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West Coast environmental groups have lauded a motion passed Tuesday in Ottawa calling on the federal government to legislate a formal ban on oil tanker traffic along B.C.’s north coast.

After months of arbitration regarding a massive copper-gold project in Mongolia, Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) and Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RIO) have come to an agreement.

Vancouver IPP floats plan to combine energy from regions in B.C. and Washington to increase reliability and feed power-hungry California

Vancouver’s EnWave Corp. (TSX-V:ENW) is paying a private German company more than $1.5 million in cash and shares for two new U.S.

Solicitor General Rich Coleman has begun consultations in the Okanagan regarding the provincial government’s plan to build a new 360-cell prison in the area for 2015. No price tag for the prison was disclosed in the government release.

B.C.’s tugboat operators are in the midst of a major sector overhaul thanks to the downturn in the forestry sector, and staying in business means finding new ways to diversify.

>Forestry sector ills making it hard for established tug companies to stay afloat

Resource boom sparks Howe Street resurgence

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