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'A wake-up call': Alarm raised over B.C. electrical grid amid plans for natural gas heating ban

'A wake-up call': Alarm raised over B.C. electrical grid amid plans for natural gas heating ban

BC Utilities Commission recently rejected a $327M proposal from FortisBC for an expansion of natural gas infrastructure in the rapidly-growing Okanagan.
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Woodfibre LNG marine transit plan sparks debate among Squamish council

Woodfibre LNG marine transit plan sparks debate among Squamish council

Council members discussed different avenues of collaboration with WLNG, as the project approaches the construction phase.
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Chinese company Zijin Mining signs deal to invest $130M in Solaris Resources

Chinese company Zijin Mining signs deal to invest $130M in Solaris Resources

VANCOUVER — A Chinese company has signed a deal to invest $130 million in Solaris Resources Inc. that it plans to use to fund the development of its Warintza copper project in Ecuador. Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.
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Vancouver's Ekona Power to build hydrogen plant in Alberta

Vancouver's Ekona Power to build hydrogen plant in Alberta

Plant to make carbon-abated hydrogen from natural gas
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B.C. unattractive for oil and gas investors: survey

B.C. unattractive for oil and gas investors: survey

Fraser Institute survey finds investors deterred by regulations, land claims
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Premier visiting Prince George next week for BC Natural Resources Forum

Premier visiting Prince George next week for BC Natural Resources Forum

David Eby scheduled to speak at sold-out banquet Tuesday at Prince George Conference and Civic Centre
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West Fraser to close one sawmill, curtail another due to high costs and soft markets

West Fraser to close one sawmill, curtail another due to high costs and soft markets

VANCOUVER — West Fraser Timber Co. says it's closing one U.S. sawmill and indefinitely curtailing another because of high fibre costs and soft lumber markets.
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Legal cannabis revenue soars in B.C. despite price declines

Legal cannabis revenue soars in B.C. despite price declines

B.C. had 490 cannabis stores at the end of September, 8.4 per cent more than one year earlier.
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Trans Mountain to present pipeline variance arguments at oral hearing Friday

Trans Mountain to present pipeline variance arguments at oral hearing Friday

CALGARY — The Canada Energy Regulator will hear arguments Friday from the company building the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on its request for a pipeline variance.
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Another setback for B.C. company’s Pebble mine

Another setback for B.C. company’s Pebble mine

U.S. Supreme Court denies petition to review EPA veto of copper mine
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