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End the moratorium on thorium: SBOT

End the moratorium on thorium: SBOT

Surrey Board of Trade renews call to end moratorium on exploration for nuclear fuels in B.C.
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AME looking for new president and CEO

AME looking for new president and CEO

Keerit Jutla moves on as CEO of Association of Mineral Exploration
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Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

Opinion: Regulatory uncertainty overshadows B.C.’s mining opportunity

With mineral exploration investment already dropping, rushed policy changes could push the industry into crisis.
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B.C.-made critical mineral could be used as a 'reactive weapon' in trade war

B.C.-made critical mineral could be used as a 'reactive weapon' in trade war

Most Canadians oppose U.S. companies taking greater control over the country’s natural resource projects — a level of defiance found to be strongest in British Columbia, according to a new poll.
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Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Opinion: B.C.'s resource extraction lifeboat is full of holes

Politicians are selling resource extraction as an economic cure—evidence suggests otherwise
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Fast-tracked wind projects raise questions over transparency, oversight

Fast-tracked wind projects raise questions over transparency, oversight

Energy Futures Institute questions building new wind farms while shutting down existing power plants
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Ottawa, provinces should discuss possibility of west-east oil pipeline: Wilkinson

Ottawa, provinces should discuss possibility of west-east oil pipeline: Wilkinson

Donald Trump’s threats of imposing tariffs on Canadian goods have renewed interest from Canadian leaders in energy projects that would lessen the country's reliance on the U.S. as a trading partner.
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Farming’s AI future is here—so why are some B.C. farmers holding back?

Farming’s AI future is here—so why are some B.C. farmers holding back?

Artificial intelligence yet to fully take root in farming despite general enthusiasm for adoption
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California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat

California builders say few alternatives to Canadian timber, despite tariff threat

California homebuilders say they have few options but to keep buying Canadian lumber, even if it's hit with 25 per cent tariffs, as they rebuild thousands of homes destroyed by devastating wildfires in Los Angeles.
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Opinion: B.C. forestry needs urgent action to survive potential U.S. trade war

Opinion: B.C. forestry needs urgent action to survive potential U.S. trade war

Proposed U.S. tariffs would cripple one of B.C.’s largest industries, but strategic policy changes could help prevent mass layoffs
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