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Signs of hope for BC wood-frame houses market in China
The new five-year memorandum of understanding signed recently between British Columbia and Zhejiang province, which lies just south of Shanghai, seems like a long-held dream coming true
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Stewart Muir: BC natural resources debate needs balance
Exclusive to The Georgia Straight: Recently, a young man in Vancouver gained overnight notoriety with a crude video game enacting a massacre in the Main Street SkyTrain station. When television news caught up with him to find out why, he reeled off a list of frustrations he claimed led to him making the game. Among them: natural resource development and an inadequate transit system
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Six charts showing how BC depends on natural resources
The sector remains a critical part of the British Columbian economy, as confirmed in the latest review published by the provincial government
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Building a better life on the banks of the Fraser River
Sawmill worker Hasrat Begg has a son with a master’s degree teaching at Simon Fraser University and a daughter with a diploma from Douglas College who is working at the Vancouver Film School
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Responsible development and public perception
Resource Works's Stewart Muir joins Mike Smyth on CKNW to talk about responsible resource development
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The benefits are desirable and the risks can be managed
Back in 1985 when I was editor of The Whistler Question, I remember writing a column on the coming rise of tourism and the inevitable decline of forestry
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Getting a better understanding of the Mount Polley accident
One of the most frequently asked questions after the Cariboo mine's tailings dam spill was, 'What is in the tailings?! And furthermore, are they 'toxic', as has been claimed repeatedly in media coverage? Now that new details have been provided from the mine owner, we are better able to answer these questions
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Getting a better understanding of the Mount Polley mine
British Columbians are justifiably concerned about the major failure at the operation in the Cariboo region that released an estimated 10 million cubic metres of water and 4.5 million cubic metres of fine particles into nearby streams
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Different approach to overcoming aboriginal opposition
The federal government has made new commitments to help secure First Nations support for big energy projects in BC
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Ongoing uncertainty over BC’s LNG industry
Peter Severinson writes that he has been reading a lot of crazy, confusing and contradictory things about the sector lately. To clarify things, here are his answers to some good questions posed by no one in particular
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Failing to develop our resources risks losing out on long-term security
The future for our families and our children depends on our ability to develop our resource endowment efficiently and responsibly
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Building trust on safe natural resource development
Professional codes of ethics ensure that the public can be confident that assessment work is carried out properly, argues environmental scientist Scott Weston
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Opinion: The future looks brighter for northwest BC
It’s been challenging to be a participant in the region's economy over the last dozen years. In fact, I’ve sometimes struggled to explain to Lower Mainlanders just how bad it was
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Reports: industry activity and sustainability can coexist
Is it possible for a region to be both resource-dependent and also green? If so, recent research suggests that region would look a lot like BC
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No longer just hewers of wood and drawers of water
This generation of young professionals is shattering stereotypes about what it means to be a resource worker
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Looking for a job? Look no further than natural resources
New information released under the government of Canada's open data program, which is illustrated by the accompanying chart, shows that the sector grew more than any other
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It’s time to start trusting the judgment of those most affected by development
Recently, I attended a visit to Ottawa by a delegation from Germany. Virtually the whole discussion was taken up with energy issues, something one of the participants remarked would not have even been mentioned five years ago
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Four views on one pipeline
Resource Works is an organization that, quite uniquely in British Columbia, examines the economic consequences of natural resource development
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