Crime Live: Vancouver Police go live on Twitter
VANCOUVER – Cops went live on Twitter to give Vancouverites a taste of how hectic policing can be. Const. Anne Longley began tweeting incoming police incident calls at 8 a.m. on Thursday. And when she...
View ArticleA whale of a meal
VANCOUVER, B.C. – Amazing new research into killer whales’ feeding habits demonstrate how they are able to hunt, kill and consume their much larger cousin – the gray whale. The study—conducted by...
View ArticleFacebook apps leaking private info: Symantec
VANCOUVER – Online security specialist Symantec says Facebook applications have accidentally leaked millions of pieces of personal information of users of the social networking site. “Third parties, in...
View ArticleStudy: LED lighting hazardous to public health
HAIFA, ISRAEL – A new international study has found that exposure to white LED bulbs is significantly more harmful to public health than exposure to the orange-yellow light emitted by high pressure...
View ArticleBreath test could identify trapped disaster victims
LEICESTER, UNITED KINGDOM – People trapped under large scale urban rubble after a disaster could be rescued by searching for the chemicals in their breath, according to research findings published in...
View ArticleBig waistline before pregnancy may mean extra-big baby
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – Women with large waistlines before pregnancy are more likely to have macrosomic, or a larger-than-normal weight, newborns than women who are trim around the middle, a new...
View ArticleHeli-skier dies in Selkirk Mountain avalanche
VANCOUVER, B.C. – A 45-year-old man died, and three others were rescued, in an avalanche last Friday during a guided heli-skiing run with Canadian Mountain Holidays (CMH) in the Selkirk Mountain range...
View ArticleTownhouse marijuana grow op dismantled
TORONTO – Police dismantled a soil-based marijuana grow operation in a residential town house complex on Neilson Road on Wednesday. Some 600 marijuana plants and growing equipment valued at $600,000...
View ArticlePostal worker uses pepper spray on pet Chihuahua
WATERLOO – The irate owner of a pet Chihuahua was charged with assault after she threw a syrup bottle at a postal service worker who sprayed her dog with pepper spray. The sparring occurred Monday...
View ArticleFather and son accused in Saunders Power Inc. investment fraud
DURHAM – Police last week arrested Dustin Saunders 35, for suspected involvement in a million dollar green energy investment fraud. Saunders, aged 35, was arrested at his home in Port Perry, Oshawa and...
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