Nelson Bennett
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Vancouver, BC, Canada
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First Nations at loggerheads over salmon farming
Two B.C. First Nations groups were in Ottawa today giving anyone who would listen diametrically opposed views on salmon farming in B.C. → Read More
First Nations at loggerheads over salmon farming
Two B.C. First Nations groups were in Ottawa today giving anyone who would listen diametrically opposed views on salmon farming in B.C. → Read More
Small town B.C. hit hard by forestry downturn
B.C.’s forestry industry is shrinking both in scale and importance to B.C.’s overall economy, with the biggest impacts of sawmill and pulp mill curtailments and closures felt in smaller cities and towns, according to an economics analysis by Central 1 Economics. → Read More
Small town B.C. hit hard by forestry downturn
B.C.’s forestry industry is shrinking both in scale and importance to B.C.’s overall economy, with the biggest impacts of sawmill and pulp mill curtailments and closures felt in smaller cities and towns, according to an economics analysis by Central 1 Economics. → Read More
New BC Energy Regulator replaces BCOGC
The BC Oil and Gas Commission is getting a new name, a bigger board of directors, and an expanded mandate to reflect the evolution in energy. → Read More
New BC Energy Regulator replaces BCOGC
The BC Oil and Gas Commission is getting a new name, a bigger board of directors, and an expanded mandate to reflect the evolution in energy. → Read More
New regulations to help ensure long-haul truckers don't drive tired in B.C.
The BC Trucking Association supports new federal-provincial regulations that will require all commercial trucks operating in B.C. to have electronic logging devices installed to ensure drivers aren’t exceeding hours of service regulations. → Read More
New coalition formed to save BC salmon from extinction
The First Nations Fisheries Council of B.C. and non-aboriginal partners, including the Pacific Salmon Foundation, today launched a campaign to save wild salmon from extinction. → Read More
Study charts ‘shocking’ declines in chum salmon
Central coast chum abundance declined 90 per cent since 1960, new study finds → Read More
Study charts 'shocking' declines in chum salmon
Declining returns of sockeye, chinook and coho salmon in B.C. have been well-documented, resulting in commissions of inquiry, commercial fishing closures and more than $600 million in federal funding for a Pacific salmon recovery strategy. → Read More
Vancouver developer helping to green Alberta’s grid
Concord Pacific, Athabasca Chipewyan add new solar farms in Alberta → Read More
New cleantech match-maker for forestry, mining, water launched
A new B2B network is being launched in B.C. to match the mining and forestry sectors, as well as water managers, with cleantech companies and identify and adopt the best technology to reduce energy and emissions intensities. → Read More
Three new B.C. mines aim to pour first gold in 2024
There are currently eight new mines or mine expansions in the queue in B.C. worth a total investment of $6.6 billion, according to Premier David Eby, who spoke Monday at the Association of Mineral Exploration (AME) Roundup conference. → Read More
Canfor to shut down sawmills in Chetwynd, Houston
Canfor Corp. (TSX:CFP) says it will permanently shut down its sawmill and pellet mill in Chetwynd B.C., and will also shutter its sawmill in Houston, B.C. to redevelop that site. The anouncement comes just weeks after the company announced it will permanently shut down its pulp mill in Prince George. → Read More
Sea lice from farmed to wild salmon 'insignificant': CSAS
A study of sea lice on wild and farmed salmon by Canadian scientists found a “positive trend” of sea lice on wild salmon in the areas studied, but “no statistically significant” association that could be attributed to fish farms. → Read More
Bullish outlook for base metals
There’s no way enough mines can be built on time to meet net zero energy transition targets on the timelines policymakers have promised, but industrial metal miners – especially lithium and nickel miners – could get very rich trying. → Read More
B.C. wood manufacturers to get bigger cut of the cut
Wood manufacturers in B .C. that have little or no Crown tenure will get increased access to logs through BC Timber Sales. → Read More
Poilievre's energy plan: carrots not sticks
A Conservative government would use carrots (tax incentives) not sticks (a tax on emissions) to reduce Canada's greenhouse gases, devolve more resource revenue to First Nations, and eliminate the “gatekeepers” that stymie industries like mining and oil and gas, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday. → Read More
More pain at the pumps in 2023: Kalibrate
A key driver of inflation – high gasoline and diesel prices – are expected to continue well into 2023, and it’s not just high oil prices and loss of Russian oil that will drive volatility, according to a new forecast from Kalibrate. → Read More
B.C.’s clean power challenge transmission, not generation
B.C.’s electrical grid may be 98% “clean” and renewable, thanks to its vast hydro power resources, but 70% of B.C.’s primary energy use is still from fossil fuels, BC Hydro CEO Chris O’Riley said in an address today at the BC Natural Resources Forum. → Read More