Author Archives: Bill Nation

The B-C government says nurse practitioners in the province can now prescribe drugs to treat opioid addiction. An expansion of standards by the College of Registered Nurses of B-C means nurse practiti...

Environment Minister George Heyman is defending the first of four planned annual increases in B-C's carbon tax even though it pushed soaring gas prices even higher. Heyman was asked during an event to...

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth say a new system to send tsunami warnings to wireless devices including smartphones will begin on Friday. Farnworth says the new system to transmit warnings issue...

The head of a conservation group says he's glad it's now illegal to trophy hunt grizzly bears in B-C. New regulations that came into effect yesterday ban any trophy hunting of the large carnivores. Ch...

Ottawa has announced a new deal with British Columbia that will see the federal government spend 4.1-billion dollars on infrastructure in the province over the new decade. The agreement follows a repo...

Campbell River Storm are V-I-J-H-L Champions once again. They beat Saanich 6 - 0 in game seven of the final to claim back-to-back titles. Storm advance to the Cyclone Taylor Cup provincial championshi...

The price of gas in B-C is expected to reach new peaks, as a provincial carbon tax took effect on April 1st. It's the first of four annual increases to the province's carbon tax, adding 1.22 cents to ...

The B-C Health Coalition is welcoming the government's announcement that it's increasing the number of M-R-I exams that will be done across the province. Edith MacHattie -- who co-chairs the coalition...

A trade association of credit unions says B-C will have solid economic growth over the next 24 months after what it describes as a ``stellar'' 2017. The latest forecast from Central 1 Credit Union is ...

B-C is trying to target urban areas with changes to its proposed tax on property speculation after some municipalities demanded exemptions and the Opposition accused the New Democrats of grabbing fami...