Author Archives: Bill Nation

The province has kicked off a public consultation campaign to help it deal with the problem of high-priced tickets due to scalping and ticket bots. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says the planned le...

The number of illicit drug overdose deaths in B-C was up 25 per cent in January over December -- but it was down 12 per cent from the same month last year. The BC Coroners Service says 125 people are ...

The B-C Environment Ministry says three cougars were destroyed after killing a lamb and attacking a donkey at a rural Comox Valley property. The ministry says a property owner called R-C-M-P to report...

The B-C Salmon Farmers Association is partnering with Crime Stoppers to encourage the public to report of crimes affecting the environment. The association says the selling of animal parts or species ...

A B-C First Nation says it's calling the province to follow Washington State's lead in banning fish farms. The Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation says the ban will protect native salmon populations...

Heavy in Canadian content, ``The Shape of Water'' fared the best at the Academy Awards, winning four Oscars -- including best picture. Toronto producer J. Miles Dale shared the best-picture Oscar with...

Hydro rates in B-C will increase three per cent in April after the province's independent energy regulator overruled a government promise to freeze rates for one year. Energy Minister Michelle Mungall...

B-C residents are being asked to weigh in on potential policies for preventing and responding to oil spills as one of the province's most controversial proposals heads to court. The province says peop...

Finance Minister Bill Morneau has presented his latest federal budget, with a focus on women, science and conservation. The Liberal government is doubling down on the idea that spending money -- even ...

Nanaimo police were called to attend a strange attack on two children and their daycare operator. Police say a two-year-old sheep named Moses slipped through a hole in a neighbouring pen and then char...