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Alberta showing little interest in buying power from B.C.

Alberta showing little interest in buying power from B.C.

It’s far from a done deal: a plan to sell British Columbia power to Alberta with the help of $1 billion in federal government funding is...
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Editorial: Creativity could rescue B.C.’s LNG file

Editorial: Creativity could rescue B.C.’s LNG file

They’ve been pushing a lot of creative economy buttons of late, but, as B.C.’s 2016-17 budget illustrates, the BC Liberals need to get more creative with liquefied natural gas.
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Surrey struggles to keep agriculture from withering

Surrey struggles to keep agriculture from withering

Council adding programs to help keep farmland from being eroded in real estate boom
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Natural gas pushed as bridge to the renewable energy age

Natural gas pushed as bridge to the renewable energy age

Gas best transition to a decarbonized world once methane issue resolved: Globe energy panel
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Taseko Mines shareholder proxy battle heats up

Taseko Mines shareholder proxy battle heats up

Allegations of insider trading met with threats of defamation suit and legal action in U.S.
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Vancouver’s Silver Standard to buy Claude Resources

Vancouver’s Silver Standard to buy Claude Resources

Silver Standard Resources (TSX:SSO) is buying fellow Canadian miner Claude Resources (TSX:CRJ) in a friendly deal that values the seller at $337 million, or $1.65 a share.
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Vancouver's Endeavour Mining to acquire True Gold in $240m deal

Vancouver's Endeavour Mining to acquire True Gold in $240m deal

Vancouver-based miner Endeavour Mining Corp (TSX:EDV) has inked a friendly deal to acquire True Gold Mining (TSX-V: TGM) for about $240 million in stock.
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B.C. government withholds competing bids for Site C contract

B.C. government withholds competing bids for Site C contract

Call it the $1.75 billion question the B.C. government and BC Hydro refuse to answer
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Conference Board, ATB predict crude price lift by year end

Conference Board, ATB predict crude price lift by year end

But the two organizations differ on how much they believe the increase will be
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Could hydroelectric power from B.C.’s Site C dam delivered via an east-west transmission grid save Alberta’s oilsands?

Could hydroelectric power from B.C.’s Site C dam delivered via an east-west transmission grid save Alberta’s oilsands?

From a cost perspective, it makes sense to use natural gas to generate electricity for the oilsands
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