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Cord-cutting night a lesson in frustration
I've been an advocate in this column for cutting the cable cord and getting your entertainment content from online sources. But I've also warned that in so doing you'll be a pioneer with all the good and bad the pioneer life provides. You'll get the thrill of settling a new frontier. You'll also wake up one morning to find locusts have eaten your crops.
Appeal court rules fake persona is not impersonation
A North Vancouver con man who tried to derail a fraud investigation against him by posing as a police officer to foreign banking officials has managed to get four convictions of impersonation overturned by the B.C. Court of Appeal.
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Layar technology the way of the future
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Hyack parade gets a splash of military colours
Parade goers will share in a historic moment during the annual Hyack Festival International Parade this Saturday as the Royal Westminster regiment takes up its bayonets and drums to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the granting of Freedom of the City.
Layar technology the way of the future
Layar uses your iPhone, iPad or Android smartphone or tablet to recognize images in the Times that have been enabled for augmented reality. It translates these images into buttons and notifications on your device's screen, allowing you to instantly view related videos, share articles on social networks, click on websites mentioned in stories and much, much more.
Ray Gibson ready for her close-up at Cloverdale Rodeo
Ray Gibson, Cloverdale Rodeo, Alice McKay Building, May 17-19 at 8 p.m.
Demo derby
Down it goes: Demolition is underway at the Trapp +Holbrook building site on Columbia Street in New Westminster.
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Bruce's market turns 65
Sixty five years and still going strong. As the town changes, Bruce's Country Market changes with it and Ryan McEachren said he is "excited" to be working at Bruce's.
A social way to get in touch
I was recently teaching some coworkers how to use Twitter. Most of them had never used it before, and once I decoded some of the Twitter language for them and showed them some basic rules and techniques, I let them run free and explore their new Twitter friends and followers.
Layar technology the way of the future
Layar uses your iPhone, iPad or Android smartphone or tablet to recognize images in the Times that have been enabled for augmented reality. It translates these images into buttons and notifications on your device's screen, allowing you to instantly view related videos, share articles on social networks, click on websites mentioned in stories and much, much more.
Doug Bing elected in Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Pitt Meadows councillor Doug Bing will be joining a majority Liberal government in Victoria.
Unplug and get connected in Steveston Village
With so many ways to stay plugged into online communities, it's difficult to disconnect and build on the face-to-face ones.
Use care when 'liking'
Many people fall prey to a suspicious offering simply because their social networking friends "like" it, according to the Better Business Bureau serving Mainland B.C.
Maple Ridge-Mission re-elects Dalton
Marc Dalton did it again. Before the end of the night, and before the last of the ballots were counted, Dalton, a Liberal, was ahead of NDP candidate Mike Bocking by more than 1,000 votes.
