Author Archives: Bill Nation

Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says her government has delivered on a promise to get new ride hailing services on the road. The province's Passenger Transportation Board today granted licences...

Australian Foreign Minister Maryse Payne is offering her condolences to the families of three American crew members killed in a plane crash. Their Hercules C-130 aerial water tanker crashed in New Sou...

The number of new cases of coronavirus has risen sharply in China. At least nine people have died from the virus, and there are at least 440 confirmed cases. But the outbreak has spread. Authorities i...

The executive director of the B-C Truck Loggers Association says the crisis in the forestry industry is worse than it was during the global financial meltdown in 2008. David Elstone says it may also r...

Environment Canada is warning of extreme cold for much of B-C and more snow for regions including Metro Vancouver, the southern Gulf Island and inland Vancouver Island. It's forecasting 10 to 15 centi...

B-C Hydro says a record for power usage was set amid a blast of extreme cold weather blanketing much of the province. It says consumers used 10,302 megawatts of power in a single hour yesterday -- bre...

Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U-S President Donald Trump say evidence gathered so far points to an Iranian surface-to-air missile strike bringing down a Ukrainian Airlines plane this week, ki...

Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle is headed back to B-C amid intense speculation about a possible royal move to Canada. E-T Canada has also confirmed that her husband Prince Harry is due to follow the D...

The B-C Nurses' Union is welcoming the first global recognition of its profession during the Year of the Nurse and Midwife as declared by the World Health Organization in honour of the 200th anniversa...

Ukraine's foreign minister says dozens of Canadians were among the 176 passengers and crew killed in a plane crash just minutes after takeoff from Tehran. Vadym Prystaiko says 63 Canadians, 82 Iranian...