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Signs of hope for BC wood-frame houses market in China

Posted on Articles · August 27, 2014 2:27 PM

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

Building a better life on the banks of the Fraser River

Posted on Articles by · August 17, 2014 9:54 AM

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

The benefits are desirable and the risks can be managed

Posted on Articles by · August 12, 2014 8:43 AM

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

No longer just hewers of wood and drawers of water

Posted on Articles by · July 14, 2014 1:08 PM

This generation of young professionals is shattering stereotypes about what it means to be a resource worker

Looking for a job? Look no further than natural resources

Posted on Articles by · July 10, 2014 12:37 PM

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

Here’s a unique voice on economic prosperity and environmental sustainability

Posted on Media · July 04, 2014 8:47 AM

Poll: Canadians underestimate economic importance of the East

Posted on Articles by · June 17, 2014 6:59 PM

It’s quite a contradiction. Canada is relying more and more on trade with Asia, but people are less and less convinced that it matters

'Canada has to compete harder than ever to sell its resources'

Posted on Articles by · June 10, 2014 6:31 PM

The key message to emerge from an energy forum is that the country is at a crossroads: where once we supplied only one customer, now we’re trying to supply the world. It’s a big transition, and it won’t be easy

One in 10 Canadians is employed thanks to natural resources (and other neat facts)

Posted on Articles by · June 06, 2014 11:11 AM

According to new figures released by Natural Resources Canada, BC ranks in the middle in terms of both the number of people employed in the sector and its contribution to provincial GDP

Economy spins around urban log brokers

Posted on Articles by · June 03, 2014 12:34 PM

From his office in New Westminster, Probyn Log vice-president Bill Markvoort is about as far from the woods as you can get, but he is at the hub of a business that keeps the coastal forest industry humming

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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

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

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

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

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

Here’s a unique voice on economic prosperity and environmental sustainability

Poll: Canadians underestimate economic importance of the East

It’s quite a contradiction. Canada is relying more and more on trade with Asia, but people are less and less convinced that it matters

'Canada has to compete harder than ever to sell its resources'

The key message to emerge from an energy forum is that the country is at a crossroads: where once we supplied only one customer, now we’re trying to supply the world. It’s a big transition, and it won’t be easy

One in 10 Canadians is employed thanks to natural resources (and other neat facts)

According to new figures released by Natural Resources Canada, BC ranks in the middle in terms of both the number of people employed in the sector and its contribution to provincial GDP

Economy spins around urban log brokers

From his office in New Westminster, Probyn Log vice-president Bill Markvoort is about as far from the woods as you can get, but he is at the hub of a business that keeps the coastal forest industry humming

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