Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 08:45:45 AM
By: Reaon Ford / Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER (News1130) - Whistler-Blackcomb is going high-tech in an effort to avoid disaster when its new "Peak 2 Peak" gondola opens this winter.
Later today, the mountain will unveil a system for alerting airplane pilots if ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 08:08:58 AM
By: Tamara Slobogean
VANCOUVER (News1130) - Festival organizers and the Ministry of Transportation have already predicted the peak travel times, as 40,000 music fans converge on the tiny village of Pemberton for a weekend of music.
We are test ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 07:44:54 AM
By: Mike Lloyd / The Province
VANCOUVER (News1130) - Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon is de-clawing a Translink audit that suggests fare evasion on the transit system is steadily decreasing. Falcon tells the Vancouver Province the research doesn't pass ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 07:10:40 AM
By: Treena Wood
VANCOUVER (News1130) - Two people are in hospital after being stabbed in Burnaby and Vancouver, while a bus driver was pepper sprayed.
The first stabbing happened on a porch at a home in on Burford Street just after midnight...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 06:21:28 AM
By: Mike Lloyd
VANCOUVER (News1130) - A contest organized by www.defineyourself.ca is aiming to find out why people fudge the numbers when it comes to their age. The website is dedicated to boomer women and dialogue about aging.
Creative ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 06:18:53 AM
By: Reaon Ford
VANCOUVER (News1130) - Get set for gridlock in 2010. Engineers estimate there will be an extra 400,000 car trips taken across Metro Vancouver every single day during the winter games, and the problem is that many streets are ...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - 05:58:44 AM
By: News1130 Staff
VANCOUVER (News1130) - It was everything you would expect at a Canadian show, lots of colour, huge explosions that seemed to cover English Bay entirely, coupled with lots of dramatic music, with the over 200,000 strong audience ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 23:23:15 PM
By: Katharine Kitts
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - They're ready for anything.
As thousands of music fans head up to Pemberton this weekend for the music festival, Jeff Knight with the Ministry of Transportation says they've taken the necessary steps ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 22:30:10 PM
By: Erin Loxam
PORT COQUITLAM (NEWS1130) - The weekend killing of a Victoria student is bring back bad memories for a Port Coquitlam father.
Gord Penner's son Jesse was stabbed to death in 2006 by a young offender with 10 prior convictions for ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 19:12:15 PM
By: Erin Loxam
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Around 100 people who left Folk Fest Saturday night, only to find their cars towed from the Jericho Hill Community Centre, are getting an reprieve from the government.
The province plans to reimburse ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 16:43:21 PM
By: Erin Loxam/Mike Hanafin
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Vancouverites hoping to cash in during the 2010 Olympics by selling parking spots on their driveways and front lawns will be out of luck. The City of Vancouver is planning to crack down on private parking ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 15:48:55 PM
By: Katharine Kitts
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - They'll be coming for the show, and not for the chance to donate. The Vancouver Food Bank and The Vancouver Fire Fighter's Burn Fund will not be asking for food or cash help during tonight's fireworks ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 15:24:05 PM
By: Mike Hanafin
ABBOTSFORD (NEWS1130) - Abbotsford Police and the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team have confirmed the identity of the victim in yesterday's early morning shooting death. And police have linked the death of Dustin Lee Wester...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 14:55:20 PM
By: Shane Bigham
TSAWWASSEN (NEWS1130) - A second protester has been arrested for interfering with work on a controversial high-voltage powerline project in Tsawwassen.
The B.C. Transmission Corporation says the protester was using a large mirror ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008 - 13:45:10 PM
By: Shane Bigham/Mike Hanafin
RICHMOND (NEWS1130) - WestJet has announced passengers won't be able to use their credit cards at self-serve kiosks at Canadian airports, as investigations continue into possible fraud cases at Toronto's Pearson International ...
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