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With notice-of-work applications backlog reduced, industry calls for faster processing

Richmond-based Catalyst Paper today announced the permanent closure of its Snowflake recycle mill in northeastern Arizona and its subsidiary, the Apache Railway Co.

Northern Gateway proponent Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB), which was recently blasted for its response to a 2010 pipeline oil spill in Michigan, announced over the weekend that it had found and contained a crude oil spill. Earlier this month, a U.S.

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN) has raised $1.8 billion through a rights offering sale of sale of common shares to help fund the construction of an $11.3 billion copper-gold mine in Mongolia.

After two quarters of bleeding red ink, Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP) is back in the black, thanks to a recovering U.S. housing market and subsequent increasing demand for lumber. The sustainable wood producer reported a net income of $4.5 million ($0.

The federal government has invested in a new wireless integrated pest management technology that will give B.C.

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Vancouver-based Finavera Wind Energy Inc. (TSX-V: FVR) has agreed to sell its 77 megawatt (MW) Wildmare Wind Energy Project for approximately $22 million to Quebec renewable power producer Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: INE).

Unionized workers at Rio Tinto Alcan's aluminum smelter in Kitimat and power plant in Kemano in northwest B.C. have reached a tentative labour agreement. The company is working on a $3.