Author Archives: Bill Nation

The province says it is putting up 50 million dollars to begin hiring new teachers as part of an agreement with the B-C Teachers' Federation. The money will go towards immediately hiring about 11-hund...

Fire departments across the Comox Valley will be doing Christmas tree chipping this weekend by donation. Courtenay Deputy Fire Chief Kurt McDonald says members will be accepting trees at the fire hall...

A Union Bay couple has a few extra bucks to play with. Anne-Marie Fischer and Keith McKay hit the jackpot on a "Set for Life" scratch and win ticket that they bought over the holidays. They opted for ...

Frigid temperatures across the province have led to record-breaking demand for electricity. B-C Hydro says power consumption peaked at 10-thousand 126 megawatts between five and 6 p.m. on Tuesday. Tha...

People in the Comox Valley remain under an air quality advisory and open burning restrictions. Earle Plain with the Ministry of the Environment says the advisory was issued because of high concentrati...

Comox Valley R-D will once again be offering a wood stove exchange program. R-D's Vince Van Tongeren says the province has given the R-D 17-thousand dollars to provide 250 dollar rebates to those who ...

House properties across the Comox Valley have increased in value this year compared to a year ago. Bill Dawson, a deputy assessor with the B-C Assessment Authority, says prices have jumped an average ...

A survey done by Insights West shows that a major of men support the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion compared to women. Pollster Mario Canseco says 58 per cent of men over the age of 55 stand behind ...

Comox Valley Salvation Army's 2016 Christmas Kettle campaign narrowly surpassed the 132-thousand dollar goal. Brent Hobden says the agency surpassed the mark by 900 dollars. He thanks all those who ga...

People will have to dig deeper this year to pay for B-C medical premiums, hydro and auto insurance. Jordan Bateman with the Canadian Taxpayers Federation says couples without children and senior coupl...