Author Archives: Bill Nation

Enbridge says it has completed repairs on the section of a natural gas pipeline that ruptured and burned near Prince George three weeks ago. The company says it expects to begin safely returning the r...

The federal government wants to create new ocean sanctuaries off the west coast of Vancouver Island for southern resident killer whales. Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says these saf...

A hiker is okay after spending the night in Strathcona Provincial Park. The hiker was reported overdue after heading out Sunday to climb Albert-Edward. Search and rescue crews located the man on Monda...

Private operators are moving to provide service to much of B-C following Greyhound's decision to leave but holes still remain. Transportation Minister Claire Trevena says 83 per cent of Greyhound's ro...

B-C vegetable farmers are warning of a price increase due to a natural gas shortage. Linda Delli Santi of the B-C Greenhouse Growers' Association says any higher costs of using alternative fuels or sp...

Tony Law has resigned as a member of the Hornby Island Trust Committee and chair of the Islands Trust Conservancy. His resignation follows allegations of a personal nature. Law's resignation will trig...

Head of the Devils Army Motorcycle Club in Campbell River has been charged in the death of a 30 year old man who's body was found inside a car in Sayward. John Dillon Brown's body was found in the tru...

B-C Cancer Agency says it received an 18-million-dollar anonymous donation. They say the money will go to furthering research and clinical trials of an experimental treatment of metastatic prostate ca...

Nanaimo-Ladysmith N-D-P member of Parliament Sheila Malcolmson says she plans to leave the federal arena before the end of her first term so she can seek the provincial N-D-P nomination in the upcomin...

The B-C government is putting together an enforcement unit to deal with illegal pot dispensaries. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says the Community Safety Unit will have stations in several are...