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Vancouver and Burnaby criticize Kinder Morgan’s lack of answers

Vancouver and Burnaby criticize Kinder Morgan’s lack of answers

The cities of Burnaby and Vancouver are saying nearly half of their questions for Kinder Morgan have gone unanswered.
Encana buys rights to drill for natural gas beneath northern B.C. lake

Encana buys rights to drill for natural gas beneath northern B.C. lake

Encana Corp. has purchased the rights to drill for natural gas beneath Swan Lake.
Squamish First Nation to conduct environmental assessment of Woodfibre LNG

Squamish First Nation to conduct environmental assessment of Woodfibre LNG

Squamish Nation says the Woodfibre LNG proposal for Howe Sound isn’t going to be approved or rejected without...
Turquoise Hill sells remaining stake in SouthGobi

Turquoise Hill sells remaining stake in SouthGobi

Turquoise Hill Resources has announced it selling its remaining stake in SouthGobi Resources
B.C. less attractive for mining investment than last year: Fraser Institute

B.C. less attractive for mining investment than last year: Fraser Institute

British Columbia ranks 28th out of 122 mining jurisdictions around the world in terms of attractiveness for...
‘Math error’ underestimates demand for Site C's power: Ministry of Energy

‘Math error’ underestimates demand for Site C's power: Ministry of Energy

The Joint Review Panel created to review Site C made "a mathematical error" when it claimed there is no pressing demand for power from a third Peace River dam, according to the ministry in charge of the project. That's one of the points in a Jan.
Shrinking timber supply sends B.C. companies on U.S. mill buying spree

Shrinking timber supply sends B.C. companies on U.S. mill buying spree

No B.C. industry has been hit as hard by climate change as forestry, which has lost close to 60% of harvestable timber to the mountain pine beetle infestation
Junior mining investment model on life support

Junior mining investment model on life support

Industry fears too many juniors chasing too few dollars will equal too few new mines
New medical marijuana licences trickling in for ‘industry in its infancy’

New medical marijuana licences trickling in for ‘industry in its infancy’

It took 12 months before Aurora Cannabis was licensed to grow medical marijuana under Canada’s new system
Chetwynd wants Blue Fuel gas refinery in its tax base

Chetwynd wants Blue Fuel gas refinery in its tax base

The District of Chetwynd is hoping to reap tax benefits from a proposed $2.5 billion refinery that would make gasoline and methanol from natural gas.