The proposed class-action lawsuit alleges the game is designed to be "as addictive as possible" for children ..read more

Marina Gallagher, a doctoral student at UBC, combined her love of music and video games into her thesis ..read more

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"We all start out being fascinated by the sky, you know, the stars and the moon and the sun." — Rouz Bidshahri ..read more

Two floors of the former David Spencer, Eaton’s and Simpsons-Sears store will be converted to the Spencer Building Carrier Hotel ..read more

Beautifully restored 1907 building a short walk from Amazon's new tech hub in the former Vancouver Post Office ..read more

Major research grant for promising new steps on the pathway to nerve regeneration after spinal cord injury ..read more

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A U.S. woman who for years played and socialized in a “virtual world” computer game asked the B.C. courts to push the reset button for her after she was banished for breaking the game’s rules. And Courtney Reynolds sued the B.C. game-maker in the province’s civil resolution tribunal for $5,000, mostly for “pain and suffering.” She maintained she was “wrongfully”, or “by mistake”, kicked out of the game called Kingdom at War, and wanted the courts to rule that she was “unbanned.” Reynolds, who played under the account name “belle,” claimed Vancouver-based A Thinking Ape Entertainment owed her ..read more

The B.C. Liberals more than tripled their spending on Facebook to more than $40,000 a day last week, prompting the NDP to issue an urgent plea for last-minute donations. In a Monday morning email blast with the subject line “We’re coming up short,” NDP media manager Tyler Michaels asked supporters for $10 each “right now” with a goal of raising an additional $18,000 before the party locked in its ad spend that afternoon. “Last week, The Vancouver Sun reported that the B.C. Liberals are outspending us two-to-one on Facebook advertising,” he wrote. “Here’s the thing: We can be outspent and stil ..read more