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BC Hydro poised to sign contract to build generating station, spillway for Site C

BC Hydro poised to sign contract to build generating station, spillway for Site C

BC Hydro is poised to sign a billion-dollar contract to build the generating station and spillway for the Site C dam. The Crown utility announced Dec. 21 it has selected the AFDE Partnership as its preferred proponent to carry out the work.
Kitimat mulls buying Rio Tinto Alcan stake

Kitimat mulls buying Rio Tinto Alcan stake

The mayor of Kitimat, a district municipality in the North Coast of British Columbia where Rio Tinto Alcan’s aluminium smelter is located, told the CBC that his office is considering buying shares in the Montreal-based company in a bid to force it to
BC tightening regulations on fish farm processing waste

BC tightening regulations on fish farm processing waste

Environment ministry reviewing discharges from farmed fish processing plants and treatment of sea lice
Court overturns BC Oil and Gas Commission pipeline approval

Court overturns BC Oil and Gas Commission pipeline approval

BC Oil and Gas Commission failed to address concerns about caribou: BC Supreme Court
What’s destabilizing B.C.’s wild salmon stocks?

What’s destabilizing B.C.’s wild salmon stocks?

Hatcheries, climate might be more to blame than fish farms for declines: researchers
Outlook 2018: Calculating the cost of Site C dam

Outlook 2018: Calculating the cost of Site C dam

Requiring project labour agreements in future work could add to $10 billion price tag, critics say
Forecast: jobs potential with risk of protests

Forecast: jobs potential with risk of protests

Trans Mountain pipeline, Site C set to generate employment, activism
B.C. diamond producer struggles with water issues in South Africa

B.C. diamond producer struggles with water issues in South Africa

Kelowna-based junior has not been able to operate plants at its Krone-Endora project at full capacity due to insufficient recoveries of water from settling dams
Landowners lament Site C decision

Landowners lament Site C decision

Landowners' group and the Peace Valley Environment Association call on B.C. auditor general to review Horgan's decision
B.C. government rejects Ajax mine (Updated)

B.C. government rejects Ajax mine (Updated)

Kamloops First Nation says decision consistent with NDP commitment to UNDRIP