Author Archives: Bill Nation

Time's up for candidates to register for the B-C election, and the Green party has missed its mark of running someone in every riding. Party spokesman Stefan Jonsson says the Greens had 80 candidates ...

An energy megaproject in northern B-C is fuelling debate on the campaign trail. Liberal Leader Christy Clark was in Fort Saint John yesterday where she promised that the Site C dam will bring stable j...

Christy Clark campaigned in the N-D-P stronghold of Vancouver Island on Mondfay, saying her Liberal government is helping businesses by phasing out the provincial sales tax on electricity. Clark says ...

The leader of B-C's New Democrats says Christy Clark's Liberals are letting down patients who are waiting for hours at walk-in clinics or emergency rooms because they don't have a family doctor. John ...

B-C Green Leader Andrew Weaver is pitching proportional representation as part of his party's democratic reform platform. Weaver is also promising that -- if elected -- his party would establish a pub...

It looks like spring has finally come to British Columbia -- or at least some parts of British Columbia. Environment Canada says White Rock was the first Metro Vancouver region to hit 20 degrees this ...

Search and rescue crews from C-F-B Comox were called to medevac a crew member from a fishing vessel west of Haida Gwaii. SAR Techs were lowered from a Cormorant helicopter on to the deck of the vessel...

Habitat for Humanity has set the wheels in motion for the organization's next build in Courtenay. Executive Director Pat McKenna says the agency has applied to get a development permit to move ahead w...

The federal government is expected to introduce legislation today that would legalize marijuana, and some in B-C are giddy with anticipation. Medical marijuana grower Dan Sutton says he's worried B-C ...

New Democrat Leader John Horgan is hoping to gain the votes of tenants with a promised rental rebate of up to 400 dollars a year per unit. Horgan is also promising to close loopholes that let landlord...