Author Archives: Bill Nation

The province is boosting fines for the illegal use of off-road vehicles and snowmobiles in environmentally sensitive habitats to 575-dollars. It says the those areas included all B-C Parks and souther...

Nearly 44 thousand workers at hospitals, clinics and long-term care homes have a tentative collective agreement after nine weeks of negotiations with the Health Employers Association of B-C. More than...

Campbell River's Police Service Dog has been busy over the last several weeks and has put an end to three major cross Island crime sprees. On Thursday, November 15th, the Campbell River RCMP Community...

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake has struck about 16 kilometres southwest of Fort St. John. Earthquakes Canada says it was felt in Fort St. John, Taylor, Chetwynd and Dawson Creek. It says there are no repo...

B-C First Nations leaders say they've been trying for decades to get the provincial government to fulfil its promise to share the wealth on gambling money. Premier John Horgan announced during a B-C c...

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation says B-C's rental vacancy rate is slightly better than the survey it took last year at 1.4 per cent, but the province still has some of the lowest vancancy rate...

The provincial government is bringing in tougher chain-up regulations for commercial vehicle operators during the winter. Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says last year 33 of 35 extended closur...

Full mail service is set to resume on Tuesday, now that the Senate passed legislation ordering an end to postal workers' rotating strikes. After five hours of additional debate, senators approved the ...

B-C Nurses' Union and the province's Health Employers Association have announced a tentative contract agreement for British Columbia's 44-thousand nurses. No details will be released until after a rat...

Labour Minister Patty Hajdu says while Ottawa still believes the best solution to a labour dispute is a negotiated deal, her Liberal government has given the House of Commons 48 hours notice that it i...