Author Archives: Bill Nation

Comox Valley resident and champion for the environment Ruth Masters has passed away at the age of 97. Long-time friend and historian Judy Hagen says Masters was ahead of her time -- recycling before r...

Fellow baseball players and other pro athletes took to social media to express their grief upon learning of Tuesday's death of former Toronto Blue Jays star pitcher Roy Halladay. The two-time Cy Young...

A police officer has been killed in the line of duty in Abbotsford. Authorities say he came under fire when responding to reports of a stolen vehicle, suffered ''very serious injuries'' and died in ho...

A date has been set for voters in South Surrey-White Rock to pick their new representative in Ottawa. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Sunday that four byelections will take place across the...

Premier John Horgan attened his New Democratic Party's convention this past weekend with an exuberant cheer to celebrate the party's rise to power after 16 years of Liberal governments, but he quickly...

Protesters opposed to salmon farms on Vancouver Island lit a sacred fire near the front steps of British Columbia's legislature. Hereditary Chief Ernest Alfred told about 200 people gathered outside t...

Premier John Horgan says Canada needs to stay united in its approach to the ongoing softwood lumber dispute with the U-S. His comments follow word that the U-S Commerce Department will impose counterv...

B-C Energy Minister Michelle Mungall says she expects the government will make a decision by the end of the year on the fate of the 8.3-billion Site C dam. Mungall said she and Indigenous Relations Mi...

Much of the rest of B-C is bracing for a first taste of winter. Environment Canada says a low pressure system is developing in northern Alberta and moving south, bringing this province the first Arcti...

B-C government says residents have just one week left to have their say on how the province should regulate recreational marijuana when it becomes legal next summer. It says an online survey allowing ...