Author Archives: Bill Nation

The union representing postal workers is calling on Canada Post to ``come clean'' on statistics around theft from mailboxes, but the Crown corporation is refusing to release the numbers. Mike Palecek,...

British Prime Minister Theresa May has expressed her condolences to the family of a Canadian woman who was killed in the weekend terror attack in London. Thirty-year-old social worker Christine Archib...

The recent successful bid to unionize pilots working for WestJet has prompted a push to organize the airline's flight attendants. Canada's second-largest airline has long prided itself on its relation...

A woman from British Columbia has been identified as the Canadian killed in a terror attack in London. Christine ``Chrissy'' Archibald's family has released a statement saying the 30-year-old died Sat...

The normally undramatic task of appointing a house Speaker is shaping up to be a political conundrum in British Columbia, where experts say voters could return to the polls. A New Democrat minority go...

N-D-P Leader John Horgan has advised B-C Hydro not to sign any new contracts on the divisive 8.8-billion-dollar Site C hydroelectric dam project. In the letter, Horgan says urges the corporation not t...

B-C's Liberal and N-D-P leaders are applauding Ottawa's financial aid package to help the forestry sector deal with the U-S-Canada softwood trade dispute. Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr announced...

Elections B-C has updated its estimate for voter turnout in the provincial election to 61.5 per cent. Voter turnout had been previously estimated at about 60 per cent. The previous election in 2013 ha...

A boil water notice as been issued for users of the Comox Valley water system after a positive E Coli sample found in the Comox reservoir. Medical Health Officer Dr. Charmaine Enns is encouraging peop...

A government source says Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr is about to unveil close to one billion dollars in financial supports for softwood lumber producers and workers. The package is expected to...