Author Archives: Bill Nation

Comox Valley Salvation Army is appealing for more donations to support the annual Christmas Kettle campaign. Brent Hobden says the agency is hoping to raise 132-thousand dollars to go toward various s...

Campbell River City Council has finalized the 2017 civic budget. Mayor Andy Adams says the document includes a 2.5 per cent property tax increase, plus funding for several capital projects. Adams says...

As expected, snow has begun blanketing the region. We could get as much as 20 centimetres. R-C-M-P Constable Rob Gardner says if you have to drive, make sure you're well prepared and drive to the cond...

Mount Washington Alpine Resort opens for the season on Friday. Don Sharpe, the resort's Director of Business Operations, says skiers and boarders have been chomping at the bit to get going. Sharpe say...

Federal Liberals will announce on Thursday a replacement for the military's aging search-and-rescue planes. Winning bid to replace the Buffalo and Hercules aircraft will be announced at C-F-B Trenton....

More blustery winter weather is set to blow into the region on Thursday. Environment Canada says an intense Pacific storm will bring significant snowfall to much of Vancouver Island and the south coas...

We're expecting another dumping of snow this week. Armel Castellan, a forecaster with Envrionment Canada, says some areas could get as much as 20 centimetres tonight through tomorrow. He says there's ...

M-P for the North Island-Powell River wants the feds to make affordable housing a top priority. New Democrat Rachel Blaney has tabled a bill in the House of Commons that would enshrine the right to af...

People have been flocking to hardware stores to stock up on winter supplies, things like shovels and salt following Monday's first snowfall of the season. Marc Telosky with Canadian Tire says the auto...

M-P for Courtenay-Alberni has tabled a petition in the House of Commons from constituents opposed to the Kinder Morgan pipeline expansion. Gord Johns says the risk of an oil spill is greater than any ...