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Scotiabank: Copper set for 'big rebound'
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· May 15, 2014 10:44 AM
In a series of stories marking Mining Week, Resource Works takes a look at what mining means for Metro Vancouver’s economy - particularly in the areas of job creation and innovation
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"You have to form a true partnership in order to be successful" - Interview with CEO of Seabridge Gold
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· May 14, 2014 2:46 PM
First Nations: testing a new way to resolve resource-related issues
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by Peter Severinson
· May 14, 2014 11:43 AM
The BC government just announced what promises to be an innovative collaborative approach with an important aboriginal community in the Interior
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Q&A: Creating a First Nations workforce takes calculated effort by Red Chris Mine's engineers
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· May 13, 2014 8:32 AM
In a series of stories marking Mining Week, Resource Works takes a look at what mining means for Metro Vancouver’s economy - particularly in the areas of job creation and innovation
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A global leader – but word has not gotten out
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by Stewart Muir
· April 30, 2014 5:44 PM
Is Canada leading the world in natural resource development? And what does this question mean for how British Columbia approaches the extraction of its non-renewables and renewables?
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Why we must shift our economic emphasis away from consumption
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· April 23, 2014 1:04 PM
When it comes to the engine powering future growth in Canada, prepare for a fuel switch: the indebted Canadian consumer is tapped out and will have to be replaced by an increase in exports, especially to emerging markets in Asia
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Bridging opinion gaps on natural resources in British Columbia
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· April 20, 2014 3:00 PM
Dr Lyn Anglin appears on Radio NL to talk with Jim Harrison about the Resource Works Society: 'The feeling in the Interior has long been that those who live in the Lower Mainland just don't understand the value of BC's resource sector'
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Bruce Anderson: drowning out the 'no way' chorus
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· April 17, 2014 2:12 PM
Opinion: When it comes to Site C, British Columbians are pragmatic. People know power is worthy if the environment doesn't suffer
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Resources generate 'disproportionate share of Canada’s wealth'
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· April 10, 2014 11:11 AM
Former prime minister Brian Mulroney was asked to identify the 'next big thing for Canada' by an Ottawa think-tank. The result was a speech he delivered in Ottawa. Here’s the written text of that speech
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High impact: the economic importance of BC's natural resources
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by Philip Cross
· April 05, 2014 4:34 PM
A 10 percent boost in BC’s natural-resource economy would mean an extra $2.137 billion in the province's’s GDP, an extra $4.5 billion across Canada, and more than 39,000 new jobs for British Columbians.
And 55 percent of those jobs would be in the Lower Mainland.
All this and much more from Philip Cross, former chief economic analyst for Statistics Canada.
He says that a 10 percent boost in our natural resource output is indeed realistic.
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