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Clean-tech companies in B.C. get $100 million government boost

Clean-tech companies in B.C. get $100 million government boost

Funding announced as part of regional resource and energy collaboration framework
Critical material prices are recovering but outlook is mixed

Critical material prices are recovering but outlook is mixed

Weakening global macroeconomic picture a drag on critical material prices
B.C. vineyards devastated by winter freeze, slashing wine output up to 56%: growers

B.C. vineyards devastated by winter freeze, slashing wine output up to 56%: growers

'We're not Chicken Little (when we say) the sky is falling,' says Wine Growers B.C. president
Canadian mining companies betting on autonomous technology to make dangerous jobs safer

Canadian mining companies betting on autonomous technology to make dangerous jobs safer

B.C. mining companies like Tech Resources deploying autonomous haulage systems
B2Gold spending $890 million on new gold mine in Nunavut

B2Gold spending $890 million on new gold mine in Nunavut

The Back River-Goose mine in Nunavut will be Vancouver gold miner's first Canadian mine
BC Hydro was warned electrical vault was dangerous years before Vancouver explosion

BC Hydro was warned electrical vault was dangerous years before Vancouver explosion

At a news conference Thursday, BC Hydro's CEO Chris O'Riley said he was sorry to the people and businesses affected by the explosion, adding that safety is Hydro's top priority and the fire and explosion should have never happened
Feds to change pesticide oversight

Feds to change pesticide oversight

In the past, Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency was responsible for pesticide regulation in Canada. But the federal press release, from yesterday, suggests that the environment department will become more involved in pesticide oversight.
Your B.C. gas bill could be dropping by up to $125 per year

Your B.C. gas bill could be dropping by up to $125 per year

FortisBC's rate change will save B.C.'s residents an average of between $90 and $125 per year on home heating bills.
Hampered by highway closing, mill owner San Group to build ramp for barges at Port Alberni

Hampered by highway closing, mill owner San Group to build ramp for barges at Port Alberni

Costs climb as forestry company is forced to use detour to deliver goods: “We can not depend on just one highway.”
17 Coastal GasLink camp workers injured in bus crash north of Prince George

17 Coastal GasLink camp workers injured in bus crash north of Prince George

Northern Health has declared the Code Orange response at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. in Prince George over