We’ve had the most incredible weather this week. Sunny, hot, not a cloud in sight. Normally this would be cause for some concern on my part and I’d be hiding in the dark, cursing the sun, but since this wackiness with my back, hot weather has been a great help. Being in Vancouver, there’s never [...]
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Vancouver’s Big W is back
I miss the W. It seems like it was gone forever and the skyline looked weird without it. It still looks sort of weird. I remember when we first came to Canada and moved into our own place. From my bedroom window, the Big W was a huge part of that skyline, blinking out red [...]
Visual effects Emmy nominations show B.C. is a ‘sci-ficapital’
John Mackie, Vancouver Sun The Vancouver film industry has become a hotbed for visual effects. Thursday, four of the five Emmy nominees for Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Series were for programs produced here. “It certainly shows how high the quality of work is here in Vancouver,” said Mark Savela, the visual effects supervisor [...]