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Updated: Provincial regulator orders WLNG workers onto Squamish floatel

Updated: Provincial regulator orders WLNG workers onto Squamish floatel

WLNG has been waiting on a temporary use permit from the District of Squamish; company says it is preparing to move the floatel to Squamish, as ordered.
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Taseko says tentative deal reached with striking workers at Gibraltar mine

Taseko says tentative deal reached with striking workers at Gibraltar mine

VANCOUVER — Taseko Mines Ltd. says it has reached a tentative agreement with striking employees at its Gibraltar Mine in central British Columbia. The deal is subject to ratification by the workers, who are represented by Unifor.
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Mass mortality event kills hundreds of tonnes of B.C. farmed salmon

Mass mortality event kills hundreds of tonnes of B.C. farmed salmon

DFO and operator attribute mass die-off to low oxygen, but one scientist who visited one far-flung site in a kayak worries the real cause could be more complicated.
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Nano Nuclear targets mine sites for micro-reactors

Nano Nuclear targets mine sites for micro-reactors

Vancouver CEO of Nano Nuclear explains unique business model
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Opinion: Province ignores B.C. Jade Day as it nixes new northwest jade mines

Opinion: Province ignores B.C. Jade Day as it nixes new northwest jade mines

Government double standards sees it shutting down domestic jade industry while ignoring Myanmar
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Coastal GasLink completes $7.15B bond offering, largest in corporate Canadian history

Coastal GasLink completes $7.15B bond offering, largest in corporate Canadian history

CALGARY — Calgary-based TC Energy Corp., the company behind the Coastal GasLink pipeline, says it has completed the largest corporate bond offering in Canadian history. The company says it has concluded a $7.
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Stop gas expansion for home heating or risk leaving ratepayers on the hook: report

Stop gas expansion for home heating or risk leaving ratepayers on the hook: report

TORONTO — Provinces must stop natural gas expansion and invest in electrification to keep home heating reliable and cost-effective, a new report says, suggesting ratepayers and governments could otherwise be on the hook for billions of dollars in und
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Squamish company announces plans to bring green hydrogen production to Vancouver Island

Squamish company announces plans to bring green hydrogen production to Vancouver Island

Quantum Technology and New Times Energy (NTE) Discovery Park sign an MOU to build hydrogen plants in Campbell River, which will produce hydrogen for use in ferries, buses, trucks, trains and cars.
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B.C. coal mining company penalized $41,100

B.C. coal mining company penalized $41,100

Between 2020 and 2023, the company failed to properly monitor mine waste flowing into a nearby fish-bearing tributary, according to a recent decision.
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Merritt sawmill shuttered amid B.C.'s forestry woes

Merritt sawmill shuttered amid B.C.'s forestry woes

Industry in 'Terrible State' as Aspen Planers temporarily shuts down mill
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