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Tableau Software opens Vancouver office, hiring staff
Tableau, a global leader in business analytics and data visualization software, has joined Vancouver’s tech community. The Seattle-based software company, which was co-founded by Vancouver-native Chris...
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Vancouver media strategist Paula Skaper talks about business of ‘viral videos’
Last week I talked to Vancouver media strategist Paula Skaper, president of Kinetix Media Communications, for a story I wrote on Jordan Devente, a North Vancouver man who recently signed a...
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Five things about Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canada’s new justice minister
Jody Wilson-Raybould, rookie MP for Vancouver-Granville, has been appointed minister of justice by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. V.Proud 2 be named Minister of Justice & Attorney General of...
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Five things about Carla Qualtrough, Canada’s new minister for sport and...
Carla Qualtrough, a former Paralympic swimmer, was appointed Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Needless to say, this shoutout means a lot!...
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Five things about Harjit Sajjan, Canada’s new minister of defence
Vancouver South MP Harjit Sajjan has been appointed Canada’s new defence minister by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Here are 5 things you should know about the 44-year-old former Canadian soldier and...
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Sophon Sek gets more than 5 years in jail
A month after pleading guilty to gun and drug charges, Sophon Sek has been sentenced to just over five years in jail. Sek was sentenced in Surrey Provincial Court Tuesday. His net term is five years,...
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Abby police frustrated with lack of cooperation from victim
Abbotsford Police are once again investigating a shooting where the wounded victim is refusing to cooperate. It’s a frustrating situation, Const. Ian MacDonald said in an interview Thursday. “When you...
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Game of Thrones S1 Steelbook unboxing and Dolby Atmos test (with video)
HBO Home Entertainment released the Game of Thrones Blu-ray Steelbook seasons 1 and 2 on November 3, 2015. The shiny packaging features a new box design by Elastic, the agency responsible for the...
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VPD on scene of city’s 14th murder of 2015
A man has died after an altercation in Vancouver near National Avenue and Station Street. Vancouver Police major crime investigators are on the scene of the city’s 14th murder. Const. Brian Montague...
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Charge laid in Vancouver murder
A 23-year-old Vancouver woman has been charged with second-degree murder in the slaying of a man near Station Street and National Avenue Friday morning. Vancouver Police say accused killer Sadie...
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Mounties looking for Surrey man in alleged abduction
Chilliwack RCMP are looking for a suspect in the alleged abduction Thursday of a Yarrow woman. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Montgomery James Ash, 21, on charges of break and enter with...
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More shots in Surrey, no injuries reported
Surrey RCMP is investigating reports that shots were fired between two vehicles in Newton Sunday afternoon. Officers found shell casings and two damaged vehicles after responding to 911 calls about...
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Remembrance Day: Your guide to honouring Canadian heroes on Nov. 11
Every Nov. 11 Canadians gather around their local cenotaph to lay wreaths, hear speeches, listen to a bugler push out The Last Post, and bear witness to our surviving heroes who congregate at that spot...
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Vancouver fashion brand Kit and Ace launches ‘investigation’ after online fur...
Kit and Ace, the Vancouver-based fashion brand funded by Lululemon founder Chip Wilson, is taking some heat on social media after a National Observer report revealed the company is selling a hat topped...
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Small grant for more for anti-gang presentations
The B.C. government has committed $10,000 to anti-gang presentations done by the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit. The small grant was announced Tuesday in Abbotsford by Justice Minister...
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Richmond man facing extradition for New York drug smuggling charges
When longshoreman Alvin Randhawa’s brother Alexie was arrested in California for possession of 107 kilograms of cocaine in 2008, Alvin wrote a glowing reference letter to the U.S. judge. “My brother...
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Bralorne man pleads guilty to heli-smuggling
A popular resident of the tiny B.C. community of Bralorne has pleaded guilty in Seattle to smuggling ecstasy and marijuana across the border by helicopter. Bruce Allan Simon, 51, entered the guilty...
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Pivot says VPD won’t comment on if it has controversial Stingray
All the Pivot Legal Society wanted to know was whether the Vancouver Police Department had purchased or wanted to get a controversial surveillance device known as the StingRay. The community group was...
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Students unleash flood of Hotline Bling videos to lure Drake to UBC
Maybe you thought the Drake/Hotline Bling meme thing was over when NDP leader Thomas Mulcair busted out his dance moves inside a coloured lightbox for This Hour Has 22 Minutes. You were wrong. It...
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Vancouver Aquatic Centre closed due to flooding
UPDATE: Vancouver Aquatic Centre is open again. The @VanAquaticCentr is open. Hot tub & the teaching pool will re-open tomorrow at 8am. No Parent&Tot swim today. pic.twitter.com/UdEa1YOhEy —...
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