Author Archives: Nigel Haynes

Learning to be a Journalist at BCIT. Likes the news. A lot.

Vander Zalm jurors attempt to pull out

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Nigel Haynes
Bill Vander Zalm

A stir has been caused today at the  Bill Vander Zalm defamation trial, as two jurors asked to be released from duty. In notes written to to Judge Laura Gerow, the two jurors asked to be released because they felt … More →

Cheslatta band has lands returned to them

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Nigel Haynes

An interior BC First Nation band has had their lands returned to them at last. Almost ten years of discussions between the Burns Lake-area Cheslatta and Rio Tinto Alcan have resulted in the transfer of nearly 4500 hectares of land … More →

BC Income gap growing, according to BC Stats

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Nigel Haynes

  It’s official, BC has the biggest gap between the rich and poor, at least according to BC Stats. A report released last week by the number crunching agency came in two parts, evaluating the household income of BC residents, … More →

Plastic eating Fungi discovered in the Amazon

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Nigel Haynes
Courtesy of co.exist.com

A group of Yale students studying in the forests of Ecuador have discovered a revolutionary way to break down common plastics. Polyurethane, which is used in everything from garden hoses to shoes, takes thousands of years to break down on … More →

Accused youngest Shafia will appeal

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Nigel Haynes
Accused murderers Mohammad and Hamed Shafia. Photo credit-Graham Hughes/THE CANADIAN PRESS

The youngest of the three accused in the Shafia murder trial has said he will appeal the first degree murder conviction. The accused, Hamed Shafia, his father Mohammad Shafia, and his mother Tooba Yahya, were all convicted yesterday of first … More →

Police searching for man overboard on BC Ferries

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Nigel Haynes
BC Ferries- Image courtesy of Nigel Haynes

BC ferries,usually thought to be a safe way to make the crossing between the mainland and the islands that litter BC’s coast, may not be so safe after all. A 51 year old man was reported missing yesterday on the … More →

Another house fire in Surrey

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Nigel Haynes
Fire truck lights- courtesy of Stock.xchng

A woman is in hospital after a fire in the Fraser Heights area of surrey. The woman was trapped on an upper floor of a large house in the 105-hundred block of Arbutus Wynd. When fire crews arrived, a man … More →

BCTF drops minimum wage demands, pushes overall wage increase

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Nigel Haynes

The BC Teachers Federation say they’ve taken yet another step back in their approach to the bargaining table. Speaking from the BCTF conference hall, Susan Lambert, president of the BCTF says that the Federation has dropped demands for an early … More →