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Province helps fund new timber production facility

Province helps fund new timber production facility

The facility is expected to be ready for small-scale operations later in 2023, with full operations beginning in 2024.
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.”
Canada’s first renewable diesel refinery to open in Prince George

Canada’s first renewable diesel refinery to open in Prince George

Tidewater Renewables will produce 170 million litres of renewable, low-carbon fuel per year at the refinery.
Vancouver’s Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm

Vancouver’s Ivanhoe Mines invests in pulsed-power tech firm

Tech deploys high-voltage pulses of power to disintegrate rock
BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources

BC Hydro set to start first hunt in 15 years for new electricity sources

The province is also promising $140 million for the B.C. Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative.
Carbon pricing exemption bill not likely to pass until fall

Carbon pricing exemption bill not likely to pass until fall

The chances of Bill C-234 making it through the Senate before the summer recess are slim.
Artemis adds $54M to B.C.'s Blackwater gold mine budget

Artemis adds $54M to B.C.'s Blackwater gold mine budget

Artemis says the project is 20% complete
Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan

Global salmon farm company with B.C. ties backs land-based aquaculture in Japan

VICTORIA — The backing of a land-based salmon farm in Japan by a global company with ties to ocean fish farms in British Columbia has Indigenous and conservation groups calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net
Hudbay Minerals, Vancouver's Copper Mountain shareholders approve merger

Hudbay Minerals, Vancouver's Copper Mountain shareholders approve merger

Deal makes the combined company Canada’s third largest copper miner
How DRIPA could change B.C.'s legal landscape

How DRIPA could change B.C.'s legal landscape

Mineral Tenure Act just one of many acts to be amended in the province