Author Archives: Bill Nation

A slow start to 2017 for home builders in the Comox Valley. Eric Bond, a market analyst with C-M-H-C, says there were nine housing starts in January -- on par with the same month last year. He says mo...

I-C-B-C is warning people with long-weekend travel plans to be careful in the wintery conditions. The insurance corporation says during the Family Day weekend last year, more than 2-thousand crashes o...

Avalanche Canada has issues a special warning to recreational users of the backcountry this weekend. The organization says varying temperatures and high winds are increasing the risk of avalanches. Pe...

Gold-medal-winning Paralympic athlete and B-C politician Michelle Stilwell is retiring from athletic competition. She made the announcement Wednesday night, tweeting that, at 42, it's time to quit. St...

People will be digging out on Thursday after as much as 25 centimetres of snow blanketed the North Island region. Armel Castellan with Environment Canada says the snow should turn to rain. We've being...

Police say the synthetic opioid carfentanil has been found in Nanaimo, a week after health officials confirmed the dangerous substance had been detected in street drugs in Metro Vancouver. R-C-M-P say...

2016 census numbers show that some of the larger centres across the region had population gains over 2011. Jeff Randle with Stats-Can says the increases range from point-six per cent in Powell River t...

Another blast of winter weather is expected to hit the region. Armel Castellan with Environment Canada says a system will begin moving across the region Wednesday night that could deliver a mix of con...

Comox Valley Mounties are once again asking the public to donate their old cell phones and chargers so they can be given to the victims of domestic violence. Constable Keeley Deley says the cell phone...

A Victoria-area farmer says he's receiving a lot of unexpected attention following a quintessentially Canadian moment. Marko Kardum was pulled over by police Monday night while using his Zamboni to cl...