Author Archives: Bill Nation

First Nations are three times more likely to die of an illicit drug overdose in B-C. Recently released data from B-C's First Nations Health Authority show that while First Nations people make up only ...

City of Campbell River has moved to stage two water restrictions. Water Supervisor Nathalie Viau says the restrictions have been introduced because of increased demand during this heat wave. The restr...

B-C's new N-D-P government is making good on its election pledge to order an independent review of the multibillion-dollar Site C dam in the province's northeast. But critics say the move threatens th...

Soaring temperatures across B-C have led to increased power consumption. Hydro's Karla Louwers says the power company reached its highest peak hourly demand on Monday at close to 73-hundred megawatts....

The B-C wildfire fight is about to get some help from international colleagues. The 37-hundred people currently fighting fires across British Columbia already include 760 from outside the province -- ...

Officials say flames from B-C's ongoing wildfires have destroyed more than 300 buildings and charred about 42-hundred square kilometres since April 1st. Emergency Management B-C says 71 of the buildin...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will work with other levels of government to support communities and economies impacted by hundreds of wildfires burning across B-C. Trudeau was in Williams L...

Former premier Christy Clark says she's done with public life and doesn't have any plans to re-enter politics in the future. The 51-year-old made the comments in her last news conference yesterday, da...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to see for himself some of the impact hundreds of wildfires have had on B-C in recent weeks. Trudeau is scheduled to be in Williams Lake on Monday with Premier Joh...

Officials say there's no end in sight to the hot, windy weather that's threatening to increase fire activity in southern B-C. Environment Canada forecasts rising temperatures up to and above 30 degree...