Author Archives: Bill Nation

B-C tourism officials say they've had mixed feedback so far on the impact of this summer's wildfires on the travel industry. Destination B-C's Maya Lange says most evidence of a slowdown has been anec...

B-C's devastating wildfires have been top news across the country, but it appears some people didn't get the message that campfires are banned across much of the province. Chris Doyle with B-C's Conse...

Nature Conservancy of Canada is urging people across the country to watch out for a towering, three-metre-tall green plant with large white flowers. Biologist Dan Kraus says giant hogweed is cutting a...

Ongoing hot, dry conditions in B-C has seen another 28 wildfires sparked over Monday and Tuesday, bringing the total number of blazes burning across the province to 146. There is no significant rain i...

B-C Teachers' federation is welcoming the N-D-P government's move to eliminate fees for adult basic education and English language learning courses across the province. Union president Glen Hansman sa...

B-C wildfire officials say there is no end in sight to raging wildfires raging, a month after a provincewide state of emergency was issued. Lightning sparked another 15 fires on Sunday, and many of th...

A draft copy of a scientific report says the U-S is already feeling the effects of climate change. The study by scientists from 13 federal agencies in the U-S says since the 1980s, extreme heat waves ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the outlines of a deal with the United States to resolve the softwood lumber dispute are in place. But she says she can't predict whether the trade irri...

Insurance Corporation of B-C is warning drivers to travel safely during the B-C Day long weekend. I-C-B-C says more than 24-hundred crashes are expected to occur over the long weekend, that on average...

This year's wildfire season is now B-C's worst in 60 years when it comes to the amount of land destroyed by fires. Kevin Skrepnek of the B-C Wildfire Service says flames have engulfed more than four-t...