Author Archives: Bill Nation

The U-S is set to impose a 20 per cent duty on Canadian softwood lumber heading stateside -- and collect them retroactively for the previous 90 days. The first salvo in the anticipated softwood-lumber...

A union official says two workers who were injured when a train went off the tracks north of Campbell River last week will recover. Jack Miller with United Steelworkers Local 1-1937 says one of the me...

A Campbell River fisherman has been fined 35-hundred dollars for violating the Fisheries Act. Christian Steinbach, the owner of Crabby's Fishing Charters, was found to be in possession of 16 live crab...

B-C Ferries is putting the final touches on the Salish Orca before the vessel is ready for service. Ferries Deborah Marshall says crews are training on the new ship and they're getting the vessel read...

Two people are dead and three others are seriously injured after officials say runaway rail cars full of logs crashed into a work crew near Woss. Dave Rushton, the elected regional representative for ...

Canadian softwood lumber producers have joined Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne on a trip to China aimed at finding an alternative trade market to the U-S. Currently, as much as 70 per cent ...

A toxin has been determined to be the cause of death for two beluga whales at the Vancouver Aquarium. The aquarium says a five-month investigation in the deaths determined that the toxin was likely in...

R-C-M-P say a fatal shooting at a hotel in Nanaimo appears to be targeted. Constable Gary O'Brien says in a news release that officers were called to the Howard Johnson Hotel early Wednesday morning. ...

More than 350 people are vying to represent British Columbians in this spring's election. Elections B-C has released the final candidate tally after the deadline for registration closed on Tuesday, an...

Leaders of B-C's biggest political parties are set to square off this morning in the first debate of the four-week-long election campaign. Liberal Christy Clark says she wants the verbal sparring to f...