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Les Leyne: Eby's mining vision is confounding

Les Leyne: Eby's mining vision is confounding

Premier David Eby joined the vision quest this week, announcing a new drive to seize the “generational opportunity to build lasting prosperity” by way of multiple mines in the northwest.
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Nelson Bennett: B.C.’s Infrastructure Act offers some progress, but at what cost?

Nelson Bennett: B.C.’s Infrastructure Act offers some progress, but at what cost?

Bills 14 and 15 aim to fix a broken permitting system, yet they create a new problem: a process so subjective, it risks becoming arbitrary and unfair
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First LNG modules arrive at Woodfibre site in Squamish

First LNG modules arrive at Woodfibre site in Squamish

Construction is 'going vertical' at the Woodfibre LNG site near Squamish as workers begin installing enormous pre-fabricated steel structures that arrived by sea over the weekend.
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Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers

Port of Vancouver seeks to dredge Burrard Inlet for oil tankers

The project raises environmental concerns and questions over Indigenous rights
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New federal energy minister tells oil and gas execs it's time for some quick wins

New federal energy minister tells oil and gas execs it's time for some quick wins

CALGARY — Canada's new energy minister walked into the lion's den Friday and spoke to oil and gas executives in Calgary about Ottawa's plans to turn the country into an energy superpower.
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Vancouver's CO280 inks carbon-capture deal with JPMorganChase

Vancouver's CO280 inks carbon-capture deal with JPMorganChase

Banking giant will purchase 450K tonnes of carbon dioxide removal over 13 years from a pulp and paper mill
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TotalEnergies signs supply deal with proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project on B.C. coast

TotalEnergies signs supply deal with proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project on B.C. coast

VANCOUVER — TotalEnergies has signed a deal to buy two million tons per year of liquefied natural gas for 20 years from the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG project on the north coast of B.C.
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BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war

BC Hydro's challenge: Powering province through surging demand, drought and trade war

VANCOUVER — British Columbia's power utility is facing transformational challenges of drought, rising costs and a trade war with the United States as it works to meet electricity demand that's surging after two decades of relative stability.
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B.C. mining sector calls for streamlined permitting

B.C. mining sector calls for streamlined permitting

MABC projects $90B in short-term economic activity from mines under construction
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Enbridge sells stake in Westcoast pipeline to B.C. First Nations group for $715M

Enbridge sells stake in Westcoast pipeline to B.C. First Nations group for $715M

CALGARY — For more than 65 years, Enbridge Inc.'s Westcoast pipeline has been pumping natural gas through First Nations territories across British Columbia.
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