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Trans Mountain application filled with 'significant gaps': Vancouver city staff

Trans Mountain application filled with 'significant gaps': Vancouver city staff

The application for Kinder Morgan’s (NYSE:KMI) proposed expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline is filled with “significant gaps” when it comes to the risks the project poses to Vancouver, according to a report from city staff.
Forestry exports to grow by 8% this year, driven by sales to the U.S. and China: EDC

Forestry exports to grow by 8% this year, driven by sales to the U.S. and China: EDC

Forestry exports from British Columbia are expected to grow 15% this year and another 10% in 2015, according to a May 13 Export Development Canada (EDC) forecast released May 13.
City of Burnaby threatens to withhold emergency services to Kinder Morgan in the event of an oil spill

City of Burnaby threatens to withhold emergency services to Kinder Morgan in the event of an oil spill

The city of Burnaby continues to oppose Texas-based Kinder Morgan’s (NYSE:KMI) Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, threatening to withhold the city’s emergency services in the event of an oil spill.
Trucker troubles, weather hit lumber sector's Q1 hard

Trucker troubles, weather hit lumber sector's Q1 hard

Western producers' revenue down, but prediction brighter for 2014's second half
Tribunal set for multimillion-dollar dispute between Vancouver's Pacific Rim Mining and El Salvador

Tribunal set for multimillion-dollar dispute between Vancouver's Pacific Rim Mining and El Salvador

A multi-year legal tangle between the government of El Salvador and Vancouver-based Pacific Rim Mining is expected to be settled next year.
B.C. government wants Kinder Morgan ‘to provide more detail’ on oil-response plans

B.C. government wants Kinder Morgan ‘to provide more detail’ on oil-response plans

The B.C. government has told Kinder Morgan it wants more details about the oil company’s response plans in the event of a spill along the Trans Mountain pipeline’s proposed expansion.
Canadian forestry companies leaner, more efficient

Canadian forestry companies leaner, more efficient

Canada’s forestry industry is second only to agriculture when it comes to increased sector productivity, according to a new report released by the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC), and British Columbia has been on the leading edge of that.
Paper Excellence plans to restart Chetwynd mill in July

Paper Excellence plans to restart Chetwynd mill in July

Richmond-based pulp and paper company Paper Excellence plans to open its Chetwynd pulp mill as early July. The mill, located in northeastern British Columbia, has been idle since September 2012.
New silver mine now generating income for Tahoe Resources

New silver mine now generating income for Tahoe Resources

A Vancouver junior miner with an impeccable pedigree – Tahoe Resources Inc. (TSX:THO) – is reporting its first ever cash-positive earnings from its new silver mine in Guatemala.
BC Utilities Commission should have say on Site C: review panel

BC Utilities Commission should have say on Site C: review panel

A joint review panel of provincial and federal environment ministries studying environmental impacts of the proposed $8 billion Site C dam has found no reason the dam can’t go ahead.