Author Archives: Bill Nation

A powerful earthquake in Alaska has triggered a Tsunami warning for the entire B-C coast. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary reading of 8.2 and hit at 1;30 a.m. Communities on...

Chairlift operations have resumed at Vancouver Island's Mount Washington following a snowstorm that left dozens of people stranded in a lodge. Sheila Rivers of Mount Washington Alpine Resort says more...

A search will resume on Monday for two missing people in the Stories Beach area, south of Campbell River. Three people were thrown into the water on Sunday while A-T-Ving near Woods Creek. One person ...

An evacuation order has been issued for four homes in North Campbell River after heavy rain caused a slope to give way. A slide behind one home on Park Road brought down a tree that partially collapse...

All BC Ferries vessels and terminals will become smoke-free environments starting today. The new policy applies to the smoking of tobacco and any other substances, including the use of e-cigarettes. T...

Premier John Horgan says he wants to fix what he calls the broken social contract between the logging industry, government and B-C communities. The N-D-P premier made the comments while speaking to th...

Animal welfare advocates are welcoming the Vancouver aquarium's announcement that it will no longer keep whales, dolphins and porpoises at the facility. The aquarium said today that it's ending the di...

Premier John Horgan is rejecting calls from Green party Leader Andrew Weaver to ban foreign buyers from British Columbia's real estate market. Horgan says the N-D-P government's February budget will i...

There will soon be many more spaces for students interested in studying technology at universities and colleges throughout B-C in an effort to support the province's growing tech sector. The provincia...

Earthquakes Canada says a 4.5 magnitude tremor was detected off the coast of Vancouver Island. The earthquake happened Sunday morning, about 183 kilometres west of Port Hardy. It was followed by a sec...