The Saanich Fire Department is not accepting excuses from anyone breaking the rules: If you light a beach fire, start a wood-burning pizza oven or decide to light a few sticks for a quiet backyard . . .
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Universal Music’s Mercury Studios adds execs for unscripted TV
Universal Music Group (UMG)’s audiovisual content outfit Mercury Studios has hired Steve Condie as senior VP of content and former Raw Cut executive Frank MacDonald as head of development.
Steve Condie (photo: Carsten Windhorst)
Based in London, Condie will lead on the entity’s creative vision, while MacDonald will oversee the development of all non-fiction titles.
Previously, Condie was a freelance executive producer and series producer, with credits including online, TV and radio format People’s History of Pop, dance music series Can You Feel It and social history The Story of Skinhead.
VICTORIA Emergency response agencies are reminding Vancouver Islanders to be prepared before disaster strikes as the country marks the annual Emergency Preparedness Week. Windstorms, fires, floods, earthquakes and tsunamis are all potential hazards across much of the island. Having sufficient supplies of food, water and a battery-operated radio at the ready are crucial in the event of an emergency according to Emergency Management BC, the province’s lead agency for coordinating disaster responses promoting preparedness. Frank Macdonald, Saanich’s deputy fire chief, says residents may need to be self-sufficient to survive the earliest hours of an emergency if first responders are tied up with multiple calls.