Author Archives: Bill Nation

Canadian freestyle skier Cassie Sharpe from the Comox Valley has won gold in the women's ski halfpipe competition at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Sharpe finished with a score of 95.80 on a cool, s...

B-C is launching a Canadian trade challenge against Alberta for banning B-C wines in retaliation for the British Columbia government's plan to limit bitumen shipments until spill cleanup concerns are ...

A senator in Washington is calling for B-C to follow the state's lead on ocean-based Atlantic salmon farms. Senator Kevin Ranker says a ban on net-pen farms will be less effective in the shared ecosys...

Tuesday's B-C budget is expected to offer a glimpse at how the governing New Democrats plan to pay for their promise to create more affordable housing for families, students and seniors. Finance Minis...

The leader of the B-C Liberals says the provincial government's appeal of a ruling on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion risks further retaliation from Alberta. Andrew Wilkinson says Premier John H...

After insisting as recently as a week ago that marijuana legalization was on track for July, the Liberal government is now conceding that it will be late summer or early fall before Canadians can lega...

Three more approvals have been issued for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in B-C. The approvals issued by the National Energy Board allow construction to begin at the Westridge Marine Terminal, ...

A report by an all-party committee in the B-C legislature makes 32 recommendations to help introduce and regulate ride-hailing services in the province. Deputy chairwoman Stephanie Cadieux of the Oppo...

Ben Stewart easily won Wednesday's byelection in Kelowna West to give the Liberals the most seats in the legislature with 42 -- one more than the governing New Democrats. Stewart took the riding with ...

The B-C government has proclaimed April as wine month following a boycott of the province's wines in Alberta. It means public liquor stores will have storefront displays promoting B-C wines and more i...