Author Archives: Bill Nation

B-C's premier says he still believes government can bring in a 15-dollar minimum wage by 2021, despite the New Democrats announcing last week that they were tossing the deadline. John Horgan says othe...

B-C drivers are expected to learn on Tuesday how much their vehicle insurance is going to increase. Attorney General David Eby is expected to announce hikes to both basic and optional rates. He'll als...

Mounties answered dozens of calls Monday night due to a possible meteorite strike in south-central British Columbia. Numerous people took to social media to say they heard a sonic boom and a fireball ...

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for B-C's south coast ahead of the long weekend. It says temperatures will start to climb today and through the weekend into the low 30s as an...

A wildfire burning in the Thompson-Nicola and Cariboo regions has grown to over 181-thousand hectares in size. The B-C Wildfire Service says the fire, that started near Ashcroft on July 7th, has becom...

Members of two First Nations say they have occupied salmon farms off the North Island. Chief Willie Moon says about five protesters plan to stay until the provincial and federal governments revoke per...

A Courtenay man who was critically injured in a softball game earlier this month has died in hospital. Thirty-two year old Chris Godfrey was playing in a tournament at Lewis Park on August 19th when h...

There are no serious injuries after an American fishing boat caught fire off Gabriola Island yesterday afternoon. Lieutenant Commander John Nethercott with the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre says t...

Northern Sea Wolf has been selected as the name of a ferry that will serve a new mid-coast service from Port Hardy to Bella Coola. B-C Ferries says the vessel has been acquired from Greece and it will...

B-C Hydro says it set a record for summer power consumption Monday night when peak hourly demand -- the hour that customers use the most electricity -- reached 7-thousand 851 megawatts. Mora Scott wit...