Club collects donations for Christmas bike giveaway

David Rabalais, Sunrise Rotary Club president, helps unload bikes at the club's bike giveaway in December at Rouses supermarket at Martin Luther King Boulevard and West Main Street. In the background are, from left, Rotary members Todd Lecompte and Tilman Luke.


Fennesz Plots North American Tour

This September, Christmas is going to come a little bit early for fans of pretty-sounding electronic textures and gentle noise, as Austrian electronic composer Christian Fennesz will hit North American shores for a month-long tour. Fennesz is scheduled to perform a string of U.S. and Canadian dates after some scheduled European festival appearances throughout August. The tour covers mostly major ...


VCV: Robert Cray - "Smoking Gun"

A few years ago for Christmas I got a desk calendar from The Onion and one of my favorite bits in there was a sendup of The Rolling Stones going back out on tour. The setup for this punchline escapes me, but I remember laughing when I read something to the effect of Mick and Keith vigorously debating ...


Watch: of Montreal and Solange Perform "Sex Karma" on "Jimmy Fallon"

Photo on front page by Kathryn Yu; photo on this page by Patrick Heagney "You look like a playground to me, player," sings of Montreal front man Kevin Barnes to duet partner Solange Knowles on the laid-back, Mayfield-inspired new track "Sex Karma". (Think: New Radicals .) The band's performance of the track on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" last night was characteristically goofy-- they all wore ...


3DS price and release date announcement on September 29

The Nintendo 3DS handheld has been on our radar ever since details were announced back in March. Then we heard it would be released in the Spring of next year. We've even seen the first game footage for the handheld, but no firm price or release date. That is all set to change on September 29 [...]


Fire survivors brace for royal commission's final report

BUSHFIRE-affected communties are preparing for today's long-awaited release of the royal commission's final report into the Black Saturday disaster.


Battles to headline ATP's Release The Bats

Right, we all know ATP love a ghoulish party or two what with the whole Nightmare Before Christmas thing. And then of course there's the Halloween party they put on every year called Release The Bats. It is just that edition which concerns us now, as they've announced the full line-up and ticket details and a few other bits and bobs.


Analysts see Blackpad targeting Christmas sales

Research in Motion Ltd. has planted a stake on a website with an intriguing domain name, possibly providing a strong hint of the company's product plans


Blazers release 2010-2011 schedule

The Kamloops Blazers have released their tentative schedule for the 2010-2011 Western Hockey League season. The Blue and Orange will kick off the regular season on Sept. 24, when the Prince George Cougars visit Interior Savings Centre.


NEWS: Donkey Kong Country Returns Coming to Europe This Year, But No Kirby

European Q4 releases include Donkey Kong Country Returns, but Kirby's Epic Yarn is due 2011. Nintendo's Japanese release list from their financial forecast has confirmed the European release timeframes for several upcoming Wii games from Nintendo. While no specific release dates were given, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Flingsmash, and Wii Party are due before Christmas. Kirby's Epic Yarn is set ...