Author Archives: Bill Nation

B-C government will be allowed to intervene in a legal fight against the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, with some conditions. Ottawa has approved the 7.4-billion-dollar project that would triple t...

Many Canadian softwood lumber producers are getting a reprieve, as most of the preliminary U-S duties that have been in place for the past four months come to an end. Most companies will now pay about...

B-C Premier John Horgan says it will take years for ranchers, tourism companies and communities to recover from wildfires that have swept through the province this season. But Horgan, who visited seve...

Hundreds of people have been allowed to return to their homes near Kelowna after a nearby wildfire forced them to flee. The Central Okanagan Regional District lifted an evacuation order for 263 proper...

Premier John Horgan is set to return to B-C's Interior on Monday to once again visit areas affected by this year's devastating wildfire season. Horgan is scheduled to make stops in Ashcroft, Cache Cre...

More people have been forced to leave communities in B-C's Interior after lightning sparked new fires and winds fanned the flames. Ryan Turcot with the B-C Wildfire Service says 28 new fires were spar...

B-C's jobs minister is taking back comments he made about a former advocate for the province's liquefied natural gas program. Jobs, Trade and Technology Minister Bruce Ralston has released a retractio...

B-C government has put the brakes on Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, at least temporarily, while the province joins the legal battle against the multibillion-dollar proposal. Constr...

Police say officers will be searching a biker gang clubhouse in Campbell River for several days, after a search warrant was executed in connection with the murder of a semi-pro M-M-A fighter. Investig...

Officials will be deciding on Friday whether a widespread ban to accessing the backcountry in the B-C Interior is necessary to help mitigate wildfires. Warm, dry conditions have persisted throughout t...