U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the longest-serving justice on the court, is dead. Scalia was found dead Saturday morning at a ranch outside of Marfa, Texas, where the justice had been hunting quail. The death was of natural causes, according to federal officials. A priest has been called to Marfa to provide for the deceased. … Read more
Joggers and festival-goers will convene again this year for the world’s first night running music festival. The event will take place in 35 locations around the world, including two Canadian cities and dozens of U.S. cities. The 2016 Night Nation Run now has over one million registered members. On the night of the event, runners will dress up in … Read more
A new development in Vancouver is getting a city first: a shared swimming pool with a glass bottom. Underneath the glass floor panes of the pool is a drop of 200 feet. The architects of Concord Pacific’s upcoming building — called the ARC after its distinctive shape — are sacrificing residential space for iconic impact. … Read more
In the first month of 2016, Islamic attacks in 23 countries took the lives of at least 1,508 people and injured 1,714 others, according to Islamic violence watch group The Religion of Peace. Among the 138 attacks that took place in January, 38 were suicide blasts. Since the World Trade Center attack in 2001, when … Read more
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Canada’s TD Bank has raised fees in several areas this year, including significant charges for things that were free before. The cost to withdraw cash from non-TD Bank ATMS has risen 50 cents to $2.00, but perhaps most significant are the completely new fees: Interac e-Transfers, which were a free service with TD Bank, now cost … Read more
The Globe and Mail has caused a court “book of record” to be released from the Vancouver court in which a trial against a Chinese Vancouverite accused of spying for China is taking place. The most recent development: Two unnamed co-conspirators in the case have been found to be Chinese soldiers. Allegedly, Su Bin, a … Read more
A Repsol fracking operation was ordered to shut down this week after an earthquake shook the region around Fox Creek, Alberta. The earthquake measured 4.8 on the Richter scale — large enough to rattle pictures handing on walls, according to Fox Creek mayor Jim Ahn, who reported that he thought a truck had rolled by his … Read more
BCIT is providing a power-nap room, hoping to allow some of their students — already sleeping in other parts of the school — to boost their energy levels. The sleep room, launched Monday, is available to book for hour periods between 12:30 and 5 p.m. four days per week — Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. … Read more
In the previous year, Islamic violence took the lives of over 27,000 people and critically injured another 26,000, according to an extremism watch organization that tracks Islamic attacks. 2015’s attacks took place in 52 countries worldwide, and included 475 suicide attacks. The Religion of Peace, an organization that collects information about attacks motivated by Islamic ideas and tallies … Read more
Bangkok Metropolitan Police have announced a “New Years Gift” to the city: traffic tickets will be reduced to just 100 baht starting today. The gift has a serious side: the metro police are dealing with a massive backlog of unpaid traffic tickets. Because the repercussions associated with not paying these tickets are usually insignificant, many people … Read more
For plotting to blow up an in-session Parliament, Polish former university professor Brunon Kwiexien has been sentenced to 13 years prison. On Monday a Polish court handed down the sentence to the former Krakow University of Agriculture chemistry professor. Kwiecien, 48, an unaffiliated nationalist, cited as motives for the crime, planned in 2012, a belief … Read more