Author Archives: Bill Nation

B-C has launched a proposed class-action lawsuit against dozens of drug companies, alleging they falsely marketed opioids as less addictive than other pain drugs and helped trigger a deadly opioid cri...

Premier John Horgan and Jobs Minister Bruce Ralston say they're pleased with the U-S International Trade Commission's unanimous finding of no injury in Catalyst Paper's newsprint exports from British ...

B-C Conservation Service is warning that ignoring a campfire ban doesn't just risk starting a wildfire it will also cost you. Inspector Murray Smith says that since mid-July, conservation officers hav...

B-C government says it's making an adjustment of 950 million dollars in the public accounts to reduce B-C Hydro's deferral accounts. Finance Minister Carole James says that through the adjustment and ...

Hornby Island's only public school has been badly damaged by a fire -- just days before the new school year begins. Firefighters called to Hornby Island Community School early Sunday found nearly a th...

B-C's chief fire information officer, Kevin Skrepnek, says wildfires have charred nearly 95-hundred square kilometres so far this year, making it the province's second worst fire season on record -- l...

Wrapping up his Liberal cabinet retreat in Nanaimo, Prime Minister Trudeau chose his words carefully to avoid wading into the Conservatives' civil war. He said he's been focused with his team for the ...

There's word Quebec M-P Maxime Bernier had already hit the ground running before his bombshell announcement that he would quit the Conservatives and launch his own party. A source close to the controv...

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his ministers continue with their two-day cabinet retreat in Nanaimo, hundreds of pot-banging pipeline protesters have used the opportunity to accuse Trudeau of fi...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will lead a cabinet retreat on Wednesday on Vancouver Island, where he and his key ministers will discuss plans for the fall sitting of Parliament. Among the agenda items...