Author Archives: Bill Nation

Topsy-turvey property assessment values in B-C are up in some areas and down in others. The valuations issued by the B-C Assessment authority show a general downturn in Metro Vancouver's home values, ...

B-C Hydro says December's massive windstorm demonstrated improvements it needs in order to be ready for future outages. A new report from the Crown corporation says this storm highlighted the need to ...

The government is considering interest-free loans to encourage British Columbians to make their homes more energy efficient. Environment Minister George Heyman says the funds help people buy into the ...

A member of the Burlington, Ontario-based band Walk off the Earth has died. The band announced on social media Sunday night that keyboardist and vocalist Mike ``Beard Guy'' Taylor died ``peacefully fr...

There were 120 suspected drug overdose deaths in British Columbia last month, representing a 13 per cent increase over the number of deaths in the same month last year. The B.C. Coroners Service says ...

B-C Hydro says it could still be several days before power returns to some of the communities hit hardest by Thursday's powerful windstorm. It says 600-thousand customers have been impacted and tens o...

British Columbians have chosen to keep the first-past-the-post voting system instead of switching to proportional representation to elect members of the legislature. This is the third time voters have...

More than 300-thousand people are without electricity in parts of Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland and on the Sunshine Coast. Strong winds battered the southern coast toppling trees and downing po...

Smoke from British Columbia's forest fires has been labelled the top weather story by Environment Canada this year. There were more than 250-thousand lightning strikes in southern B-C between April an...

Most of southern British Columbia and part of the northeastern corner of the province are covered by weather warnings or special weather statements as the latest storm sweeps through. Rainfall warning...