Author Archives: Bill Nation

The provincial government says homeless counts will be carried out in up to 12 communities across B-C over the next few weeks. The counts will be co-ordinated by the province and the results will help...

Provincial health officials say they're dealing with an extremely rare cholera outbreak on Vancouver Island. Island Health says four people in the Qualicum Bay area have fallen ill, after eating herri...

For the first time in a decade, British Columbians increased their energy use during Earth Hour on Saturday. B-C Hydro says power-use rose by 0.2 per cent across the province compared with the same ti...

Big winners at the Juno Awards included Oshawa, Ontario's Daniel Caesar, who won R*B/Soul Recording of the Year for his single and album ``Freudian,'' and nearby Pickering's Shawn Mendes won the Juno ...

B-C government says a virus that has killed hundreds of feral rabbits on Vancouver Island has spread. Rabbit owners are being urged to take precautions after authorities say recent tests on dead feral...

Premier John Horgan has announced a new strategy to boost surgeries in areas with long wait times, starting with hip and knee replacements. Horgan says the strategy will see five hip and knee replacem...

After four days of silence about a global privacy scandal, Facebook C-E-O Mark Zuckerberg is apologizing for what he calls a ``major breach of trust.'' In a C-N-N interview last night, Zuckerberg said...

At least 14 people were arrested at Kinder Morgan's terminal sites in Burnaby on Monday. Mounties say 13 people were arrested for breaching an injunction granted to Kinder Morgan last week restricting...

A review of B-C agricultural land policies has collected nearly 1,000 responses from the public half way through the government's outreach process. The province launched an independent review of its A...

The union representing B-C teachers is looking to boost salaries and update class size and composition standards, when their contract negotiations open in less than 10 months. B-C Teachers' Federation...