Author Archives: Bill Nation

Premier John Horgan has announced a review of the response to the unprecedented floods and wildfires that devastated the province this year. Horgan says the review will examine all aspects of how B-C ...

The province says it's spending 750-thousand dollars to ensure more than 16-hundred students will soon have access to healthier water from school drinking fountains. Drinking water projects at six sch...

Comox Valley R-D has approved funding for a U-V disinfection system to help reduce the frequency of future boil water notices. Bob Wells, chair of the Comox Valley Water Committee, says the plan is to...

B-C's New Democrats and Greens say they will both campaign in favour of electoral reform ahead of next fall's referendum to change the province's voting system. The minority N-D-P government, supporte...

B-C is about to replace standard 15-day driving prohibitions with new, dramatically longer penalties for drivers such as street racers, who commit the most dangerous infractions. A news release from t...

B-C's auto insurance company is looking for drivers willing to detach from their phones while behind the wheel. The Insurance Corporation of B-C wants 200 volunteers for a pilot program that will test...

A boil water notice has been lifted for people connected to the Comox Valley water system. Mike Herschmiller, the R-D's water services manager, is hopeful that a new U-V disinfection system will help ...

B-C's public safety minister says despite a common perception that illegal weapons come from the United States or other countries, the data suggests most of the guns come from within Canada. Mike Farn...

Liberal legislation to legalize marijuana has been given final approval in the House of Commons. Bill C-45 passed by a vote of 200-to-82, marking what Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould called an '...

Another royal wedding is in the works. Britain's royal palace announced this morning that Prince Harry is engaged to actress Meghan Markle, confirming months of rumours that the couple was close to ty...