Prince George RCMP investigating homicide
RCMP in Prince George are on the hunt for a killer after an autopsy performed revealed Jordan Christian Reno, a 22-year-old Prince George resident, determined the cause of death. RCMP are treating the death as a homicide. Saturday morning, June 23rd, members of the Prince George RCMP located a deceased male on a property...
Winning the energy race
One way of looking at the energy industry today is to liken it to a horse race: coming out of the backstretch, oil is leading natural gas by a nose and coal is half a length back. If you had placed your bets before the race began, you would feel pretty comfortable as oil, natural gas, and coal head for the wire – a trifecta...
Local MP criticizes Fed plans to 'gut' Fisheries Act
MP Alex Atamanenko (BC Southern Interior) said the Conservative’s plan to make changes to the Fisheries Act in an omnibus federal budget bill next week has been exposed and the federal government needs to come clean on its agenda. A former DFO employee Otto Langer leaked documents last week that shone a light on government ...
Arrest warrant issued for Lee Marc Cull
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of 20-year-old Lee Marc Cull. Cull, charged with several weapons-related offences, is believed to be armed and should not be approached by members of the public. If seen, please call the Kelowna RCMP at 250-762-3300. On February 10th, 2012, the Kelowna RCMP were called to report that...
Globalizing the Occupy movement: From Chile to Israel, protests erupt
By Lois Beckett in ProPublica At first glance, the synchronized protests that took place in more than 900 cities around the globe on Oct. 15 seemed to indicate that Occupy Wall Street had achieved a kind of worldwide resonance. But the truth is more complex. Many of the protests elsewhere grew out of movements that pre-date...
ATM robber given two years and ordered to pay restitution
One of the two men arrested after a rash of ATM break-ins has been sentenced in Rossland Provincial Court Thursday. Darrin Christopher Hoffman was given to two years in jail — on four counts of break and enter and two counts of attempt to commit or accessory after the fact — and ordered to pay $50,000 in restitution to...
Fees set, frequency approved on backyard burning
By Timothy Schafer, The Nelson DailyBackyard burning is now nearly ensconced in the Nelson legislative landscape. Approval was given on the third reading on the Fire Regulation and Prevention Bylaw to allow for two backyard burning periods per year, set at the discretion of the fire chief. City council is expected to adopt ...
This is the time of the great quickening, and the quickening just got quicker
By Spectral Star WizardA major earthquake took place on March 11 and Japan's landmass is reported to have moved eight feet (2.4 metres), according to reports issued by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology in Italy. The Earth is said to have shifted by four inches or 10 centimetres on its axis, as well. This ...
Batteries that breathe
By Neil Savage, Discovery News With the launch of the Nissan Leaf and Chevy Volt, it's been a big year for electric vehicles, but their batteries still have a fairly limited range without a recharge. For a car running on today's lithium-ion batteries to match the range provided by a tank of gasoline, you'd need a lot more...
DOBBIN: The beginning of a new era in politics
I confess that I did not, as promised, spend the summer thinking about the new paradigm of local, national and global politics. It was the perfect summer at my log cabin in Saskatchewan and I spent most of it swimming to the end of the lake and back, picking blueberries and swinging in my Mexican hammock. But I did spend...
