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New Advisory Council member: Winston Stothert
A living legend of western Canadian industry and public service steps aboard our community group as we tell the story of British Columbia's green resource brand.
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Stewart Muir provides fresh perspective, seeks middle ground at UBC pipeline panel discussion
They packed the room in C.K. Choi Building at UBC on a snowy Friday afternoon looking for insights into energy policy and climate change. And Resource Works Executive Director Stewart Muir delivered a fresh perspective on Canada's sometimes-puzzling public policy on pipelines.
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Letter from a resource town mayor
"I am a mum and a grandma and I have lived in the north all my life. I am also the Mayor of Fort St. John, BC – right smack in the middle of one of the world’s largest supplies of oil and gas."
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Why oppose responsible natural resource activities that pay for costly social programs?
The contribution of the B.C. resource sector is large enough to be the financial backbone of infrastructure projects like transit tunnels or of public-education improvements.
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TRUMP HEAVY, TRUMP LITE: Anticipating the new U.S. administration’s impact on BC resource sectors
"When trying to answer a big question without much information, it is tempting to assign great significance to the few facts that can be found. So it is with Donald Trump and the Republican Congress that will be sworn in next year." – The Economist, November 19, 2016.
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These six 2017 trends prove Canada's future lies in more natural resources (not less)
That's the takeaway from this selection of charts from some of the country's leading economic minds.
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Resource Works adds its research findings to a vital national process
Ottawa's expert panel on environmental processes hears about values-based principles developed by our made-on-the-west-coast initiative.
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Meet the man behind a remarkable renaissance in North East BC mining
Low demand for metallurgical coal led to shuttered coal mines and lost jobs. And then this happened...
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An inherited human facility causes us to be fearful, despite the evidence
We are so conditioned by fear that it takes only one situation or event to establish a long-term aversion to the prospect of it happening again.
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REACTION: Businesses big and small applaud Trans Mountain decision
But industry players and analysts caution the $6.8-billion project approved Nov. 29 still has a lot of hurdles to jump before it gets the final green light, reports Don Hauka for Resource Works.
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Leader in engineering, academia named Resource Works chair
As John Turner, P.Ag, takes the reins of the Resource Works Board of Directors, our little organization is at a critical juncture with important decisions ahead on supporting a vibrant society that needs responsible resources.
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Vancouver residents are facing soaring costs for home heating and cooking because of a radical city policy
The province of Ontario also toyed with a ban on natural gas until seeing the $200-billion price tag. The City of Vancouver, meanwhile, is undeterred by impacts on consumers and the environment as it presses forward with its own ban.
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REALITY CHECK: What comes after coal?
News from Ottawa that coal is going to be phased out for Canadian electricity raises the question – what will replace this energy source?
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It's time for an open conversation on getting Canadian resources to market
Calgary's mayor Naheed Nenshi visited Vancouver to share his views on a wide range of topics, the most relevant of which for Resource Works involved access to markets for essential resource products.
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10 need-to-know facts about natural resources and jobs
Jobs are the most direct and significant way that natural resources benefit society. Here are 10 standout facts about this powerful relationship.
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Documentary shows there are no simple answers when it comes to development
Brody Rokstad interviews Koneline: Our Land Beautiful director Nettie Wild about the nuanced account she gives of the complexity surrounding resource projects in North West British Columbia.
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By sea or by air, we're in the era of safety
Concerned that a small increase in Vancouver's sea-based trade might be "not worth the risk"? Vancouver's mayor can rest easy: over the past half century, the clearest trend in global air and sea transportation has been the near elimination of accidents.
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Voices from the North
Residents of British Columbia's North West are looking for economic opportunities at a time when jobs are disappearing. Here are three authentic voices from the struggling region.
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Is this the future of clean power?
The Canadian oil sands are at a threshold moment, and British Columbia's vast reserves of clean electricity are seen by some to hold the key to that future. Here's a glimpse behind the headlines.
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