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Jays catcher Russell Martin the face of baseball video game in Canada
TORONTO – Standing at the plate at Cincinnati’s Great American Ball Park, Russell Martin is looking for the long ball.
Road to the Stanley Cup is getting hairier thanks to video game developer
TORONTO – EA Sports’ “NHL 16” video game is getting hairier.
VIDEO: Virtual reality tech to offer virtual rides, hikes in B.C. tourism pitch
VICTORIA – Don a headset and zoom off in a sea-spraying skiff ride up British Columbia's wild coast, or feel the moisture hanging just above your shoulders in a hike through the Great Bear Rainforest.
Poilievre won’t apologize for taxpayers’ dollars spent on ‘vanity videos’
OTTAWA – Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre won't apologize for using taxpayer dollars to produce YouTube videos of himself promoting the universal child care benefit.
Poilievre won’t apologize for taxpayers’ dollars spent on ‘vanity videos’
OTTAWA – Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre won’t apologize for using taxpayer dollars to produce YouTube videos of himself promoting the universal child care benefit.
The curious case of David Fincher directing two videos for Canada’s Loverboy
TORONTO – Over the years, two-time Oscar-nominated director David Fincher has helped bring some indelible characters to life: Amy Dunne, Frank Underwood, Lisbeth Salander, Tyler Durden and many more.
AP analysis of surveillance video indicates Amtrak train in deadly crash was travelling 107 mph
WASHINGTON – An analysis by The Associated Press of surveillance video just before the deadly crash of an Amtrak train indicates it was travelling about 107 miles per hour (170kph) as it approached a curve where the speed limit was only 50 miles (80 kilometres) per hour.
‘Minecraft,’ ‘Grand Theft Auto’ among most streamed video games in YouTube’s history
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – “Minecraft” has built a big reputation on YouTube.
Verizon buys AOL for $4.4B in bid for its own share of increasingly busy online video market
NEW YORK, N.Y. – After selling millions of Americans their mobile phones, Verizon now wants to capture their eyeballs, too.
Shawn Mendes, The Weeknd, Nick Jonas to perform at Much Music Video Awards
TORONTO – The Weeknd, Nick Jonas and Shawn Mendes are among the first performers to be unveiled for this year’s Much Music Video Awards.
VIDEO: Green party Leader May “very apologetic” about Omar Khadr remarks
OTTAWA – Green party Leader Elizabeth May says she is "very apologetic" about remarks she made on the weekend that included profanity and insulted the federal cabinet about how it has treated Omar Khadr.
Blogger, 16, faces jail for video blog that tests short leash on free speech in Singapore
SINGAPORE – A government crackdown on a teen video blogger and independent news and opinion website has focused attention on free speech limits, and perhaps the next election, in this cosmopolitan but famously strict city-state.
Video purports to show missile, claiming Taliban downed Pakistan helicopter carrying diplomats
ISLAMABAD – A militant video purports to show Taliban fighters with a surface-to-air missile, claiming they used a similar one to shoot down a Pakistani helicopter carrying diplomats.
VIDEO: Local RC pilots strut their stuff
KELOWNA - While most people would have a hard time simply flying and landing a radio controlled airplane, some locals have put together a video showing what's possible when a skilled set of hands are behind the stick. Triple Threat RC uploaded the 13-minute video to YouTube last week. It contains footage of gas-powered planes...
Dover police officer charged with assault in 2013 arrest, dashcam video shows man kicked
DOVER, Del. – A police dashcam video released Thursday shows a black suspect being kicked in the face by a white police officer who was charged this week with assault.
Cavaliers accused of insensitivity for showing in-game video of man throwing woman on floor
CLEVELAND – The Cavaliers are being criticized on social networks for playing a video during Wednesday night’s playoff game that showed a man throwing a woman across a room for wearing a Bulls T-shirt.
US bank robbery suspect posts video, robbery note to Instagram
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – A man accused of robbing a Virginia Beach bank posted two videos and a photo of the incident to his Instagram account.
HEALTHBEAT: Smartphone turned into video microscope to target diseases in hard-to-reach areas
WASHINGTON – Prick a finger and have the blood checked for parasites — by smartphone? Scientists are turning those ubiquitous phones into microscopes and other medical tools that could help fight diseases in remote parts of the world.
Undercover video showing workers hitting pigs at Colorado farm prompts investigation, firings
DENVER – An undercover video showing workers at a Colorado pig farm hitting animals with cans and boards has led to a criminal investigation and the firing of seven employees.
VIDEO: What a difference 125 years has made in Kelowna
KELOWNA – If Kelowna’s founder walked the streets of Kelowna today, what would he think? On Monday the Kelowna Museum released a video shot during Provincial Heritage Week that shows Bernard Lequime – or at least an actor portraying him – walking the street that bears his name. Christina Neale, the museums programming coordinator, says...
Video shows chaotic moments as migrants scramble to leave stricken dinghy, 5 crushed to death
CATANIA, Italy – Young men piled over each other, some shimmying up ropes dangling from the towering rescue ship and others falling into the churning sea. Women and children were the last off the stricken dinghy during a chaotic Mediterranean rescue in which at least five migrants were crushed to death and more were feared drowned.
PMO removes videos from online site which may show soldiers’ faces
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – A series of videos distributed by the Prime Minister’s Office, some of which showed the faces of the country’s special forces soldiers, were abruptly pulled offline early Tuesday in an embarrassing security breach.
VIDEO: 20,000 young fish pumped into lake
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Moving more than 20,000 young fish from a hatchery into a lake isn't easy, unless you have the right tools for the job. On Sunday, May 3, Go Fish B.C., a nonprofit program organized by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of Canada, released a behind-the-scenes video of the restocking of rainbow trout in Paul Lake...
Montreal police investigating video of allegedly aggressive police arrest
MONTREAL – Montreal police say they are investigating after a video surfaced showing a man seemingly being hit in the face by officers during Friday’s May Day protest.