue me! the official mascot of the 2010 Olympic Games

The mascots for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games were unveiled today in a 35-minute live show at the Bell Centre for Performing Arts in Surrey, B.C.There are three mascots and one sidekick:Miga -- a...

Guerrilla restorers fix Pantheon's clock

This story is worthy of a movie. A group known as the Untergunther regularly broke into the Paris Pantheon for a period of one year in order to restore the broken clock on the building. They went as far as building a lounge/workshop with electricity and internet access.When...

New MSN Messenger Trojan Spreading Quickly

If you use MSN Messenger, beware. A new trojan has already infected thousands of computers by sending what looks like picture files from one of your contacts. These files, when opened infect the computer with a...

$25,000 dessert restaurant closed for health violations

Remember Serendipity, the restaurant selling the $25,000 sundae? It was shutdown yesterday after fialing its second health ispection."On Wednesday night, the store, which has been featured in numerous Hollywood films, apparently kept open its wild zoo of filth for inspectors....

Colbert's campaign not a joke?

"The host of Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" will file papers late Wednesday or early Thursday to put his name on South Carolina's Democratic primary ballot"

Shuttle Endeavour Launch: STS-118

UPDATE: Endeavour has just launched. Three minutes into the flight, and the launch has been a great success thus far. Currently the shuttle is traveling 4200 mph and has reached an altitude of 57 miles. The...

American Airlines will offer Wi-Fi access

American Airlines is planning to offer wireless internet access aboard their flights starting in 2008. The cost of the service is still unknown and will be announced when the service is rolled out. "AirCell, the leading wireless data and voice communications provider in...

Director Ingmar Bergman Dies at 89

Film director Ingmar Bergman passed away today on the island of Faro on the Baltic coast of Sweden.New York Times obituary

Spanish translation of latest Potter book hits the internet

Fans of Harry Potter have translated "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" to Spanish and put it online for anyone to read. The translations are available in different formats, including a blog with one chapter...

Olympic athletes may blog again

It looks like the IOC is changing its mind about the ban on blogs written by athletes during the Olympic Games. Currently, the rules prohibit athletes from working as journalists and that includes writing on the internet. "The IOC Press Commission, chaired by Australian...
 

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