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Restart of BC Tree Fruits for this harvest 'impractical, if not impossible'

Restart of BC Tree Fruits for this harvest 'impractical, if not impossible'

Farmers rally as co-op's fate hangs in the balance
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Business beat: What the heck is vertical farming and what does Squamish have to do with it?

Business beat: What the heck is vertical farming and what does Squamish have to do with it?

How vertical farming is taking root in the Squamish Valley and beyond.
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BC Hydro begins filling reservoir as Site C dam megaproject nears completion

BC Hydro begins filling reservoir as Site C dam megaproject nears completion

It will take up to four months to fill the 83-kilometre-long reservoir, which will cover about 5,550 hectares of land, BC Hydro says.
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Comment: First Nations are key to the future of coastal forestry

Comment: First Nations are key to the future of coastal forestry

First Nations are losing faith in provincial and federal governments’ vision for change
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Yukon prepares for busy, expensive few months at site of ore slide before freeze-up

Yukon prepares for busy, expensive few months at site of ore slide before freeze-up

WHITEHORSE — Officials say crews on the site of a major cyanide spill at a mine in central Yukon are facing an intense period of work over the next few months to install environmental protection before winter freeze-up arrives.
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Fears for B.C. grain harvest, commuter train still suspended, amid rail disruption

Fears for B.C. grain harvest, commuter train still suspended, amid rail disruption

British Columbia grain producers are closely watching developments in the nationwide railway dispute triggered on Wednesday night, saying its impacts could soon spread beyond farmers to producers of food and beer.
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Craigmont Mine fined $18K for environmental violations, latest in years-long series of infractions

Craigmont Mine fined $18K for environmental violations, latest in years-long series of infractions

Environmental violations, repeated non-compliance lead to latest financial penalty
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Prince George forestry industry will be hit hard by rail shutdown: Brink

Prince George forestry industry will be hit hard by rail shutdown: Brink

The lockout comes right after the U.S. hiked duties on Canadian softwood
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Vancouver miner digs up record-breaking diamond in Botswana

Vancouver miner digs up record-breaking diamond in Botswana

Lucara Diamond Corp. unearthed 2,492-carat stone in its Karowe mine
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Canadian crude exports to Asia surge following TMX completion

Canadian crude exports to Asia surge following TMX completion

New pipeline capacity also appears to have eased chronically high wholesale gas prices in the Lower Mainland
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