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B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts

B.C. funds project to extract minerals, metals while reducing environmental impacts

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government is funding a pilot project that it says offers the mining industry a path to significantly reduce the environmental impacts of extracting critical minerals.
Herring fishery is wrapping up around Vancouver Island

Herring fishery is wrapping up around Vancouver Island

The total allowable catch in the Strait of Georgia was slightly higher than last year.
B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought

B.C. to provide $80 million to help farmers cope with drought

DELTA, B.C. — Rancher Werner Stump said spring is usually a "season of optimism" for farmers in British Columbia, but worries linger after unprecedented drought last year and another dry season looming.
Gold underfoot? B.C. could hold vast reserves of natural hydrogen

Gold underfoot? B.C. could hold vast reserves of natural hydrogen

Capturing naturally occurring, renewable hydrogen not always commercially viable
In B.C.'s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake

In B.C.'s forests, a debate over watershed science with lives and billions at stake

Ross Muirhead stood at the edge of a forestry cut blockfilled with stumps, rain pelting down as he watched water rushing over the barren ground.
From sawmills to sports teams: The rise of Amar Doman's business empire

From sawmills to sports teams: The rise of Amar Doman's business empire

As the original Doman business was collapsing, one scion was starting a new one
B.C. apple growers bite back at marketing commission proposal

B.C. apple growers bite back at marketing commission proposal

'The premise, and the reason for this conversation, is that returns are not sustainable.'
Why B.C. is a preferred jurisdiction for mining headquarters

Why B.C. is a preferred jurisdiction for mining headquarters

Canadian securities regulations, local expertise makes Vancouver a junior mining mecca
FortisBC apologizes for Ladner odour incident

FortisBC apologizes for Ladner odour incident

City officials were frustrated that they only had a general information phone line to call to try to find out what had happened, said Mayor George Harvie
Oil shippers demand explanation from Trans Mountain for pipeline cost overruns

Oil shippers demand explanation from Trans Mountain for pipeline cost overruns

CALGARY — A group of oil shippers is asking the Canada Energy Regulator to compel the company behind the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to provide them with a full and detailed breakdown of the project's escalating construction costs.
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