A new experimental drug holding promise for Alzheimer’s S sufferers. A plaque-busting antibody being tested by Biogen stands a chance to become the first real treatment for Alzheimer’s and could settle a long-running debate over the true cause of the disease. Biogen’s drug, called aducanumab, was given to 165 patients, and the company says in those who took the highest …

It’s the largest loss of the deadly opiate known as “fentanyl” at Island Health in the past five years. Officials says the drug disappeared late last year from Royal Jubilee Hospital, but can’t say how it went missing, or by whom.

Real estate numbers are now out for the month of August, and while home sales in Vancouver. President Dan Morrison says home sales in Metro Vancouver dropped 26 per cent in August, compared to the same month last year. “Keep in mind that a year ago was extraordinary, that was one of the highest Augusts ever on record.” But the …

Jim Broadbent has signed on to star in Season 7 of HBO’s Game of Thrones. There is no word yet on who Broadbent will play on Game of Thrones, but HBO confirmed to EW that his role is “significant.” Broadbent is a veteran British actor who played Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film series and won a Best Supporting …

The new pterosuar is small-bodied which is unusual for flying reptiles from Cretaceous period which mostly had larger wings and bodies. Living between 70 million and 85 million years ago and a member of the pterosaur family of flying dinosaurs, the newly-found fossil calls into question the idea that only massive pterodactyls with 20-foot wingspans inhabited the skies of the …

Samsung has announced an unprecedented recall of the Galaxy Note 7 just weeks after launching the well-received smartphone. MacRumors learned that Samsung is already in talks with Verizon and its other U.S. business partners to come up with a solution to the exploding devices. The tech site also cited South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency in stating that the famous Apple …

Pamela Anderson wants people to stop watching porn. In an op-ed titled “Take the Pledge: No More Indulging Porn”, penned alongside Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for Wall Street Journal, the “Baywatch” actress warns against the “addictive dangers of pornography.” “This is a public hazard of unprecedented seriousness given how freely available, anonymously accessible and easily disseminated pornography is nowadays,” the column …

A simple chemical method could help salvage some of the estimated 300 tonnes of gold used in electronics each year, a study shows. Unlike existing methods for retrieving the precious metal from electronic circuit boards, the new technique doesn’t involve highly toxic substances.

Pricing for the 2017 Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet range has been announced before it hits showrooms in October. Starting at $85,900 for the base C200 and topping out at $179,900 for the twin-turbo V8 Mercedes-AMG C63 variant plus on-road costs, commanding a premium of between $14,000 and $20,000 over the equivalent C-Class Coupe, depending on the model.

Nissan has finally introduced a second generation to its full-sized Titan pickup truck. New for 2016, the Titan XD bridges the gap between the half-ton Titan (a 2017 model) and the traditional heavy-duty contenders from Ford, GM, and Ram. The Titan XD does initially feel like a big truck when you drive it, but that goes away after a few …

A powerful earthquake on the North Island of New Zealand triggered a low level tsunami warning on Friday morning. Estimated to be 7.1 in magnitude, the quake triggered a low-level tsunami and prompted authorities to ask residents to seek higher ground. No individual suffered any injury and they have now been allowed to return home. The earthquake hit 169 kilometers …